{"id":7738,"date":"2012-10-01T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T16:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=7738"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:22:34","slug":"dogfish-head-switching-chicago-distributors-headed-to-federal-court-over-compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/dogfish-head-switching-chicago-distributors-headed-to-federal-court-over-compensation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dogfish Head Switching Chicago Distributors; Headed To Federal Court Over Compensation"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>A few months ago a tweet sent from a beer manager in Chicago hinted at Dogfish Head making a move away from craft-friendly Louis Glunz Distributing. We followed up on the 140-characters of information but couldn’t get any solid confirmation that a move was imminent. Something was clearly in the works, but no one would confirm it.<\/p>\n Now we not only have that confirmation but we also know that Glunz is taking Dogfish Head to court because of a dispute over “reasonable compensation.”<\/p>\n The complaint was initially filed in circuit court in Cook County but was most recently assigned to federal court in Chicago.<\/p>\n According to the Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act when a brewer terminates a contract with a distributor they are required to pay the distributor “reasonable compensation.” That very phrase is the crux of this dispute between Glunz and Dogfish Head.<\/p>\n According to court documents, Glunz claims the amount offered by DFH is not, well, reasonable.<\/p>\n