How will tax changes provide more certainty for restaurants?
How will tax changes provide more certainty for restaurants? Source: NRA January 12, 2016 Congress and the President have finally agreed on something: A series of tax changes that give restaurateurs a lot more certainty as they make business decisions. Legislation signed into law at the end of 2015 makes important NRA-supported tax credits and […]
Alabama: Lawmakers to consider loosening alcohol restrictions
Alabama: Lawmakers to consider loosening alcohol restrictions Source: The Anniston Star January 12, 2016 Alabama brewpubs and wineries would see some of the state’s restrictions on their operations loosened under a trio of bills headed for the Legislature. State law bans off-premises sales of alcohol by brewpubs – where beer is both brewed and served […]
Here’s Why Experts Say Drinking Alcohol Is Especially Hazardous for Women
Here’s Why Experts Say Drinking Alcohol Is Especially Hazardous for Women Girls and boys are not created equally. JAN 12, 2016 6:01PM EST HORACIO SALINAS Women and men are not created equally — at least when it comes to drinking. But our friends across the pond just released their updated drinking […]
How Cannabis Can Help You Cut Back on Alcohol and Live Healthier
How Cannabis Can Help You Cut Back on Alcohol and Live Healthier Source: Leafly By Bailey Rahn 1/14/2016 When I first met cannabis, I virtually ended my relationship with alcohol entirely. Breaking it off with the bottle wasn’t intentional; it was just a consequence of having something that offered similar stress-relieving qualities […]
Academics ‘appalled’ at alcohol violence report
Academics ‘appalled’ at alcohol violence report Source: The Spirits Business by Melita Kiely 14th January, 2016 Researchers have expressed their outrage over an industry funded report claiming alcohol is not a cause of violence. Nicki Jackson, of the University of Auckland, and professor Kypros Kypri, of the university of Newcastle, in Australia, […]
Canada: Water in vodka find leads to LCBO clampdown
Canada: Water in vodka find leads to LCBO clampdown Source: Toronto Sun By Mike Strobel Thursday, January 14, 2016 The LCBO has called in the cops and curbed resale of returned booze after my column this week about vodka gone wrong. The liquor board also ordered shelf checks at its 865 outlets […]
Dives of Distinction: Cocktail Culture Comes Down to Earth
Dives of Distinction: Cocktail Culture Comes Down to Earth The era of the overwrought cocktail is giving way to a more informal style of imbibing. Welcome to the age of the high-end dive Source: WSJ By Noah Rothbaum Jan. 13, 2016 FROM CONSTANTLY changing phone numbers to secret entrances and whispered passwords, […]
Beer companies are using this counterintuitive method to get millennial customer
Beer companies are using this counterintuitive method to get millennial customers back Source: Business Insider Kate Taylor January 13, 2016 The craft-beer boom is forcing Big Beer to reexamine its marketing techniques. “If you look at millennial brands that today are at the top of their preferred list, most of the time […]
Food and beer makers are on a dangerous diet
Food and beer makers are on a dangerous diet Source: FT by: John Gapper January 13, 2016 When a US-Belgian conglomerate with Brazilian shareholders buys a Scottish-style ale made by a craft brewery in Arizona to give itself authenticity, the world has gone mad. Last month, AB InBev acquired Four Peaks Brewing, whose […]
NTSB wish list includes lower alcohol limit, rail and transit improvements
NTSB wish list includes lower alcohol limit, rail and transit improvements Source: The Hill By Keith Laing 01/13/16 The National Transportation Safety Board’s annual wish list for safety includes changes to federal regulations of U.S. railways and transit systems and lowering the legal alcohol limit for drivers. The agency released its annual […]