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OPINION

 Six Good American Gins 


Jul 21, 09 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gin has always been the province of the British, but some American distilleries hold their own. Clay Risen takes a look at US bottles worth tasting in the Atlantic.
  • Seagram's Extra Dry: Yeah, it's a mass-market gin, but it's "easily the most drinkable as a straight sip,
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alcohol • United States • drinks • craft brewers • gin • tonic water

 Caffeinated Booze 
 Prompts State Probes 

AGs said to be concerned over deceptive marketing

Jul 17, 09 1:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - State attorneys general are taking a hard look at increasingly popular caffeinated alcohol beverages amid fears the combination is dangerous and targeted at underage drinkers, the Wall Street Journal reports. The AGs are calling for company records from the makers of Joose and Four Loko. At 7-Eleven, Joose has had... More »

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advertising • alcohol • marketing • drink • caffeine • energy drink • MillerCoors • 7 Eleven • false advertising • attorney general • Anheuser-Busch • Joose • Four Loko

(Newser) - The French wine industry is in a tough spot, Mike Steinberger writes on Slate. “It is hemorrhaging market share abroad, domestic consumption continues to plummet, and thousands of vintners are in desperate financial straits.” What’s more, “the appellation system that regulates much of French viticulture is... More »

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alcohol • France • wine • beverages • vineyard • regional • terroir

A Couple Drinks Daily May Prevent Dementia: Study

Moderate drinkers developed dementia less often than teetotalers

Jul 13, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Moderate drinking may prevent the onset of dementia, MedPage Today reports. A study found that adults aged 75 and over who had one or two drinks daily were 37% less likely to develop dementia. Across the study’s 6-year window, adults who drank more than two drinks a day were... More »

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dementia • alcohol • drinking • cognitive decline • old age • drinkers • mild cognitive impairment • older people

(Newser) - A difficult-to-pronounce wine from Austria is “one of summer’s great, unlikely pleasures,” Eric Asimov writes in the New York Times. Grüner veltliner has risen above the pack of other Germanic wines to become a favorite in America, thanks to its bracing dryness. It "can... More »

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alcohol • Austria • riesling • Eric Asimov • white wine • grüner veltliner • dry

 Drowning in Alcohol, 
 Aborigines Split 
 Over Booze Ban 

Some see restrictions as infringement on hard-won rights

Jul 5, 09 11:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the Australian government cracks down on alcohol in Aboriginal areas, some communities are taking matters into their own hands, instituting local restrictions on booze, the New York Times reports. Some indigenous leaders see alcohol as a blight on their communities, fueling child abuse and domestic violence. But others see... More »

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Australia • alcohol • alcoholism • Aborigines • alcohol abuse • domestic violence • restrictions

OPINION

 Best Cheap, Canned US Beers 

National Bohemian tops list of cheap crowd pleasers

Jul 1, 09 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - It's no small task to find a robust, canned American beer for less than $1, but these six passed the bar—albeit just barely—in a blind taste test conducted by the Washington Post:
  • Baltimore's National Bohemian tops the list with its secret strategy: "Actually tastes like beer.
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budget lifestyle • alcohol • beer • list • Bud Light • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Miller High Life • National Bohemian • Schaefer • Schlitz

(Newser) - The ever-adventurous US microbrewing community has embraced a new flavor, the Los Angeles Times reports, and it’s sour. Brewers are taking a page from the Belgian playbook and turning out tart lambics and gueuzes aged in oak barrels. “Sour beers are our connection to the ancient history of... More »

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Belgium • alcohol • beer • brewery • microbrewing • Jay-ZTV • sour • lambic

Beer's New Role: 
Cocktail Mixer 

New drinks throw away rules about mixing alcohol

Jul 1, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of keeping your beer and liquor separate are over, with bartenders crafting crossover drinks that mix beer with other spirits—even wine. “Other countries have been doing this for a long time,” one beer connoisseur tells the New York Times. Creations range from the “Muddy... More »

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alcohol • beer • liquor • cocktails • trend • Jay-ZTV • food trends • bartender

GLOSSIES

 Heath Almost Gave Up Pills 

Friends, colleagues remember tragic actor

Jun 29, 09 3:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heath Ledger was a complicated actor who quit using marijuana and alcohol and came close to giving up the sleeping pills that may have killed him, friends and colleagues tell Vanity Fair in a profile. Though he was leery of summer blockbusters—“He was afraid it would define him... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • celebrity • death • marijuana • The Dark Knight • Heath Ledger • sleeping pills

(Newser) - The affinity for fresh, local produce in US restaurants has spilled out into the bar, USA Today reports. Many mixologists—or the new term of art, “bar chefs”—are starting their days scouting farmers markets instead of ordering syrups. “The flavor in the produce is not only... More »

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alcohol • drinking • fruits and vegetables • cocktails • Jay-ZTV • local food • fresh produce • mixologist • bar chef • bartender

 To Beat Heat, 
 Go 'Swizzled,' 
 Not Stirred 

West Indies drinks hit it big in New York

Jun 24, 09 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shaken, stirred—or swizzled? This summer, many bartenders are urging patrons to choose the last. An authentic “Swizzle”—as the trendy drinks are called—doesn’t use a plastic stick; rather, a real stick from a Caribbean tree, with prongs that make it nature’s own Mixmaster, reports... More »

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alcohol • summer • trend • Jay-ZTV • food trends • swizzle stick • Queens Park Swizzle • mojito

(Newser) - It's time to stop treating underage drinking like a joke—5,000 deaths and 100,000 sexual assaults a year should make that clear—and give states the freedom to get creative with their laws, writes John McCardell in the Atlantic. The federal age-21 restriction only pushes the drinking underground... More »

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parenting • alcohol • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • teenage drivers • teenager • drinking age

GLOSSIES

 Bachelor Parties: 
 Creating Hangovers 
 Since 500 BC 

Time explores history of debauchery ritual

Jun 17, 09 2:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - With The Hangover’s bachelor party tale dominating the box office, you might be wondering: Just where did this ritual come from? Time offers a brief history:
  • In the 5th century BC, the ancient Spartans celebrated the groom’s last night as a single man with dinner and toasts.
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alcohol • stripper • PT Barnum • bachelor party • Jay-ZTV • The Hangover • Spartans • Geoffrey Chaucer • Canterbury Tales

 UK Women More Prone to 
 Boozing, Brawling 

Drinking fines skyrocket among women

Jun 15, 09 10:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a sign of a growing “binge-drinking ladette culture,” fines for being drunk and disorderly have soared 30% over two years among British women, the Daily Telegraph reports—faster than among men. Fines to underage girls have risen by half, and a report says a quarter of violent... More »

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alcohol • women • binge drinking • girls • Britain • ladette culture

(Newser) - “Beer bikes”—party vehicles that combine two of Amsterdam's favorite things—are under scrutiny after two recent accidents involving the gizmos, Reuters reports. Each large conveyance seats 10 peddlers at a central bar while a non-drinker steers. “This beer bike is completely legal,” said a transport... More »

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weird • alcohol • motorists • drinking • Amsterdam • Holland • bicycle • traffic accident • beer bike

 Speakeasies Make 
 Secret Comeback 

But they're not very similar to true Prohibition-era bars

Jun 3, 09 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Across the US, trendy bars are cropping up—but good luck finding them. These homages to the 1920s speakeasy are obscured by wooden slats, hidden behind other stores, accessible only by password. “People have an affection for this period of American history, and they want the mystery,” one... More »

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alcohol • Prohibition • trend • Jay-ZTV • bar • speakeasy

GLOSSIES

 How to Make a Real 
 Old-Fashioned 


May 27, 09 5:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Esquire adds to its everything-a-man-must-know lessons with a primer on the Old-Fashioned, which is nothing less than the “Fender Strat of cocktails” because it “embodies the classic American combination of offhand style, swagger, and micrometer engineering,” writes David Wondrich. At its heart is good old American whiskey—... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • drink • cocktails • whiskey • Jay-ZTV • Old-Fashioned

'Happyhour' Gene Decides How Fast You Get Drunk

Cancer drug could be used to lower humans' alcohol tolerance

May 22, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - What if your genes determined how much of a tolerance you had to alcohol—and you could take a drug that would turn those genes on or off? That scenario may not be far from reality: researchers studying fruit flies have discovered a gene called "happyhour" that renders... More »

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alcohol • genetics • alcoholism • medical research • gene variant • cancer drug

 Cannes: From 
 Class to 
 Crass 

Festival has more alcohol, drugs, sex than films

May 21, 09 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The name “Cannes” once conjured up images of Hollywood glamor and French sophistication, but no more. The film festival has turned into a marathon of binge drinking and sleazy sex, attended by high-heeled, fake-tanned partiers who are “not interested in the films, only the party scene,” one... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • alcohol • France • Cannes Film Festival • sex • celebrity • parties • Jay-ZTV

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