Brewery Sues Over Best Idea Ever

Posted Feb 1st 2008 3:47PM by TMZ Staff

An Ohio brewery is suing a former employee, claiming he stole their formula for making healthy beer!

Brewmandu Brewery alleges that Brian Lottig jacked the idea of selling a beer that's good for you -- and took it to establish his own "The Lion Brewery." According to documents, the brewery spent 10 years in research and development on a beer that has "vitamins and nutrients to protect the liver and offer increased nutritional content to combat the negative effects of alcohol consumption." Let's drink to that!

Looks like we'll have to wait for this wonderful product until the next Super Bowl.

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1. Thirsty??

Posted at 4:29PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Angela

2. I bet it tastes like piss

Posted at 4:38PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Luda

3. I live in Cleveland and drink a lot of beer. Have never heard of this tool.

Posted at 4:56PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Michael

4. This is not an "Exclusive."

As with many, many TMZ stories, this piece was swiped from the Courthouse News web site, where it was first published this morning at 9:30 est. It was an exclusive then on that site. Not now.

TMZ steals a story a day from Courthouse News. Sometimes two. And this is no exaggeration. For example, this week TMZ lifted stories about lawsuits involving Donald Trump and R. Kelly.

This is really sleazy stuff. I'm sure that this post will be removed minutes after I submit it. So I'll make sure to screen grab it and forward it to some sites that might blow the whistle on this blatant (and repeated) theft.

Posted at 5:05PM on Feb 1st 2008 by CNews

5. You're probably right Luda. Beer isn't supposed to be healthy.

Posted at 6:10PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Baseball Junkie

6. Selling a beer that's good for you? A beer that has vitamins and nutrients to protect the liver and offer increased nutritional content to combat the negative effects of alcohol consumption? That's a great idea! Why don't they also add some other products in the beer that keeps someone from driving a car, while intoxicated, and crashing into another car and killing the driver and passengers of that car?

Posted at 6:50PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Be kind to animals

7. SO LAME... i want good 4 me beer.. jeezzzzzzzzz

Posted at 7:19PM on Feb 1st 2008 by Bailey

8. who can be trusted

Posted at 7:25PM on Feb 1st 2008 by MovieWatcher

9. TMZ is actually addicted to using the EXCLUSIVE label

Posted at 7:26PM on Feb 1st 2008 by MovieWatcher

10. The darker the beer/ale, the more B vitamins. Ascorbic acid is used to kill the yeast. That;s vitamin C. You don't get calories from the carbs in beer...

It's the alcohol.

Who's zoomin' who???

TMZ steals stories? Opps! Another lawsuit...

Posted at 10:56PM on Feb 1st 2008 by spike the Poet

11. most of the comments on here make me want to hurl. some of you can be so negative. get over your anal selves & have a nice day. cough.

Posted at 1:42AM on Feb 2nd 2008 by Ava

12. There is no such thing as healthy beer

Posted at 9:01AM on Feb 2nd 2008 by NYOB

13. He also stole the formula for making healthy cigarettes.

Posted at 6:17PM on Feb 2nd 2008 by Geminate

14. thanks for the interesting news

Posted at 10:51AM on Mar 2nd 2008 by Foxy