BeerBiz News covered includes:

WTF went down with the BALLAST POINT sale this week.

ANDERSON VALLEY sold.

BROOKLYN BREWERY cutting its sales staff.

WAWA diving back into the beer biz.

and more...

News Discussed:

NEW BELGIUM sale to Kirin explained.

ARTISINAL BREWING VENTURES (ABV) buys 2nd largest US Cider company.

BREWDOG looking to build 2nd US brewery.

GREAT NOTION expands again and more...

AB InBev buys the CBA; stock shoots up 121% in one day.

Miller/Molson Coors to lay off 500 people by January.

Boston Beer experiencing 23% revenue growth so far in 2019.

Green Flash closes another location.

Plus more beer sales reports and other news...

The FOUNDERS lawsuit that will go down in infamy wraps up.

LAGUNITAS leaves Portland, OR non-profits in the lurch.

NIELSEN gives best selling craft beers of 2019 report.

Expansions at NOTCH, TREEHOUSE, VICTORY and more...

SOFIA BARBARESCO, Brand Director for Industrial Arts brewing takes us inside the explosive 3 year growth at the Hudson Valley, New York brewery.

Including:

- Tripling beer production in 2018, and verging on doubling it in 2019.

- Exactly how Wrench IPA changed their business.

- Opening a larger 2nd location in Beacon, NY on their 3rd anniversary this .

- How they've fostered a brand that wasn't built on chasing craft beer hype and line culture.

and more...

GABF 2019 roundup

CONSTELLATION loses 1.3 Billion on weed.

CORONA seltzer coming soon...

Changes at the 26th largest craft brewer, O'DELL BREWING

WHITE CASTLE and HERSHEY are making... beer

EVIL TWIN finds a home and more...

Brewery closures in MICHIGAN.

FOUNDERS sale price revealed.

OTHER HALF abandons barrel aging program plan for foreseeable future.

BUD LIGHT SELTZER coming 2020.

ABI tries the Asia IPO thing again.

BREWDOG to double US sales this year, and more...

Key details of FOUNDERS sale to Spain's biggest brewer

NIGHT SHIFT to open huge Philly brewery

ABI loses 2 court motions in 2 weeks, and relaunches Bud Platinum for some reason

BREWDOG expands to new space in PA

New FOOTBALL sponsorships for the Fall 

Roundup of FOUNDERS sale to Spain's biggest brewer

CBS SUNDAY MORNING recognizes Brooklyn's KCBC for calling their bluff

and more...

ABI passes on CBA purchase, pays $20mil instead. 

Largest US Beer Distributor lays off over 1,000 people in CA. 

AMAZON under investigation for running a fake liquor store. 

2019 BOURBON COUNTY releases announced. 

NATTY LIGHT, PBR, and FOUR LOKO get into hard seltzer. 

New locations for SIXPOINT and BLUE POINT. 

And more...

Max Bookman is a lawyer at one of NYC's top Alcohol business legal firms, Pesetsky and Bookman.

Whether a bar or brewery owner or employee, or a craft beer drinker who's curious why certain policies exist for brewery taprooms, this interview gives you an inside look at how alcohol law works, and the pitfalls some businesses fall into along the way.