Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016 Fortune By John Kell June 1, 2017 2016 isn’t a year that the beverage alcohol industry will be toasting. On Thursday, industry tracker IWSR reported that Americans consumed less alcohol in 2016 than the prior year, with volume slipping by 3.5 million nine-liter cases last year […]
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition?
Why Was Maine the First State to Try Prohibition? The groundbreaking “Maine law” laid the groundwork for other states to experiment with temperance laws Smithsonian By Kat Eschner June 2, 2017 On this day in 1851, the state of Maine passed a law banning the sale of alcohol. Four years later, 3,000 rioters […]
Wisconsin: Wisconsin Tavern League, beer distributors draft plan to narrow distribution laws
Wisconsin: Wisconsin Tavern League, beer distributors draft plan to narrow distribution laws Source: The Capital Times KATELYN FERRAL June 1, 2017 The Wisconsin Tavern League, along with two other lobby groups want to narrow how the state regulates companies that manufacture, distribute and sell alcoholic beverages and create a new government office with […]
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016 (Additional Coverage)
Incredibly, Americans Drank Less Alcohol in 2016 (Additional Coverage) Source: Fortune John Kell Jun 01, 2017 2016 isn’t a year that the beverage alcohol industry will be toasting. On Thursday, industry tracker IWSR reported that Americans consumed less alcohol in 2016 than the prior year, with volume slipping by 3.5 million nine-liter […]
DECLINE IN GLOBAL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ACCELERATING (Additional Coverage)
DECLINE IN GLOBAL ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION ACCELERATING (Additional Coverage) Source: the drinks business by Lauren Eads 1st June, 2017 The rate of decline in global alcohol consumption is accelerating, according to the IWSR, with the global market for alcoholic drinks shrinking by 1.3% in 2016, compared with an average rate of 0.3% in the […]
Utah: Liquor lobbying group declares war on Utah with ad campaign in neighboring states over strict drunk driving law
Utah: Liquor lobbying group declares war on Utah with ad campaign in neighboring states over strict drunk driving law Source: LA Times May 30th As the summer tourism season kicked off this Memorial Day weekend, Utah found itself under attack – with no immediate reprieve in sight. The American Beverage Institute launched […]
Massachusetts: Mass. wants to update its alcohol laws. Not all are happy
Massachusetts: Mass. wants to update its alcohol laws. Not all are happy Health advocates oppose loosening sought by business Source: Boston Globe By Dan Adams MAY 30, 2017 When Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg last year announced a major push to rewrite the state’s alcohol laws, the message was clear: Our antiquated and […]
Slow Death of Bars, Rise of Restaurants is Bad for Beer
Slow Death of Bars, Rise of Restaurants is Bad for Beer Source: Beer Business Daily MAY 31, 2017 Neighborhood bars are dropping like flies, and restaurants are popping up like mushrooms. Since 2004, the former has declined by 12,766 units, while the latter has increased by 60,906, according to stats shared by Nielsen […]
Senators Renew Fight To Lift Cuba Embargo
Senators Renew Fight To Lift Cuba Embargo Source: Law360 By Alex Lawson May 26, 2017 The long-running legislative effort to liberalize U.S.-Cuba trade began anew on Thursday as a bipartisan group of 14 senators introduced a bill to lift the Cold War-era embargo on the island nation. Spearheading the latest iteration of the embargo repeal […]
SOUTH KOREA INVENTS HANGOVER-CURE ICE CREAM
SOUTH KOREA INVENTS HANGOVER-CURE ICE CREAM Source: the drinks business by Natalie Wang 26th May, 2017 Curing a hangover has never been so delicious and sweet, as a South Korean company says it has invented an ice cream bar that will nurse you back to your normal self after a night of heavy drinking. The […]