Who Gets Stuck With the Hot Potato? Some Discord Over Returns

Dear Client: TTB issued the ruling earlier this month that returns are allowed in this era of widespread shutdowns and event cancellations. But they are not compelled. If a brewer or distributor doesn't want to take beer back anywhere in the supply chain, even though they CAN, they don't have to. Since then, some states have issued their own guidelines related to returns, mostly related to beer purchased for events that have since been cancelled by COVID-19.  For example, in