Article: Mordant mirth at Mendocino, as faithful keg is interred. (Mendocino Brewing Co.)

The Mendocino Brewing Co. of Hopland, CA, has announced the "passing of an era, with the demise of the company's keg-tossing ritual, apparently another casualt of today's rampant liability litigation.

The brewery had sponsored a keg toss (using a water filled 15.5-gallon keg for the men's event and a 7.5-gallon keg for the women's) at its annual July 4th, Anniversary and Octoberfest festivities.

Ironically, the popularity of the various events seems to have doomed the much-loved barrel toss. "With so many people participating," a brewery spokesperson said, "the possibility of injury increased, and liability insuranc was no longer available."

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