Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments And Contingencies

7.         Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase of raw materials

Production of the Company’s beverages requires quantities of various processed agricultural products, including malt and hops for beer. The Company fulfills its commodities requirements through purchases from various sources, some through contractual arrangements and others on the open market. Future payments under existing contractual arrangements are as follows:

Three months ending December 31, 2012	$	745,300
Year ending December 31, 2013		801,700
Year ending December 31, 2014		126,200
Year ending December 31, 2015		126,200
Year ending December 31, 2016		64,700
	$	1,864,100

Legal

The Company is periodically involved in legal actions and claims that arise as a result of events that occur in the normal course of operations. Management and the Company’s legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment.

The Company is not currently aware of any legal proceedings or claims that the Company believes will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

Operating Leases

The Company leases some of its operating and office facilities for various terms under long-term, non-cancelable operating lease agreements. The leases expire at various dates through 2015 and provide for renewal options ranging from month-to-month to five years. In the normal course of business, it is expected that these leases will be renewed or replaced by leases on similar properties. The leases provide for increases in future minimum annual rental payments based on defined increases which are generally meant to correlate with the Consumer Price Index, subject to certain minimum increases. Also, the agreements generally require the Company to pay certain costs (real estate taxes, insurance and repairs).

MBC and its subsidiaries have various lease agreements for the brewpub and gift store in Ukiah, California, the brewery at Releta’s Saratoga Springs, New York facility, a building in the UK, and certain equipment. The New York lease includes a renewal option for three additional five-year periods, which Releta intends to exercise, and some leases are adjusted annually for changes in the consumer price index. The leases begin expiring in 2014.

Keg Management Agreement

In September 2009, the Company renewed the keg management agreement with MicroStar Keg Management LLC. Under this arrangement, MicroStar provides all kegs for which the Company pays a service fee depending on the applicable territory. The agreement is effective for five years ending in September 2014. If the agreement is terminated, the Company is required to purchase four times the average monthly keg usage for the preceding six-month period from MicroStar. The Company expects to continue this relationship.