Upslope Defends Spiked Snowmelt in Court

Dear Client: Last week our flagship publication, Beer Business Daily, warned that beverage alcohol producers are flying mighty close to the sun -- indeed bumping up against it -- in their marketing practices.   To wit: A Denver man and Illinois woman have filed a federal class-action lawsuit against Colorado brewery Upslope over its Spiked Snowmelt Craft Hard Seltzers Electrolyte Series, per the Kansas City Star. They argue Upslope's labeling and advertising of the hard seltzer series is “misleading and dangerous