Bud Light’s Lime-A-Rita makes new push to target women with tried-and-true beverage

Bud Light’s Lime-A-Rita makes new push to target women with tried-and-true beverage   FOX News By Rebekah Sager March 16, 2017 During Women’s National History month, Budweiser’s canned Lime-A-Rita cocktail is making a concerted effort to appeal to women with a new campaign targeted exclusively to female drinkers.   A fruit-flavored malt beverage (without any […]

Utah: Mommy, Where Do Cocktails Come From?

Utah: Mommy, Where Do Cocktails Come From?   Utah law requires many restaurants to mix drinks behind a partition to shield the act from curious minors-but a new bill would allow it back in the open; the ‘Zion Curtain’ becomes the ‘Zion Moat’   Source: WSJ By JIM CARLTON March 16, 2017   When Taylor […]

Canada: Toronto city staff warn of ‘increased risk-taking behaviour’ when combining alcohol with caffeine drinks

Canada: Toronto city staff warn of ‘increased risk-taking behaviour’ when combining alcohol with caffeine drinks   Canadian Underwriter March 14, 2017 Toronto’s board of health will consider Monday a proposal to require organizers of events on city property to “be familiar” with a federal government warning against mixing alcohol with caffeinated energy drinks.   Health […]

Canada: Changes on tap as craft breweries respond to new impaired driving laws in Sask.

Canada: Changes on tap as craft breweries respond to new impaired driving laws in Sask.   CTV News By Katherine Hill, Video Journalist March 14, 2017 SASKATCHEWAN – They’re meant to keep impaired drivers off the roads. But, new drunk driving laws introduced in Saskatchewan earlier this year have sparked change in the province’s beer […]

Florida: Florida House keeps chipping away at ‘Liquor Wall’

Florida: Florida House keeps chipping away at ‘Liquor Wall’   Source: Palm Beach Post Jim Turner  March 14, 2017    A heavily lobbied measure intended to knock down a decades-old prohibition on selling liquor in grocery and large retail stores narrowly continued to advance in the House on Tuesday.   The Government Operations & Technology […]

NABCA Legal Symposium – Day 2

NABCA Legal Symposium – Day 2   Source: NABCA March 14th   NABCA’s 24th Annual Symposium on Alcohol Beverage Law & Regulation successfully concluded on day two with positive comments and more than 280 people participating as part of the live audience or online. Below are summaries of Tuesday’s presentations.   New 1st Amendment Challenges […]

How Alcohol and Caffeine Built Civilization?

How Alcohol and Caffeine Built Civilization?   Source: PJ Media BY TYLER O’NEIL MARCH 14, 2017   Humans have long been addicted to alcohol and caffeine. But these two drugs – which kill those who overdose – have enabled the birth and flourishing of civilization.   Chelsea Follett, managing editor of HumanProgress.org, a project of […]