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 […]
Could on-the-door breathalysing spell the end of pre-loading?
Could on-the-door breathalysing spell the end of pre-loading? Source: The Spirits Business by Annie Hayes 12th January, 2016 The latest weapon in the battle against alcohol-related antisocial behaviour in the UK involves breathalysing patrons at bar entrances. We explore the issues at hand. As police crack down on alcohol-related misbehaviour across the […]
The U.S. needs direct shipping of alcohol because the FTC created a monster
The U.S. needs direct shipping of alcohol because the FTC created a monster Source: The Gray Report W. Blake Gray January 12, 2016 Nothing about the Prohibition of alcohol in the United States made sense or was well planned. We still suffer the consequences, not only from the dumb idea itself, but from […]
Cold Beer Sales Restriction Upheld in Indiana
Cold Beer Sales Restriction Upheld in Indiana Source: Brewers Association January 11, 2016 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has denied the appeal of a district court decision which upheld a state law denying grocery and convenience stores the ability to sell cold packaged beer. Although the court did not […]
United Kingdom: How many calories are YOU guzzling? Beers including Stella, Becks and Budweiser to list all nutritional information on the bottle in a bid to stem obesity crisis
United Kingdom: How many calories are YOU guzzling? Beers including Stella, Becks and Budweiser to list all nutritional information on the bottle in a bid to stem obesity crisis Move is part of a broader drive to curb excessive and harmful drinking Calorie count details will start going on to cans and […]
Drinking limits around the world – graphic
Drinking limits around the world – graphic Source: Decanter Chris Mercer January 8, 2016 How do the new UK alcohol guidelines compare to drinking limits in other countries around the world? It’s complicated… The new official advice for UK drinkers is that nobody should consume more than 14 units of alcohol in […]