With Moderate Drinking Under Fire, Alcohol Companies Go on Offensive
With Moderate Drinking Under Fire, Alcohol Companies Go on Offensive Public-health officials who long said light drinking was good for the heart are now warning of cancer risks, causing ripples through the alcohol industry Source: By Justin Scheck and Tripp Mickle Aug. 22, 2016 At a brewers’ conference this spring, an alcohol […]
MA: Legislature shoots down liquor law revamp
MA: Legislature shoots down liquor law revamp The Andover Townsman August 18, 2016 Nearly everyone agrees that the state’s current liquor laws are antiquated, and cities and towns regularly have to petition their way around them. So why is it, when two governors now — one Democratic, one Republican — have said it’s […]
Amazing photos capture how faces change after 1, 2 and 3 glasses of wine
Amazing photos capture how faces change after 1, 2 and 3 glasses of wine Source: The Telegraph Mark Molloy 20 August 2016 Wine fans will undoubtedly appreciate this fun photo project which captures how faces change when alcohol has been consumed. Brazilian photographer Marcos Alberti captured his friends when they had drunk […]
What Is Craft?
What Is Craft? What is craft, as in ‘craft distillery’? Source: The Chuck Cowdery Blog Saturday, August 20, 2016 The dictionary offers a little help. The most nearly relevant dictionary definition is: “denoting or relating to food or drink made in a traditional or non-mechanized way by an individual or a small […]
Liquor to be made available online in Kerala from Onam
Liquor to be made available online in Kerala from Onam Consumerfed is the apex body of consumer cooperatives and has 36 retail liquor outlets in Kerala Business Standard IANS, Thiruvananthapuram August 18, 2016 In a move sure to raise the spirits of devotees of Bachhus in Kerala amid talks of “tweaking” the state liquor […]
High school students invent ‘SpitStrips’ to detect alcohol in saliva
High school students invent ‘SpitStrips’ to detect alcohol in saliva CTVNews.ca By Taline McPhedran August 17, 2016 A youth-run start-up is hoping to create a simple strip of paper that can read a person’s blood alcohol content after drinking and hopefully stop people from getting behind the wheel. SpitStrips, created by a group […]
Alcohol named as worse ‘gateway’ drug than cannabis
Alcohol named as worse ‘gateway’ drug than cannabis the drinks business By Steven Green August 17, 2016 Cannabis is often credited as being the worst gateway drug into stronger things, but a new study has shown that alcohol is much worse. Based on a collection of charts on decades of drug use in […]
MI: Some call new alcohol sales law for grocery store gas stations unfair
MI: Some call new alcohol sales law for grocery store gas stations unfair Michigan Radio By Doug Tribou August 19, 2016 Summer road trips mean big business for gas stations. And if they sell gas and beer and wine, even bigger business. There are already more than 1,800 gas stations that sell alcohol in […]
GA: Savannah City Council approves amendment to alcohol ordinance
GA: Savannah City Council approves amendment to alcohol ordinance WTOC By Tesia Reed, Reporter August 18, 2016 SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) – Lots of items on the Savannah City Council agenda Thursday, including a change to the way alcohol is served in the city. The council approved an amendment to the law that’s already […]
United Kingdom: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling’
United Kingdom: HALF of parents let children under 14 drink alcohol at home to ‘reward school achievements and stop them rebelling’ The Daily Mail By Rosie Taylor August 18, 2016 Half of parents allow their children to booze at home before the age of 14, new research has revealed. One in ten parents […]