Brian Haara
Bourbon. Law. Author.
Tag: Law
Fire Up Your Home Still!?! Maybe not just yet.
Taxation has always been associated with whiskey in the United States. The nation’s first excise tax, levied in 1791, was on whiskey, and was enacted to fund the national debt incurred during the Revolutionary War. Whiskey would be taxed again to fund subsequent wars,… Continue Reading “Fire Up Your Home Still!?! Maybe not just yet.”
Sipp’n Corn Book Review – Lawyerly Libations
I found a new book to add your personal collection or holiday gift list—Lawyerly Libations, Concoctions for the Counselor, Apéritifs for the Attorney, Elixirs for the Esquire, and Additional Alcoholic Anecdotes: A Cocktail Compilation for the Burgeoning Barrister’s Bar, by Michael J. McCormick. While… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Book Review – Lawyerly Libations”
Sipp’n Corn Bourbon Law Update – Bulleit forces a redesign for Redemption.
Ever since Old Crow and Old Taylor aggressively protected their trademarks in the 1800’s, setting the stage for current-day trademark law, bourbon brands have kept trademark attorneys busy. Diageo’s Bulleit brand and W.J. Deutsch & Sons’ Redemption brand have been locked in litigation for… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Bourbon Law Update – Bulleit forces a redesign for Redemption.“
Sipp’n Corn Tasting Notes: W.H. McBrayer Kentucky Straight Bourbon.
This is a story that I love because it combines bourbon, history, and law. Sound familiar? Judge William Harrison McBrayer wrote a letter to E.H. Taylor, Jr. on November 10, 1870, concerning their discussions about Taylor purchasing some of the Judge’s whiskey. The back… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Tasting Notes: W.H. McBrayer Kentucky Straight Bourbon.”
Book Review—Tar Heel Lightnin’: How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World
Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books is a joint project of the Rutgers School of Law and the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice that features concise reviews of significant books with a connection to the law, and they asked me to review Tar Heel… Continue Reading “Book Review—Tar Heel Lightnin’: How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World”
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