All posts by Regis Schmerheim

Craft Beer Drinker, Padres, USC Trojans, Navy Midshipmen, & SDSU Aztecs Fan. I enjoy watching movies & sports, mostly at home. I typically do that with a beer in my hand.

Trademarks: Stone Brewing & Sawstone Brewing Co.

Debate & Commentary, Uncategorized 07/23/2020 Regis Schmerheim 1 Comment

Sawstone Brewing Trademark One of my favorite days of the week is Tuesday. On Tuesdays I and many of my beer peeps do #TopBrewsTues. On this day I make a lineup of beers I will enjoy that evening. Yesterday, 07/21/2020 I tweeted out the five beers I would have that afternoon and evening. I then tweet each individual beer. Midway through the process a friend tweeted me a link about a small brewery in Morehead, Kentucky. The tweet included a link to an article on…

Sometimes All I Want is a Beer Flavored Beer

Debate & Commentary 01/24/2020 Regis Schmerheim 1 Comment

Every time I go shopping for beer the plethora of choices always brings a smile to my face. I’m not just talking about the various styles of Craft Beer. I’m talking about the flavors that are added to those styles. For example, Peanut Butter Milk Stout, Serrano Baltic Porter, Mexican Lager with Lime, Tangerine IPA, and Honey Blonde Ale just to name a few. An exhaustive list would have thousands of beers in it. Speaking for myself. There are times where all I want is…

Harland Brewing Company

Brewery Reviews 11/08/2019 Regis Schmerheim Leave a comment

Harland Brewing Company in San Diego, California Harland Brewing’s Story The beginning for Harland Brewing Company began in 2013, when then owner Josh Landen opened Saint Archer Brewing and two short years later, became the first San Diego Craft Brewery to sell to a major beer conglomerate, Miller Coors. Miller Coors included in the sale a “Two Year No Competition Clause” for Mr. Landen, but as time passed he grew to miss brewing beer. So once the two years were up, he cobbled together 47…

When does beer freshness matter?

Debate & Commentary 10/04/2019 Regis Schmerheim Leave a comment

When is Knowing the Canning, Bottling, or ‘Enjoy By’ Date Important When Shopping for Beer? How many times have you made a beer run, found a hard to find Pale Ale or IPA grabbed it off the shelf? Rushed to get it home, chilled, and ready to drink. Opened the beer, drinking straight from the bottle or can, or from a glass and WHAM! Malty, stale, and the associated assault on the taste buds. I say this for one reason, it happened to me a…

STONE BREWING vs MILLERCOORS, Part 3: Moderately Strong? Isn’t that an Oxymoron?

Debate & Commentary, Uncategorized 08/26/2019 Regis Schmerheim Leave a comment

United States District Court for the District of Southern California This is Part 3 of a three-part series looking into the Stone Brewing’s allegations that the MillerCoors Brewing Company has infringed upon the Stone Brewing’s Trademark, STONE® with its 2017 Rebranding of Keystone & Keystone Light’s advertising and packaging programs. Part 1 was a discussion to inform our readers of Stone Brewing’s allegations into the Rebranding of Keystone & Keystone Light’s 2017 advertising campaign were an infringement on Stone Brewing’s trademark. Part 2 was a…

STONE BREWING vs MILLER COORS PART 2: MillerCoors Punches Back

Debate & Commentary, Uncategorized 05/29/2019 Regis Schmerheim Leave a comment

Author’s Note: This article is Part 2 of a Series to provide information to the public about the status of Stone Brewing’s complaint of several trademark actions taken by Miller Coors In Part 1 of this series we looked at the beginnings of Stone Brewing’s Civil lawsuit against MillerCoors, LLC. In summary on February 12, 2018 Stone Brewing Company filed a formal complaint in the US District Court of Southern California against MillerCoors for several issues regarding illegal infringement upon Stone Brewing Company’s trademark STONE™. …

Stone Brewing vs MillerCoors Part 1: The Complaint, Trademark Action

Debate & Commentary 05/13/2019 Regis Schmerheim 3 Comments

The battle ground for the Stone vs. Miller Coors trademark dispute is taking place in the backyard of Sommbeer writer, Regis Schmerheim. He has taken this opportunity to dig deeper than what has been reported in the media. Author’s Note: There is entirely too much information on this issue to put into a single article. As of now there will be three parts in this series. Part 1: The Complaint, Trademark Action, Part 2: The Defendant’s Response, Part 3: Judges Rulings and Proceeding to trial.…

If I like a Beer, I Drink It!!

Debate & Commentary 04/09/2019 Regis Schmerheim 2 Comments

Disclaimer: I am specifically personalizing this with no intention to persuade you (the reader) to agree with me or to do what I do. I am simply using myself as an example. I’ve been pondering about how craft beer drinkers make decisions on which beers they drink and which beers they won’t. The reasons are likely more numerous to count so I thought I would talk about five reasons. These are based on Twitter interactions with hundreds of people who drink craft beer. I…

Is There A Difference Between Porter and Stout?

Debate & Commentary 02/21/2019 Regis Schmerheim 10 Comments

Is There A Difference Between Porter and Stout? Yes, they are fraternal twins. Stouts and porters are brewed from the same recipe of a mix of brown and pale malt. By pulling off less wort the English were able to make a beer called Brown Stout. Pulling more wort off the next batch they made a beer called Porter. Both beers were dark ales, born of the same mother but different. Brown Stout had an alias, “Strong Porter”. Was this the genesis of the question?…

A Paradigm for This Craft Beer Drinker

Debate & Commentary 01/27/2019 Regis Schmerheim Leave a comment

A Paradigm for This Craft Beer Drinker Paradigm: A typical or pattern of something; a model Most people don’t think of themselves in a paradigm, in their life. There are too many sub-categories existing in which one’s entire life can be pictured into a confluence of overlapping circles. A Venn diagram, if you will. On the other hand, taking a slimmed down look at a part of my life as a craft beer drinker, I believe I can put that aspect of my life into…

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