Commitments and Contingencies	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2016
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments and Contingencies	11. 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. 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. The Company’s management and its legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein. On September 26, 2014, The New Buffalo Brewing Co., Inc. (“NBB”) initiated an action against Releta in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of Erie to recover damages for alleged breaches of a Brewing Production Agreement between NBB and Releta dated September 6, 2013 (the “Brewing Production Agreement”), as well as for a declaration rescinding and nullifying the Brewing Production Agreement, and, in case of Releta’s failure to answer or appear, damages resulting from the alleged breaches, rescission of the Brewing Production Agreement, attorneys’ fees and any other relief deemed proper by the court. In a demand letter to Releta dated October 16, 2014, NBB demanded payment of the sum of $500,000. The Company has engaged a law firm in New York to respond. The trial date is set for January 17, 2017. On June 3, 2015, IAE International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) served the Company with a complaint (the “Complaint”), filed in Marin County Superior Court, California (the “Court”), which requests, among other things, (i) that the Court recognize and enforce a foreign judgment against an Indian corporate entity (which is an affiliate of the Company), the alleged judgment debtor, and (ii) that such judgment be made enforceable against any assets of the Company (and of the other defendants) that are located in California, on the alleged ground that the Company (along with the other defendants) is an “alter ego” of the alleged judgment debtor. Along with the Complaint, IAE also served the Company with an ex parte application for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment, and, in the alternative, a temporary protective order (collectively, the “ex parte application”) to, among other things, stop the Company from making certain transfers to related parties other than in the ordinary course of business. The ex parte application came up for hearing before the Court on June 5, 2015 and was continued to June 9, 2015. At the conclusion of the continued hearing on June 9, 2015, the Court denied the ex parte application for a writ of attachment and dissolved a short-term, limited temporary protective order that had been in place during the four-day continuance. The Company believes that the allegations in the Complaint are without merit and will continue to vigorously defend against the lawsuit. On June 29, 2016, the Company filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, requesting that the Court dismiss, with prejudice, one of the two causes of action pled against it. That motion was granted by the Court on September 6, 2016, leaving only one cause of action against the Company. Trial is expected to commence on March 14, 2017. As discussed in more detail in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2015, the Company discussed with the Lender the allegations set forth in the Complaint and the ex parte application and, as of the date of this Quarterly Report, the Company has not received any notice or other communication from the Lender that the Lender intends to exercise any of the remedies available to it under the Credit and Security Agreement in connection therewith. 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 condition or ability to continue to operate. 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 between 2016 and 2020 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, including 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.

Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

11. 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.

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. The Company’s management and its legal counsel assess such contingent liabilities, and such assessment inherently involves an exercise of judgment. In assessing loss contingencies related to legal proceedings that are pending against the Company or unasserted claims that may result in such proceedings, the Company’s legal counsel evaluates the perceived merits of any legal proceedings or unasserted claims as well as the perceived merits of the amount of relief sought or expected to be sought therein.

On September 26, 2014, The New Buffalo Brewing Co., Inc. (“NBB”) initiated an action against Releta in the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of Erie to recover damages for alleged breaches of a Brewing Production Agreement between NBB and Releta dated September 6, 2013 (the “Brewing Production Agreement”), as well as for a declaration rescinding and nullifying the Brewing Production Agreement, and, in case of Releta’s failure to answer or appear, damages resulting from the alleged breaches, rescission of the Brewing Production Agreement, attorneys’ fees and any other relief deemed proper by the court. In a demand letter to Releta dated October 16, 2014, NBB demanded payment of the sum of $500,000. The Company has engaged a law firm in New York to respond. The trial date is set for January 17, 2017.

On June 3, 2015, IAE International Aero Engines AG (“IAE”) served the Company with a complaint (the “Complaint”), filed in Marin County Superior Court, California (the “Court”), which requests, among other things, (i) that the Court recognize and enforce a foreign judgment against an Indian corporate entity (which is an affiliate of the Company), the alleged judgment debtor, and (ii) that such judgment be made enforceable against any assets of the Company (and of the other defendants) that are located in California, on the alleged ground that the Company (along with the other defendants) is an “alter ego” of the alleged judgment debtor. Along with the Complaint, IAE also served the Company with an ex parte application for a right to attach order and a writ of attachment, and, in the alternative, a temporary protective order (collectively, the “ex parte application”) to, among other things, stop the Company from making certain transfers to related parties other than in the ordinary course of business.

The ex parte application came up for hearing before the Court on June 5, 2015 and was continued to June 9, 2015. At the conclusion of the continued hearing on June 9, 2015, the Court denied the ex parte application for a writ of attachment and dissolved a short-term, limited temporary protective order that had been in place during the four-day continuance.

The Company believes that the allegations in the Complaint are without merit and will continue to vigorously defend against the lawsuit. On June 29, 2016, the Company filed a Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings, requesting that the Court dismiss, with prejudice, one of the two causes of action pled against it. That motion was granted by the Court on September 6, 2016, leaving only one cause of action against the Company. Trial is expected to commence on March 14, 2017.

As discussed in more detail in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 9, 2015, the Company discussed with the Lender the allegations set forth in the Complaint and the ex parte application and, as of the date of this Quarterly Report, the Company has not received any notice or other communication from the Lender that the Lender intends to exercise any of the remedies available to it under the Credit and Security Agreement in connection therewith.

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 condition or ability to continue to operate.

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 between 2016 and 2020 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, including 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.