Dives of Distinction: Cocktail Culture Comes Down to Earth

Dives of Distinction: Cocktail Culture Comes Down to Earth   The era of the overwrought cocktail is giving way to a more informal style of imbibing. Welcome to the age of the high-end dive   Source: WSJ By Noah Rothbaum Jan. 13, 2016   FROM CONSTANTLY changing phone numbers to secret entrances and whispered passwords, […]

Beer companies are using this counterintuitive method to get millennial customer

Beer companies are using this counterintuitive method to get millennial customers back   Source: Business Insider Kate Taylor January 13, 2016   The craft-beer boom is forcing Big Beer to reexamine its marketing techniques.   “If you look at millennial brands that today are at the top of their preferred list, most of the time […]

Food and beer makers are on a dangerous diet

Food and beer makers are on a dangerous diet   Source: FT by: John Gapper January 13, 2016   When a US-Belgian conglomerate with Brazilian shareholders buys a Scottish-style ale made by a craft brewery in Arizona to give itself authenticity, the world has gone mad. Last month, AB InBev acquired Four Peaks Brewing, whose […]

NTSB wish list includes lower alcohol limit, rail and transit improvements

NTSB wish list includes lower alcohol limit, rail and transit improvements   Source: The Hill By Keith Laing 01/13/16   The National Transportation Safety Board’s annual wish list for safety includes changes to federal regulations of U.S. railways and transit systems and lowering the legal alcohol limit for drivers.   The agency released its annual […]