Alaska: Makeup of state ABC board delays passage of updated alcohol bill
Alaska: Makeup of state ABC board delays passage of updated alcohol bill Source: News Miner April 14, 2016 A bill updating the state’s alcohol laws has a path to the House floor, but there’s disappointment about a provision that specifically bars active health industry members from serving on the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. […]
Teen drinking: Who’s trying alcohol sooner?
Teen drinking: Who’s trying alcohol sooner? Teen girls are drinking alcohol earlier than boys, a new study suggests. Source: CBS HealthDay April 13, 2016 Teenage girls in the United States now start to drink alcohol sooner than boys do, a new study shows. “This is becoming a public health issue,” said […]
Champagne wants to be millennial women’s drink
Champagne wants to be millennial women’s drink CNBC By Michelle Castillo April 12, 2016 Americans on average drink only one-third of a glass of champagne each year, according to internal research from Veuve Clicquot. Seeing room for growth, the LVMH brand wants to turn the bubbly drink from something you sip on special occasions […]
Giggling Goat alcoholic beverage under investigation by Liquor and Gaming NSW
Giggling Goat alcoholic beverage under investigation by Liquor and Gaming NSW Sydney Morning Herald By Lucy Cormack April 12, 2016 An alcoholic beverage marketed in a plastic soft drink bottle is being investigated by Liquor and Gaming NSW. The wine-based “bubbly” beverage, Giggling Goat, is among recent brands of alcopops to hit the shelves […]
REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2016 ABL ANNUAL MEETING
REGISTER NOW FOR THE 2016 ABL ANNUAL MEETING Make your plans today to join us in Denver! Source: ABL April 12, 2016 Registration is now open for American Beverage Licensees’ 14th Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado on June 12-14, 2016. The event will connect leading on-premise and off-premise beverage alcohol licensees for […]
Colorado: 3.2 beer could disappear in Colorado
Colorado: 3.2 beer could disappear in Colorado Source: Coloradoan Adrian D. Garcia April 11, 2016 There’s an aisle in the majority of Colorado grocery stores filled with nice, cold beer – beer that almost nobody wants. A decade ago, beers with low-alcohol content were among the few options for Coloradans who wanted […]
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 12 April 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 friends when they had drunk one, […]
Feds force Indeed to change their LSD-inspired beer name
Feds force Indeed to change their LSD-inspired beer name Source: City Pages By Jerard Fagerberg April 11, 2016 The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is basically the FCC of the beer world, and as their name would imply, they’re a bunch of unchill tightwads. Last week, Nordeast brewer Indeed tried […]
Maryland: Maryland’s 2011 alcohol sales tax reduced alcohol sales, study suggests
Maryland: Maryland’s 2011 alcohol sales tax reduced alcohol sales, study suggests Increase in state’s alcohol sales tax appears to have led to decrease in sales of spirits, beer and wine Source: Science Daily April 11, 2016 Maryland’s 2011 increase in the alcohol sales tax appears to have led to fewer purchases of […]
Temple University officials crackdown on partying
Temple University officials crackdown on partying FOX 29 April 6, 2016 PHILADELPHIA (WTXF) – Temple University officials say they are cracking down on partying. Cornell Vinny doesn’t have to look at a calendar to know it’s the weekend. He just listens out his back door. “They hanging on roofs. They out in the street […]