Colorado: Colorado liquor store owners join forces to pressure Hickenlooper into signing beer and wine compromise
Colorado: Colorado liquor store owners join forces to pressure Hickenlooper into signing beer and wine compromise Source: The Gazette By: Megan Schrader May 24, 2016 Gov. John Hickenlooper is being pressured to sign a bill that would slowly open Colorado’s liquor industry to chain stores hoping to hold multiple licenses. The former […]
India: Alcohol blues: 70 from Bihar go pub hopping to Nepal, detained
India: Alcohol blues: 70 from Bihar go pub hopping to Nepal, detained All 70 Indians were later released after they signed an undertaking that they would not enter Nepal again for consuming alcohol. Source: Indian Express By: PTI May 24, 2016 Around 70 Indian nationals, all hailing from Bihar, have been detained […]
Wisconsin 10th-OWI suspect’s beer-battered fish claim fails
Wisconsin 10th-OWI suspect’s beer-battered fish claim fails Source: Associated Press May 24, 2016 A Wisconsin man who blamed his beer-battered fish fry after he was pulled over the 10th time for drunken driving is going to prison. A judge in Adams County sentenced John Przybyla to seven years in prison Monday. A […]
Scottish alcohol sales increase to equivalent of 41 bottles of vodka per adult
Scottish alcohol sales increase to equivalent of 41 bottles of vodka per adult Scottish alcohol sales are 20 per cent higher than in England and Wales Source: The Telegraph Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor 25 May 2016 SNP ministers have attempted to bolster their fragile legal case for introducing alcohol minimum pricing […]
GPs disagree with revised UK alcohol guidelines
GPs disagree with revised UK alcohol guidelines Source: the drinks business by Lauren Eads 24th May, 2016 The majority of UK GPs disagree with the UK chief medical officer that there is “no safe level of alcohol consumption”, according to an independent survey carried out by the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). […]
LIQUOR WHOLESALER AND THREE EMPLOYEES INDICTED FOR $9 MILLION SCHEME TO SMUGGLE LIQUOR FROM MARYLAND TO NEW YORK
LIQUOR WHOLESALER AND THREE EMPLOYEES INDICTED FOR $9 MILLION SCHEME TO SMUGGLE LIQUOR FROM MARYLAND TO NEW YORK Source: US DOJ May 24, 2016 A federal grand jury indicted Republic National Distribution Company, LLC, and its employees, Eugene Gerzsenyi, age 52, of Glen Burnie, Maryland; Jason Lockerman, age 38, of Bel Air, Maryland; […]