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  • October 2008

    • Brits May Ban Free Drinks to Slow Staggering Booze Problem

      Guardian (UK)  |  3 hours, 52 minutes ago

      Brits May Ban Free Drinks to Slow Staggering Booze Problem

      (Newser) - The British government is considering banning the bar tradition of free drinks for women and other measures to combat the overwhelming problem of public drunkenness, the Guardian reports. Explicit alcohol health warnings in pubs and a ban on drinking games may also be enacted. Drinks should not be promoted as a way of enhancing an individual's "social, sexual, mental, or sporting performance," warned a document issued by the health department. More »

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      Great Britain  • alcohol  • alcohol abuse  • Britain  • bars  • pubs

  • September 2008

    • In Vino, Cash: Amazon to Sell Wine

      Reuters  |  Sep 11, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      In Vino, Cash: Amazon to Sell Wine

      (Newser) - Online shopping got a little more intoxicating today as Amazon announced it will start selling wine in the US starting in October, Reuters reports. The retailer—looking for a chunk of the $30 billion-plus US wine market—has partnered with Napa Valley Vintners, which will supply vino from the 315 wineries it represents. Only 7% of wine sales are currently made online. More »

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      alcohol  • wine  • Amazon.com  • wine industry  • wineries  • Amazon  • Napa Valley

    • French No Snobs on Virgin Cocktails

      Gourmet  |  Sep 2, 08 11:52 AM CDT

      French No Snobs on Virgin Cocktails

      (Newser) - Nonalcoholic cocktails need not be exclusive to designated drivers and teenagers. While, er, “researching” Paris’ best hotel bars, Julia Langbein discovered that the virgin cocktail is one thing the French don’t look down upon. In Paris, she writes in Gourmet , “an alcohol-free drink isn’t a consolation prize; it shares equal status with the poison.” More »

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      alcohol  • Paris  • cocktails

  • August 2008

    • Last Call for Chicago Bar Cars

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 27, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Last Call for Chicago Bar Cars

      (Newser) - Chicago’s last commuter-train watering holes will grind to a halt this week, disappointing the tight-knit community of “bar car” regulars, the Tribune reports. The Metra system has been phasing out the traveling taverns in an effort to make more room for passengers, but for many the change feels like the end of a friendlier era, some say. More »

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      Chicago  • alcohol  • bars

    • The Hardest-Drinking US Cities

      Forbes  |  Aug 11, 08 2:45 PM CDT

      The Hardest-Drinking US Cities

      (Newser) - 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. More »

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      Chicago  • San Francisco  • alcohol  • beer  • Austin  • Milwaukee  • binge drinking  • Providence, RI

    • Italian Sodas Sparkle With Real Sugar

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 9, 08 3:03 PM CDT

      Italian Sodas Sparkle With Real Sugar

      (Newser) - If your local bar pours tonic water from a gun—that plastic gizmo that dispenses sodas—it's time to seek a new watering hole, writes drink-maven Eric Felten in the Wall Street Journal. Good bartenders are hip to tonics' latest trend: Italian soda. Made with real cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup, and retaining the traditional bitter taste of cinchona bark, Italian tonics are now sparkling in America. More »

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      alcohol  • bars  • soda

    • The 5 Tastiest Absinthes

      Esquire  |  Aug 7, 08 12:03 PM CDT

      The 5 Tastiest Absinthes

      (Newser) - Absinthe is back on sale in the US after being outlawed since 1912 because of a compound believed to cause hallucinations, but two brands were approved for sale last year. So Esquire rounded up the five best bottles of absinthe. Vieux Pontarlier ($65): Absinthe at its finest. Versinthe ($55): This "training-wheels" absinthe weighs in at just 90 proof. More »

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      alcohol  • drinking  • ban  • Esquire  • absinthe  • Marilyn Manson

  • July 2008

    • Overdose Deaths Spike

      MSNBC  |  Jul 29, 08 8:35 AM CDT

      Overdose Deaths Spike

      (Newser) - The number of deaths caused by fatal combinations of prescription medications with alcohol or street drugs has exploded in recent years in part because patients are being released from hospitals early, according to researchers. Such deaths rocketed from 92 in 1983 to 3,792 in 2004, reports MSNBC. More »

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      alcohol  • marijuana  • prescription drugs  • OxyContin  • Vicodin

    • Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go Down Easy

      Reason Magazine  |  Jul 24, 08 2:05 AM CDT

      Federal Alcohol Labeling Rules Don't Go Down Easy

      (Newser) - 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. More »

    • Mass. Courses Mull Alcohol on the Links

      Boston Globe  |  Jul 22, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Mass. Courses Mull Alcohol on the Links

      (Newser) - Massachusetts, one of two states in the US that ban serving alcohol on golf courses, is contemplating loosening the law, the Boston Globe reports. Proponents of the ban argue that dry links keep the grounds relaxing and family-friendly, as well as free from course-clogging drink stops. But thirsty duffers and clubs that are already flouting the law appear to have the upper hand. More »

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      golf  • alcohol  • Massachusetts

    • MillerCoors Taps Chicago for New Headquarters

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jul 16, 08 2:25 PM CDT

      MillerCoors Taps Chicago for New Headquarters

      (Newser) - 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. More »

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      Chicago  • alcohol  • Illinois  • beer  • Denver  • Dallas  • Milwaukee  • MillerCoors  • Windy City

    • Beer: Cause of, and Solution to, Civilization

      Washington Post  |  Jul 10, 08 12:18 PM CDT

      Beer: Cause of, and Solution to, Civilization

      (Newser) - Recently, Investor’s Business Daily had the effrontery to suggest that Americans might cut down on beer “and other non-essential items.” It was a statement that sent Washington Post columnist George F. Will into a frothy rage. Beer is completely essential—without it civilization as we know might not exist. Early urbanites had just one respite from waterborne illness, he notes: Beer. More »

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      alcohol  • beer  • evolution  • George Will

    • Drunk Golf-Cart Driver Charged in Accident

      Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Jul 7, 08 2:40 PM CDT

      Drunk Golf-Cart Driver Charged in Accident

      (Newser) - A 47-year-old Minnesota man is facing vehicular-homicide charges after a friend fell from the golf cart he was driving while intoxicated Friday and died. The 41-year-old passenger fell backward from the rear of the moving cart after a fireworks display at a campground. He struck his head on a paved road, and CPR attempts failed to revive him. More »

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      alcohol  • drunk driving  • accidental death  • golf cart

    • Distillers Like Taste of Bourbon Boom

      Associated Press  |  Jul 7, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Distillers Like Taste of Bourbon Boom

      (Newser) - Kentucky bourbon is popular in the likes of Russia and China as drinkers worldwide flock to the US drink, the AP reports. A weak dollar, rising exports, and a bourbon trend among young Americans are also fueling the boom. "Younger consumers are interested in drinks that were, you might say, their grandfathers' drinks," said Max Shapira, president of Heaven Hill Distilleries in Kentucky. More »

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      alcohol  • exports  • Kentucky  • US exports  • liquor  • beverages