Black Button Distilling Keeping the Lights On with Investment from Blackstar

Dear Client: Rochester, New York-based Black Button Distilling announced this week that it has received funding from a new investment group, Blackstar Company, after pulling back on operations this summer. The investment ultimately prevented Black Button from having to file for bankruptcy.  Your editor got the distillery's president and master distiller, Jason Barrett, as well as Kris Comstock, co-founder at Blackstar, on the horn to talk more about the arrangement. WHAT LED TO THIS MOMENT. For context, Black Button is