Karl Strauss Plead the 5th English Barleywine coming in February
[…] this one a barleywine celebrating the fifth year in business for Phileas Foggs. The owner of the Sabre Springs suds standout approached Karl Strauss Brewing Company with the request that they produce a beer they could both release at their anniversary celebration and store in a pair of barrels they had in their storeroom. Brewmaster Paul Segura decided a British-style barleywine best fit that bill.
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Can you try to get a comment from Dark Horse about how they feel about one of their names being used by another brewery?
Looks to be a small one-time SoCal release so not worth pursuing further. Different story if they were to build it into a big brand and try to trademark it.
This speaks to the heart of trademarks and would be worth pursuing a quick comment
Not sure how it speaks to the heart of trademarks since Dark Horse has not filed a trademark application for it.