1. Pabst Brewing and MillerCoors are headed to court as MillerCoors considers not renewing its contract brewing arrangement. The world's second-largest brewer currently produces Pabst Blue Ribbon and all of Pabst's legacy beers. The contract expires in 2020 and would leave Pabst scrambling to substitute production at a different facility, very few of which could handle their large production volumes. MillerCoors argues that declining volumes forced it to close a production brewery in 2016 and it may have to close another facility this year, which would decrease capacity so greatly that it could no longer brew for Pabst. – CNBC

2. Magnolia founder Dave McLean is leaving the San Francisco brewpub. McLean founded the iconic brewpub in the city's Haigh-Ashbury district in 1997. In 2015, Magnolia declared bankruptcy following the costly addition of a second location in the Dogpatch neighborhood, although both locations continued to operate. Last year, Belgian brewer Oud Beersel and Colorado-based New Belgium partnered to purchase the company, with McLean dropping his ownership and staying on as an employee. McLean characterized the split as "amicable" and will now focus on his new malting company in the East Bay. Magnolia's Dogpatch location will be renovated over the summer with a plan to relaunch in August. – EATER

3. Beer companies are doing a poor job of advertising to women, according to The Female Factor CEO Bridget Brennan. The consulting group chief says that, "Women are going to continue to be the alpha consumers for probably the next two to three decades, at least." Women currently earn more college degrees than men and hold 51% of wealth in the U.S., according to Brennan. She encouraged brewers to take steps to market better to women, including reviewing social media and marketing for gender bias, having a balanced gender ratio of employees, and consistently creating marketing materials for women as opposed to simply brewing one-off beers. – BREWBOUND

1. The brewing industry is providing opportunities for some struggling farmers. Faced with milk prices at an all-time low, dairy farmers Sean Dubois and Molly Stevens opened Stone Cow Brewery in 2016 on their family's fifth-generation 1,000-acre farm. Other farmers have equipped their property for malting barley, such as Josh Cody, who recently opened the Colorado Farm Brewery this year after operating the Colorado Malting Company on his family's former dairy farm since 2008. – NYT

2. Craft Brew Alliance (CBA) has decided to convert its Redhook brewpub in Portsmouth, New Hampshire into a Cisco Brewers outlet. CBA has experienced solid growth in distributing its Kona brand; however, slow sales for its Redhook brand led to the sale of a large production facility in Washington and a downsizing to a smaller brewpub in Seattle. CBA has formed strategic partnerships in recent years with several smaller brewers, including Massachusetts-based Cisco Brewers and Florida-based Wynwood Brewing, which allow them to share distribution networks and resources. CEO Andy Thomas says that the company is pursuing equity positions with all of its strategic partnerships. – BREWBOUND 

3. CraftHaus Brewery has renamed its Jean Claude golden ale to Not that Jean Claude following a cease-and-desist letter from action movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme. Owners Wyndee and Dave Forrest have released the beer annually in honor of the vehicle—Jean Claude Damn Van—that took them on a cross-country beer tour prior to opening their brewery. The van was notorious for breaking down, and has since become a part of the brewery's lore. – EATER

4. A judge dismissed a lawsuit concerning Goose Island's refund process for its contaminated Bourbon County Brand Stout release from 2015. Two Massachusetts men had sued the Illinois-based brewery, alleging that the refund process Goose Island had put in place was underpublicized and not available for a long enough period of time. Goose Island attempted to settle with the men for $8,000, a sum that is far greater than what they had spent on 54 bottles of the beer that year. The men returned the checks with the intent to pursue a class-action lawsuit. The judge has since ruled that Goose Island made a good faith effort with the settlement and that no further relief was necessary. – TRIBUNE

5. According to the Florida Brewers Guild, independent craft brewers are losing shelf space to conglomerate-backed craft brewers in the state's Publix grocery store locations. "They’re blatantly removing Florida craft ones and replacing them with beers purchased by these big guys," said guild attorney and lobbyist Joshua Aubuchon. Swamp Head and Motorworks have both completely disappeared off Publix shelves, which have reduced shelf space overall for craft beer from 16 feet to 8 feet. Publix spokesperson Brenda Reid said that sales and consumer demand drive beer placements and that traditional beer still greatly outsells the growing craft category. – TAMPA BAY TIMES

6. New York State is working to legalize ice cream made with beer and cider. Ice cream made with wine has been legal for 10 years in the state. The new legislation would amend the current ice cream wine law to include beer and cider. Gilligan's Island, an ice cream shop in Upstate New York, has been working to develop new ice cream flavors with beer. The company planned to debut the flavors at a tasting event earlier this month, only to find that their ice cream was actually illegal. Owner Andy Lagoe says that he hopes the law changes so that Gilligan's Island can debut the new flavors at the New York State Fair this summer. – NYUP

4. Swedish brewer Norrlands Guld has teamed with ad agency Akestam Holst to create a machine that will print World Cup tweets in real time on beer foam. The last World Cup in 2014 was, at the time, the most tweeted about event ever with 672 million tweets. The brewer is calling the campaign "The Social Beer." Machines providing the service will be available in select bars throughout Sweden during the World Cup. – ADWEEK

5. The California State Fair saw a record for beer competition entries this year with 1,580 submissions in 64 categories. The competition has become the third-largest in the U.S. Head judge Michael Moore said he had to create new categories in order to accommodate recently developed popular styles such as New England IPAs and Milkshake IPAs. Along with the numerous professional beer entries, 750 home brews were submitted for a separate competition. – CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO

6. Austin, Texas-based comic book shop Hops and Heroes has added a beer and wine license. "We decided to include beer and wine because it was a first,” said executive director Scott Stewart. The non-profit comic store, which supports literacy college scholarship foundations, hopes to add a license for its second downtown location as well in the near future. – EATER

1. Texas-based Deep Ellum Brewing has sold to the private equity-backed Canarchy collective of craft breweries. The move will allow Deep Ellum to complete a $3 million expansion that has slowed since another PE group, Storied Craft Investments, backed out of buying a majority stake in the company earlier this year. Deep Ellum sold 45,000 barrels last year and will now have access to fellow Canarchy member Oskar Blues' production facility in Austin, Texas for increased capacity. – BREWBOUND

4. The Beer Institute released consumer survey results for key beer industry issues during the trade group's annual meeting this week. Topics covered included extending the two-year federal excise tax cuts (47% in favor and 20% opposed) and views on the recent tariffs for aluminum and steel (38% view the tariffs as detrimental to brewers and 13% see them as positive.) A second survey found low support for beer among 21 to 24-year-olds, with 44% of respondents saying they prefer other options to beer. In a separate presentation during the annual meeting, Jessica Lukas—VP of consumer insights at cannabis market research firm BDS—said that it is too early to project how recreational cannabis growth and legalization will affect beer sales. – BREWBOUND

5. MillerCoors CEO Gavin Hattersley again spoke out against President Trump's steel and aluminum tariffs, alleging that the trade policy will cost his company $40 million. "I can’t just go to the shareholders and say, ‘You’re just going to have to accept my profit’s going to be $40 million less,'" said Hattersley. "It doesn’t work that way." The Big Beer CEO says that even a 50-cent hike on 12-packs would greatly impact market share. He also mentioned that he believes the country's 6,000 small brewers, which are increasingly using cans, will have a much tougher time absorbing costs associated with the aluminum price hike. – BLOOMBERG

6. Spokane, Washington's Orlison Brewing announced it is ceasing production of its own brands and closing its taproom, though the production facility will continue contract-brewing for No-Li Brewhouse. "I think we produced very high-quality beer," said owner Orlin Reinbold. "But the way that beer goes to market and the response to local beers in this town is terrible." The five-year-old brewery had added a taproom without food service in 2015 and was one of the first Spokane-area breweries to can its beer. – SPOKESMAN-REVIEW

1. Chicago-based Baderbräu has ceased production and is currently for sale. Founder Rob Sama resurrected the dormant lager-centric brand in 2012 through a contract brewing arrangement in Wisconsin. In 2015, Baderbräu opened a 25,000 sq. ft. production facility and taproom in the city's South Loop neighborhood. The brewery's taproom and kitchen are still operating and may remain open if a suitable buyer comes forward. – TRIBUNE

2. South Africa-based craft brewer Vale Bru has pulled a sexist branding campaign for several of its products. Some of the beer names included Filthy Brunette and Easy Blonde, with the tagline, "All your friends have had her." Craft beer blogger Thandi Guilherme was one of the first people to call attention to the campaign on her Craft Geek blog. Following an apology that many critics said did not go far enough, Vale posted a second apology on social media and pledged to remove the products from the marketplace. – BUSINESS INSIDER

3. AB-InBev has pulled funding from a National Institutes of Health (NIH) study concerning the health effects of moderate alcohol consumption. The world's largest beermaker had pledged $15.4 million to the 10-year, $100 million study that is currently under investigation by the NIH for its fundraising practices and scientific merit. NIH has halted enrollment in the study until the investigations are complete. AB-InBev's global VP for regulatory and public policy wrote in a letter to the NIH, "Unfortunately, recent questions raised around the study could undermine its lasting credibility, which is why we have decided to end our funding." – ARS TECHNICA

4. Caution Brewing will close June 30th. The Denver-based brewery opened in April 2011 with a five-barrel brewhouse, specializing in uniquely spiced beers inspired by founder Danny Wang's Taiwanese heritage. Caution opened a second facility with a three-barrel system in 2013 and eventually migrated all operations to the new spot. "We all knew this time was coming for breweries," said Wang of the saturated market. "For us, because we started so long ago, it was really hard to pivot." Caution is the third Denver-area brewery to close this year. A new brewery has purchased its equipment and will open in the same location. – WESTWORD