What happened to the days of reading books to fall asleep? Rising numbers turn to alcohol to get a good night’s rest
What happened to the days of reading books to fall asleep? Rising numbers turn to alcohol to get a good night’s rest A quarter of adults now claim that they often drink alcohol before nodding off Another 12 per cent said that they no longer slept with their spouse or partner The survey of […]
India’s Battle With Booze Isn’t Stopping Johnnie Walker
India’s Battle With Booze Isn’t Stopping Johnnie Walker Indian spirits market predicted to reach $31.8 billion by 2020 Source: Bloomberg by P R Sanjai and Thomas Buckley February 22, 2017 India has a love-hate relationship with booze. While the majority of adults are lifetime abstainers, those who enjoy a tipple tend to […]
LA: Bars, restaurants concerned about having to pay another alcohol tax
LA: Bars, restaurants concerned about having to pay another alcohol tax 4 WWL By Wynton Yates, WWL February 21, 2017 NEW ORLEANS – Local bar owners are wondering how newly proposed revisions to an alcohol tax will affect their businesses. Over at Mollys at the Market Bar in the French Quarter, owner Tierney Monaghan is […]
SC: Senate May Consider Alcohol Training for Servers, Bartenders
SC: Senate May Consider Alcohol Training for Servers, Bartenders freetimes By Eva Moore February 22, 2017 The Senate could take up a bill that would require everyone who serves alcohol in South Carolina to undergo training on how to spot and deal with drunk people and avoid serving underage people. Dubbed Alli’s Law, the bill […]
MT: Spirits for seniors? Bill would let retirement homes purchase liquor licenses
MT: Spirits for seniors? Bill would let retirement homes purchase liquor licenses KULR News 8 By Evelyn Schultz, Reporter February 21, 2017 GREAT FALLS, Mont. – One state representative is hoping to “Make Retirement Homes Great Again” one liquor license at a time. Rep. Adam Hertz says HB430 would let retirement communities purchase liquor licenses and […]
Minnesota: Minnesota House votes to dump 159-year-old ban on Sunday liquor sales
Minnesota: Minnesota House votes to dump 159-year-old ban on Sunday liquor sales Source: Pioneer Press By CHRISTOPHER MAGAN February 20, 2017 Minnesotans who enjoy a bloody Mary over brunch or a cold beer during a Vikings game have pushed for years to scrap the state’s 159-year-old ban on Sunday liquor sales, and on […]
Just half a pint of beer a week increases risk of heart disease – new study
Just half a pint of beer a week increases risk of heart disease – new study Source: The Telegraph Henry Bodkin 20 FEBRUARY 2017 Drinking just half a pint of beer a week is enough to stiffen people’s arteries and put them at greater risk of heart disease, a new study has found. […]
On this day in 1933: Congress strikes the first blow in the fight to kill Prohibition
On this day in 1933: Congress strikes the first blow in the fight to kill Prohibition Source: The Telegraph Dominic Selwood 20 FEBRUARY 2017 In January 1919, the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution forbade, “the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors”. It came into force exactly a year later, with the National Prohibition […]
United Kingdom: Sociable Britons spending more on eating and drinking out
United Kingdom: Sociable Britons spending more on eating and drinking out Smoking and drinking at home declines as focus shifts to restaurants and hotels, study finds Source: FT by: Gemma Tetlow, Economics Correspondent FEBRUARY 16, 2017 Britons are spending more on eating and drinking out but less on alcohol at home and […]
Guinness enters Maryland lawmakers’ beer debate
Guinness enters Maryland lawmakers’ beer debate Source: The Baltimore Sun Pamela Wood February 19, 2017 A battle over beer is brewing in Annapolis. State lawmakers are faced with competing proposals to change the rules for breweries, which have exploded in popularity in recent years as drinkers turn away from mass-produced corporate beers […]