Stone sells to Sapporo, the Modern Times Sale reverts to Maui and New Jersey embarks on some insanely restrictive beer laws. Jeremy and Tyler pause their summer break and trudge back into the Beer Cave in order to sort this mess out.
Yep Stone is no longer independent and the Internets are in an uproar. Or, at least, fractionally more irrate than normal. Will Stone be okay? Will craft beer be okay? Will life on Earth be okay?!?! (Answers: Probably, yes and not long term)
PLUS!
The legal battle over Modern Times is over and the winner is... well, the original bidder.
And, yeah, New Jersey enacts some new restrictions on breweries that melt the rational mind.
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