The maker of Kona craft beer was sued on Tuesday by two California shoppers who claim they were deceived into believing the beer was made in Hawaii, causing them to overpay for it. Sara Cilloni and Simone Zimmer said Craft Brew Alliance Inc. misleads consumers about the origin of its Kona Brewing Co. beers, saying the fifth-largest U.S. craft brewer actually makes them in New Hampshire, Oregon, …
With everything else going on in the beer industry, the last thing it needs is drama from the Long Beach City Crew. For much of the year, California rapper Snoop Dogg — or Calvin Broadus Jr. in the courtroom — has been attempting to get Pabst Brewing Co. to pay him the share of the profits he says it contractually agreed to when the brewery signed him to promote Colt 45’s Blast malt liquor …
MillerCoors LLC won the dismissal of a proposed class action lawsuit by a self-described beer aficionado who said the brewing giant tricked consumers into paying premium prices for Blue Moon by falsely portraying it as “craft beer.” U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel in San Diego said the plaintiff, Evan Parent, did not show MillerCoors affirmatively misrepresented the origins of Blue Moon, a …