‘Yellowstone’s’ Cole Hauser adds whiskey brand to resume amid Taylor Sheridan coffee feud
nypost.comwhisky business! “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser announced his new brand of whisky Wednesday amid his coffee battle against the hit Paramount+ show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan.“I’m proud to announce that I have teamed up with some friends to start a whiskey brand inspired by the heritage and grit of the pioneers that built Montana,” Hauser wrote on Instagram. “The ranch, and namesake of our @lazykbarwhiskey, represents the long standing traditions and hard-fought history of ranchers in Montana.”Hauser continued that Lazy K Bar whiskey is an “8-year-old premium whiskey” now available exclusively in Montana and “was awarded 98 points by the Tasting Panel magazine.”“If you’re in big sky country, I hope you’ll grab a bottle,” he concluded.
Although another post of the whiskey’s Instagram account claims the idea for the company “was born years ago,” it’s come to reality in the wake of Sheridan suing Hauser for trademark infringement, claiming Hauser’s Free Rein Coffee Company logo looks is too close to his Bosque Ranch logo.A lawsuit filed Nov.
21 by the ranch against Free Rein in the Northern District of Texas’ federal court in San Angelo cited unfair competition and false advertising.
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