Amazon starts alcohol deliveries to Prime Now customers in Twin Cities

Amazon starts alcohol deliveries to Prime Now customers in Twin Cities It teams with Surdyk’s in Mpls. to deliver beer, wine and liquor in the Twin Cities   Star Tribune By Evans Ramstad July 29, 2016 Amazon.com Inc. started delivery of beer, wine and liquor in the Twin Cities Thursday in partnership with Surdyk’s Liquor […]

Americans spending as much on legal cannabis as on alcohol

Americans spending as much on legal cannabis as on alcohol   Source: thedrinksbusiness.com by Steven Green 27th July, 2016   A new report has found that Americans are now spending as much on legal cannabis as they are on alcohol.   And according to Time Money, it’s men who are predominantly reaching for the rolling […]

Temporary tattoo to monitor alcohol intake

Temporary tattoo to monitor alcohol intake Source: the drinks business by Steven Green 28th July, 2016 A new piece of technology that clings to the skin will monitor your alcohol intake and report the results back to your smartphone. Researchers from the University of California, San Diego have created a wearable electronic board, which ‘clings […]

‘Air rage’ crackdown as ministers consider ban on 24-hour airport drinking

‘Air rage’ crackdown as ministers consider ban on 24-hour airport drinking Source: The Telegraph Steven Swinford, Deputy Political Editor Laura Hughes, Political Correspondent 29 July 2016 Plane passengers should be stopped from drinking too much before they get on their flights amid concerns that families going on holiday and businessmen are being intimidated, a minister […]

Cheap Beer Boosts Full-Year Profit at Diageo’s Kenyan Unit

Cheap Beer Boosts Full-Year Profit at Diageo’s Kenyan Unit Source: bloomberg.com Bella Genga bgenga July 28, 2016 EABL posts 7% increase in profit to 10.3 billion shillings Recommends full-year dividend of 5.50 shillings per share Low-end brands such as Senator beer helped East African Breweries Ltd., the region’s largest brewer, post a 7 percent increase […]

New Brighton bar disables phone use

New Brighton bar disables phone use Source: thespiritsbusiness.com July 25th Visitors to The Gin Tub, which opened on Saturday on the site of former Seventy6 bar, will have to find another way to flick through their social media feeds. Inside the bar, a Faraday cage has been installed, a copper screen which blocks mobile phone […]

The Smithsonian Is Hiring a Beer Historian

The Smithsonian Is Hiring a Beer Historian Source: ABC News July 27, 2016 The world’s largest research and museum complex is looking for scholars who know their beer. From America’s earliest days, beer has had a place in cultural history. Now, the Smithsonian National Museum of American History wants to make sure that history is […]

Researchers study link between health insurance, tobacco and alcohol use among reproductive age women

Researchers study link between health insurance, tobacco and alcohol use among reproductive age women News-Medical July 27, 2016 Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health studied the relationship between health insurance coverage and tobacco and alcohol use among reproductive age women in the United States, and whether there were differences according to pregnancy […]