Alaskan fatalities from alcohol-related diseases plunged when levy was raised
Chicago Tribune Nov 15, 08 3:52 AM CST
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Higher liquor taxes may reduce deaths related to alcohol consumption, the Chicago Tribune reports. A new study examined Alaska’s alcohol tax rates over a 30-year period in conjunction with deaths from alcohol-related diseases such as cirrhosis of the liver. When taxes were raised, such deaths decreased by as much as 29%.
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UWisconsin offers course in bacteriology of fermentation
Chicago Tribune Nov 10, 08 4:49 PM CST
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The University of Wisconsin is starting a class with one thing you’d think its students would already know well: beer. But the offering is about the science of brewing, focuses on fermentation, and is taught by the bacteriology department, the Chicago Tribune reports. “This is not a course to help kids go out and slam beers on Friday night,” the instructor said.
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Soldier gets tab paid off, still arrested for disorderly conduct
Lawton (Okla.) Constitution Nov 7, 08 6:06 PM CST
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A soldier attempting to play billiards using a beer bottle in place of a pool cue was arrested at an Oklahoma bar after he tried to pay his tab using gum wrappers, the Lawton Constitution reports. Another customer picked up the $32 bill, but the 28-year-old will face charges of disorderly conduct and assaulting a police officer, the AP reports.
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Brewski to combat cancer, heart disease
ComputerWorld Oct 23, 08 2:59 AM CDT
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Imagine a beer that can prevent cancer and heart disease—even stave off aging. Researchers at Rice University are attempting to craft just such a concoction, reports Computerworld , using a genetically modified strain of yeast that produces resveratrol, the same disease-busting compound found in red wine. The team hopes to bottle a brew that packs a consistently stronger resveratrol punch than wine.
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Mail Goggles works late on the weekend to make drunken email tougher to get to
InformationWeek Oct 7, 08 12:52 PM CDT
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If you've ever, after a few drinks, sent an email you later regretted, Google's got a gadget for you, InformationWeek reports. Mail Goggles, a play on those beer goggles that make you see (and think) fuzzy, activates late night on weekends “to verify you're in the right state of mind,” the company explains, “making you solve a few simple math problems after you click send.”
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BEER REVIEW
A tasting panel names the best in Bavarian style
New York Times Oct 1, 08 2:48 PM CDT
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To wash down sausages, sauerkraut, and pretzels, Oktoberfest beer must flow like a dinner wine: "Worthy of attention without demanding to be the center of attention," writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. And with festive consumption measured in liters, it must also be "poundable." Asimov and a tasting panel sampled 24 Oktoberfest beers, judging them on their traditional Bavarian style. Some standouts:
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Snow now world's top seller ... or close, depending on numbers
Wall Street Journal Sep 11, 08 1:56 PM CDT
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A Chinese favorite may have replaced Bud Light as the world’s best-selling beer, without selling a single keg outside of China, the Wall Street Journal reports. One research firm says 1.35 billion gallons of Snow Beer were consumed last year to 48.4 million of Bud Light, while another says the US brand holds a 1.37 billion-1.35 billion edge.
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Chicago Tribune Aug 20, 08 7:35 PM CDT
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Does it taste great, or is it less filling? Miller Lite drinkers can have it both ways, the Chicago Tribune reports: The beer’s 30-year-old slogan “Great taste, less filling” is being resurrected for a fall advertising campaign coming to a TV, radio, and store near you. Parent company MillerCoors is trying to unseat light-beer king Anheuser-Busch.
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CDC figures dub Austin nation's drinking capital
Forbes Aug 11, 08 2:45 PM CDT
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Famous for its arts festivals and home to a large college population, Austin, Texas, takes top honors as America’s hardest-drinking city, reports Forbes in its distillation of behavioral data from the CDC. Here are the top 5: Austin—1 in 5 admit to binge drinking, and 9% of men have two drinks a day.
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Parents' outcry forces video game to change name, sub in water
Time Aug 1, 08 8:40 AM CDT
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The video game version of frat-boy favorite beer pong is getting watered down, Time reports. An outcry from parents concerned about youthful binge-drinking has forced JV Games to change the name of its new Wii release to Pong Toss —and to swap the virtual beer in the game's cups to virtual water.
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OPINION
'Thought crime' agency a headache for sellers
Reason Magazine Jul 24, 08 2:05 AM CDT
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Energy drink makers can give their products names like Cocaine and Speed Freak, and it's fine for a perfume to be called Opium. But when a California microbrewer from the tiny town of Weed submitted an application for a new beer to the federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, he was told that his company’s slogan—“Try legal Weed”—had to go, Reason reports.
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Opinion
...and realize it's a lot like watery piss, actually
Salon Jul 17, 08 2:40 PM CDT
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Anyone who thinks InBev’s buyout of Budweiser represents the end of American beer needs a history lesson, writes Edward McClelland in Salon. Budweiser became the “King of Beers” by killing every other heir to the throne. In 1960, America had 175 traditional, regional breweries, making lagers just like Bud. Anheuser-Busch systematically crushed them all, through its distribution and marketing might.
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Conglomerate to merge operations from Denver, Milwaukee
Chicago Tribune Jul 16, 08 2:25 PM CDT
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Chicago will be home to the new corporate headquarters of beer conglomerate MillerCoors, the Tribune reports. The Windy City edged out Dallas to serve as a neutral location for the nerve center of Denver-based Molson Coors and Milwaukee-based Miller. Chicago attracted MillerCoors because it has "access to an attractive base of talent, transportation and business resources," company president Tom Long said.
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taste test
Drinking tour of sports stadiums draws Bronx cheer
Portfolio Jul 14, 08 5:07 AM CDT
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Nothing like downing a cold one while watching the game at the ballpark—or is there? On a beer-tasting tour of select baseball stadiums, Portfolio's connoisseur Franz Lidz found the brew generally lukewarm, with a rank aftertaste. "Nobody tastes stadium beer," said his neighbor at Shea Stadium. "It tastes like nothing."
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