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Here we go again. Canada’s Moosehead Breweries Limited has hired an Albany, New York law firm to sue local Adirondack Brewery for using a Moose likeness on its

At Revolution Brewing’s onset in 2010, founder and managing partner, Josh Deth, said they “wanted to be a bigger brewery.” In fact, Josh said they even wanted to give his former employer (Goose Island) “a run for their money.”

Craft brewers’ volume share of the U.S. beer market has reached double digits — 11% — according to the Brewers Associations 2014 data on U.S. craft brewing growth, released today. This moves them closer to their stated goal of 20% market share by 2020 for craft brewers.

Craft teams from Craft Brew Alliance to even SweetWater now are figuring out how to best allocate their management and sales teams to cover more occasions in particular regions in this uber-competitive market.

Arizona’s Beer Bill, SB 1030, has cleared the State Senate on a vote of 28-1 and is now off to the House of Representatives. The overwhelming approval likely stems from the compromise reached on amendment language last Friday, as reported in sister publication, BBD.

We’ve rounded out earnings season, and everyone’s focused on commodities. More readers are asking us about outlooks for hops and barley.

Traveler Beer Co. may be snagging all the attention as the next big Alchemy & Science brand, with news of its national rollout. But A&S’s big, open Angel City Brewery in 10 million-strong L.A. County is coming up on its own.

The craft worlds here and abroad are getting closer. Indiana’s own 3 Floyds Brewing and famed gypsy brewer of Denmark, Mikkeller, are joining forces to deliver “the best brewpub in the world.” It’s called WarPigs, and it will be located in the heart of Copenhagen’s Meatpacking District, scheduled to open its doors in early October.

We promised you more IRI. So here is yesterday’s Power Hour intel continued, from Dan Wandel:

Craft grew 18.3% in supers last year – the best dollar sales increase seen for craft segment since 2003! That’s a big deal worth noting, said IRI beverage alcohol insights chief, Dan Wandel, who did yet another exhaustive numbers review during today’s Brewers Association Power Hour.

Craft Brew Alliance earnings for the full year and Q4 are in, reflecting prelim results issued in early February [see CBD 02-05-2015] but with a little more detail.

Last year was a big one for Dogfish. They said goodbye to longtime sales VP Adam Lambert, promoted COO Nick Benz to CEO, posted another year of double-digit increases and announced some interesting new initiatives, to include an imminent new cider brand. They opened a boutique namesake Inn at Lewes, Delaware, too. How will they follow such a year?

Georgia’s SweetWater is really close to joining the 200K club. They did just under 193,000 barrels last year, up 34%. Organic growth was up 19%.

Just about five months after being announced as new VP of Sales at Rogue, beer industry veteran Jim Schembre is no longer in the position.

Why won’t the U.S. extend a small brewer tax break to Europe’s small breweries? A Forbes contributor with the Tax Foundation asked this week.