Maine is offering free wage and hour compliance classes particularly relevant to the retail beverage industry.

Appropriate insurance can be one, important part of your risk management portfolio.

Dram shop laws create — and limit — the liability of alcoholic beverage retailers that overserve patrons.

Maine has published a fraud alert for a scam targeting licensed tobacco retailers.

New Hampshire announces December bourbon drops exclusive to on-premise licensees.

Control states are some of the few fully regulated economies in America, with state-set price controls steering the market.

Maine finally steps into the 21st century with online liquor license management.

New Hampshire expands “contract manufacturing” to wine and spirits, offering a wider variety of business models in the state.

New Hampshire has eliminated nano-breweries. Here’s what that means.

Not just anyone can make, serve, or sell liquor — make sure you are thinking about these things before you bring employees on at your alcohol business.

Selling spirits in Maine is a valuable privilege, but as a regulated market it comes with some restrictions that may be a surprise for unwary business owners.

After years of failed experiments in forcing hookah bar owners to meet cigar sales minimums, the New Hampshire Legislature and Liquor Commission have finally created a sustainable path for standalone hookah bars to exist in the state.

Maine’s licensing system places geographic limits on license availability, creating false scarcity and increasing the value of agency licenses.

As a regulated product, alcohol has limitations on how it may be advertised, even in a regulation-averse state such as New Hampshire.

Having strong policies is an important way to reduce liability when something goes wrong. Maine offers a few tools to help.

New Hampshire has opened up its rare spirits drawing to on-premise licensees. See the full list of available stock here.

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has given licensees one-week notice of a weekend-long spirits and wine fulfillment outage.

Risk policies and procedures can be the difference between a dram shop claim that is successfully defended and one that must be settled.

It happens to many businesses and calls for quick action to protect your entity.

This week, we help New Hampshire restaurants increase their profitability by explaining the requirements to deliver alcohol.