Hollar Hosiery Legal Cases

Give anything a little time and suddenly everything starts to make sense. 

We were alerted recently to the following public information on file in Catawba County court system with regard to the Hollar Hosiery Mill:

 

Since the legal cases were filed recently (in early-May 2013), we don't know if they have been resolved or still pending. But, the Defendants (Hollar Hosiery is listed as a Defendant in both) are alleged, according to the above complaints, to owe more than $586,000.

Since part of our lease agreement was the eventual ownership of the brewery equipment, it begs the question: Would all of the brewery equipment, as a current asset of Hollar Hosiery, been in jeopardy? Or would there have been a lien(s) placed against the equipment by the Plaintiffs? We don't know.

There are hundreds of other questions that these cases raise. We can't answer them here. We can only speculate. But, as we stated before, give anything a little time and the picture becomes clear. 

Since this is public information (if we can get it), why hasn't there been any mention of this in the local newspapers? Being scooped by an ale company, in a different state, might be an interesting question as well.   

Nathan Kirby -- "Developer"

Before we get into this, we should note that we are not seeking to defame or cause any injury whatsoever to Nathan Kirby, or his business.

It should be noted, Nathan Kirby has insinuated severe, mind-boggling, potential repercussions against anyone who informs the public about him. He told us several times that he would "sue us," if we ever mentioned his name. Just mentioned his name. Seriously!

According to him, he is not someone to be trifled with. He's very powerful, you see.  

Therefore, we want to make sure the former statement, and we'll repeat it: “We are not seeking to defame or cause any injury whatsoever to Nathan Kirby, or his business,” is abundantly clear.

Since we assume that we still have the “freedom of speech” in the United States, the following are just casual observations that we have found interesting:

1. Nathan Kirby has a vanity project called, “The Preservationist;”

2. According to Nathan Kirby's own website, at this date and time (May 7, 2013), no one has picked up “The Preservationist” reality show for programming yet;

3. During one of Nathan Kirby's own online teaser trailers (on his website, mind you), one of his workers, Bill, says, “Nathan thinks his timeline is aggressive. It's [bleeping - for public purposes] insane. It's not just aggressive. It's insane!”

   You can see it here:

The above statements are true. They are taken from Nathan Kirby's own website and videos. We have not altered or touched them.

Therefore, please take this video into consideration, as we assume the worst going forward. You see, we have been threatened with legal action from the Hollar Hosiery developers, for their inability to deliver the brewery on-time. Somehow, you see, it's our fault they couldn't deliver the brewery. Remember, their own video captured timeline wasn't just aggressive, but bleeping insane, according to their own project manager.  

UPDATE: It appears "The Preservationist" trailer was taken from public to "private" on YouTube. That's interesting... We wonder why that is???  

Gotta Love this name: Oompa Loompa Chocolate Cream Stout!

I was just catching up on some beer news this morning when I saw the following article about Fat Head Brewery's Oompa Loompa Chocolate Cream Stout. 

I haven't tried it yet, but I love the name!

Hollar Hosiery Investments Brownfield

As we previously mentioned in an earlier blog post regarding the one year anniversary of the Hollar Hosiery Lease Agreement, we began negotiations with the Developers when it became apparent to both parties that the Developers were not going to make the 180-day deadline from the Commencement Date of July 1, 2012, until we had to serve them notice of default and breach on Feb. 13, 2012. 

While we won't get into some of shady written lease amendments we received from the developers (and rejected!), it was during this time that we first learned of the soil contamination, and where and what the Hollar Hosiery "Brownfield" concern was exactly.

It should be noted that in our lease agreement that was signed on April 20, 2012, there is one line in the agreement discussing the "Brownfield." However, there was no exhibit specifying what and where it was. When we asked about it, they basically gave us the "all old buildings are Brownfields" line. Apparently, they found out in August 2012. We didn't find out until we got the first attempted Lease Amendment. 

We got extremely concerned when we saw the following image (the red box has been added to show where the brewery was supposed to be):

As previously mentioned, the added red box is where the Skull Coast Brewery would have been. The black plume with the little toxic icons inside of it is titled "Area Of Possible Soil Contamination."  

My favorite part of this process, however, was when we heard from Nathan Kirby basically telling us that you don't need to get your attorney involved.

Boys and Girls whenever someone tells you basically NOT to consult your attorney on their lease amendments and "Brownfield" environmental assessments, RUN don't walk to your attorney's office!

And, before you think I am exposing the property unfairly, I'll let what we heard from Nathan Kirby answer that: The Brownfield agreement is public record anyway.

Culture Magazine: Gallows Point Dead Man's Porter Featured

We are happy to report we will be in the June issue of Culture Magazine. The Skull Coast Brewing Company's Gallows Point Dead Man's Porter will be paired with a cheese (not sure which one yet). When we get the magazine, we'll be sure to upload images and the article. Otherwise, you can get it at your newsstand!