In a Beer vs. Root Beer naming battle, Krebs Brewing has agreed to stop using 1919 in it’s Krebs’ 1919 Choc Beer because of a lawsuit involving 1919 Classic American Root Beer brewed by New Ulm Brewing for August Schell. Details from BizJournals:
The Minnesota maker of 1919 Classic American Draft Root Beer has won a legal fight with a beer that also used 1919 in its name.
New Ulm Brewing & Beverage Co., which contracts with August Schell Brewing Co. in New Ulm to make kegs of the root beer, sued Krebs Brewing Co. Inc. last summer for trademark infringement and unfair competition after Krebs' 1919 Choc beer was spotted for sale in St. Paul.
According to court documents filed this week, Krebs Brewing (based in Krebs, Okla.) has given up the name, agreeing not to use "1919" as a trademark for its beers.
Krebs can still use the phrase "since 1919" to demonstrate the year's significance to the company. That was the year that Krebs founder Pietro Piegart started brewing and selling the beer to coal miners, as well as the year that prohibition began. 
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