Gin for breakfast? Alcoholic yoghurt raises eyebrows

Gin for breakfast? Alcoholic yoghurt raises eyebrows   Source: BBC News By Kate Palmer 6 September 2017   Forget a dash of tonic with lemon and lime – gin has been spiriting its way into our mealtimes, with supermarkets now selling gin-flavoured foods, from yoghurt to fish. So does gin belong in the pantry as […]

Why we should drink wine at breakfast

Why we should drink wine at breakfast   Source: independent.co.uk Kashmira Gander September 6, 2017   For millions of people, the rich aroma of ground coffee beans blended with hot water and frothy milk is what mornings smell like, while the fruity notes of a glass of wine are a welcome sign of evenings. But […]

Alcohol May Affect Brain Function Differently In Men And Women

Alcohol May Affect Brain Function Differently In Men And Women   Source: Forbes Alice G. Walton, CONTRIBUTOR September 4th   A new study presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology conference this week finds that the brain cells of young men and women may be affected differently by chronic alcohol use. None of the people […]

No Good DUI Impairment Test For Marijuana Is Likely

No Good DUI Impairment Test For Marijuana Is Likely   Unlike with alcohol, for other drugs there is no close relationship between tissue levels and impairment.   Source: WSJ Sept. 4, 2017   Ethan Siegel and Alex Berezow are right to identify marijuana-impaired driving as a significant national highway safety problem, but no equivalent will […]

Spirits training boosts bartender upselling, study finds

Spirits training boosts bartender upselling, study finds   Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 5th September, 2017   Bartenders are 16.9% better at upselling premium spirits after undertaking spirits training, a study by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET)? has revealed.   The research, conducted in partnership with bar and restaurant operator Living […]

WY: UW requests more officers to work football games

WY: UW requests more officers to work football games   The News Tribune The Associated Press August 26, 2017 LARAMIE, WYO. – The University of Wyoming has requested local law enforcement agencies provide more officers at football games in War Memorial Stadium, where alcohol will be openly sold this season.   The request stems from […]

NE: Ending Whiteclay beer sales a ‘human life issue’ to social conservatives

NE: Ending Whiteclay beer sales a ‘human life issue’ to social conservatives   Lincoln Journal Star By Zach Pluhacek August 27, 2017 It was a stunning moment of near-unanimity at the Capitol.   When state Sens. Patty Pansing Brooks and Tom Brewer jointly announced to their fellow lawmakers that Whiteclay’s beer stores would lose their […]

Australia: Could New Trade Rules Mean A Lack Of Health Warnings On Alcohol?

Australia: Could New Trade Rules Mean A Lack Of Health Warnings On Alcohol? As trade talks get underway around resurrecting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), regional trade agreements are moving toward rules that make it harder to have health warnings on wine and spirits   Pursuit By Paula O’Brien, University of Melbourne; Dr Deborah Gleeson, La […]