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alcohol stories: 209 news summaries

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 Can It: Wine 
 Industry Goes 
 Aluminum 

Drinkers like single serving, easy transport, eco-friendliness

May 18, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - It may lack a certain old-fashioned class, but that’s not stopping the wine industry from embracing aluminum cans, the Times of London reports. A top can-maker said he’d sold 35 million cans to the industry last year, up from 6 million in 2006—and he foresees wine fans... More »

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alcohol • aluminum • wine • drinking • aluminum can

 Tough New Schools 
 Shake Up Bartending 

Restaurants, liquor firms aim to gussy up drinks

May 14, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a tough economy, restaurants are hoping to cash in on cocktails—and bartenders are going back to school to improve their mixology prowess, the Wall Street Journal reports. Restaurants hope expert barkeeps will bring in upscale drinkers, and the courses help trainees score top jobs. But the advanced-level programs... More »

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alcohol • restaurant • school • cocktails • Jay-ZTV • bartending

Utah Drinkers Get in Touch With Bartenders

New law knocks down barriers, hands-off policy in restaurants

May 13, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Under a new law that went into effect yesterday, restaurants that sell alcohol no longer need to separate patrons from the people serving them drinks, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. “Not having these barriers is going to save us a lot of time, especially with out-of-state visitors who... More »

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alcohol • legislation • restaurant • Salt Lake City • Utah • Mormon • Mormonism • Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints • liquor • bar

 UK Weighs Limits 
 on 'Binge Bars' 

Brown calls time on drink promotions in effort to reduce rowdiness

May 13, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - British pubs that offer "all you can drink" promotions may soon find themselves banned from serving alcohol under tough new measures to curb binge drinking, the Independent reports. Gordon Brown declined to introduce a minimum drink price as some activists had called for, but the PM promised that the... More »

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alcohol • Gordon Brown • binge drinking • alcohol abuse • Britain • bars

 Binge Drinking Could Fuel 
 Dementia 'Epidemic' 

Up to a quarter of UK dementia cases may be booze-linked

May 10, 09 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s no secret that drinking kills brain cells—but doctors in Britain now fear an “epidemic” of brain damage from binge drinking, the Guardian reports. Up to a quarter of dementia cases in the UK may be brought on by heavy drinking, they say, noting that some people... More »

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dementia • alcohol • binge drinking • epidemic • drinking

GLOSSIES

 Kennedy Drinking Again: Book 

Family fighting over Lion's legacy

May 5, 09 2:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Kennedy’s grim health prognosis has driven him to drink, according to Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died, a new book from longtime Kennedy scribe Edward Klein. In an excerpt in Vanity Fair, Klein says Kennedy’s wife moved him to Florida after the seizure because his Hyannis... More »

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alcohol • Ted Kennedy • Joe Kennedy • alcohol abuse • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg • political dynasty • Victoria Reggie Kennedy

 Booze Lands 
 Hoff in Hospital...Again 

Lawyer claims story only broke thanks to ex

May 4, 09 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Hasselhoff was hospitalized, yet again, with alcohol poisoning Saturday, Radar reports. His daughter—not the one who videotaped him drunkenly eating a burger—found him unconscious on the floor of his home and called her mother, Pamela Bach, who rushed the one-time Michael Knight to the hospital. The actor,... More »

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entertainment • alcohol • alcoholism • celebrity • David Hasselhoff • hospitalization

 Surprise! JT's Tequila Is Good 

Self-described 'tequila geeks' give pop star's creation thumbs-up

Apr 30, 09 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tequila aficionados were shocked to discover Justin Timberlake’s 901 tequila is in fact quite drinkable, the New York Daily News reports. “It’s actually a really nice product,” said one bar owner. A bartender added, “I gotta admit, I’m a little surprised.” The experts... More »

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alcohol • celebrity • Justin Timberlake • tequila • liquor • 901 tequila

OPINION

 Kentucky Bourbon 
 No Backwoods Booze 

Sophisticated stuff sees popularity spike

Apr 30, 09 8:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bourbon is sweet, but that’s no reason to call it unsophisticated, as one lover of the stuff learned on a trip to Kentucky. Making the whiskey is a process so complex and nuanced that master distillers are few—and the job often stays within families, writes spirits expert and... More »

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alcohol • Kentucky • liquor • whiskey • distillery • bourbon

Japanese Boy Band Star Found Drunk, Naked, Screaming

Incident in public park cost singer ad deals

Apr 23, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A member of SMAP, Japan’s most famous boy band, was arrested today after he was found naked, drunk and screaming in a public park at 3am, Asahi Shimbun reports. Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi, 34, reportedly screamed “What’s wrong with being naked?” at an officer while being removed. He had... More »

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alcohol • Japan • alcohol abuse • boy bands • drunk • drunkenness • Tsuoyoshi Kusanagi

 At London Bar, Patrons 
 Breathe Their Liquor 

Experimental pub cautions patrons to 'breathe responsibly'

Apr 21, 09 6:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two British entrepreneurs have opened a truly innovative bar—where alcohol is inhaled rather than drunk, ABC News reports. London’s Alcoholic Architecture fills a room with gin and tonic vapor, which patrons covered in protective suits breathe in for around $7 an hour. "We're reinventing the gin and... More »

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London • alcohol • evaporation • breath • drunk • gin

 Sun Rises on 
 Japanese Whiskey 

After claiming numerous awards, Nikka and Suntory plan global marketing push

Apr 21, 09 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Japanese whiskey is becoming a contender on the world stage, set to steal market share worldwide from the likes of Johnnie Walker and Chivas Regal, the Guardian reports. Japan’s Nikka and Suntory distilleries took the single-malt and blended whiskey awards, respectively, at last year’s world whiskey awards, and... More »

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alcohol • Japan • whiskey • whisky • distillery • Yoichi distillery • Yamazaki distillery • Nikka • Suntory • Chivas Regal • Johnny Walker

 More Americans Brew at Home 

Recession spurs Americans to make their own beer

Apr 21, 09 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Home brewing has grown in popularity as Americans with increasingly sophisticated taste in beer look to cut costs, Time reports. Despite layoffs and bankruptcies nationwide, a couple in Connecticut just opened Maltose Express, a beer-brewing supply shop, and are already doing brisk business. Home brewers also gather there to share... More »

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alcohol • beer • recession • microbrewing • home brewing • thrift

 Phelps 
 Chugs Vodka 
 While Mom 
 Plugs Book 

Swimmer backs mom in NYC, up-ends bottle of Grey Goose

Apr 9, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Phelps, well on his way to reclaiming his All-American image, was spotted at a New York hotspot “drinking straight from a bottle of Grey Goose,” a source tells the Daily News. At one point, “he got up, started dancing like a loon and kept on yelling,... More »

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Michael Phelps • alcohol • 2008 Beijing Olympics • memoir • Olympians • Olympic athletes • US Olympic athletes • Debbie Phelps

Boozing Editor
Loves New Life on the Wagon

Elle fashionista goes weeks without a drop: 'I love not drinking'

Apr 8, 09 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - British Elle fashion editor Stacey Duguid knew her drinking was getting to be a problem: “As well as possible health issues, the days I've spent hungover have been some of the most horrific of my life,” she writes in the Daily Mail. But it was a mammoth task.... More »

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fashion • alcohol • wine • alcohol abuse • editor • psychotherapy • Elle Magazine • Stacey Duguid

(Newser) - Anyone questioning the utility of Facebook should talk to Carla Pillo Mote. The Philadelphia advertising exec used the social networking site to identify and locate the man who drunkenly absconded with her company computer, wallet, and tax forms well before the police could make a move, reports Mediabistro's Agency Spy... More »

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Google • alcohol • theft • Facebook • Philadelphia • computer • advertising agency

 Guinness Readies New Stout  

Beer is first new Guinness since the 1960s

Apr 7, 09 4:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Guinness will sell a new beer in honor of its 250th anniversary, the AP reports. The Guinness 250 Anniversary Stout, due in US stores April 24, will be the first new stout Guinness has exported to America since the famous Guinness Draught debuted in 1960. The anniversary brew is carbonated,... More »

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alcohol • beer • anniversary • brewery • Guinness

(Newser) - Save the wisecracks about not understanding the concept: Leftover wine is your friend. Joe Yonan, in the Washington Post, offers some pointers that leave deglazing and poaching in the dust:
  • "Use light red wine to cook fish." Pinot noir and salmon are especially good pals.
... More »

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food • alcohol • wine • leftovers

(Newser) - The US embassy in Tokyo has warned Americans to steer clear of an entertainment district that has seen a spike in the spiking of drinks, the Japan Times reports. Victims often lose consciousness and awake hours later, their credit cards gone or used. “If you, nevertheless, choose to participate... More »

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alcohol • crime • Japan • Tokyo • US Embassy • Roppongi • Rohypnol • spiking

 LiLo Blames 
 Warrant on 
 Paparazzi 


Lawyer going alone to clear up warrant 'misunderstanding'

Mar 16, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sorry, LiLo stalkers: Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer is meeting with a judge today, but “Lindsay won’t be in court with me,” he tells the New York Daily News, adding that her arrest warrant stemmed from a “misunderstanding which I am confident I can clear up.”... More »

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alcohol • celebrity trials • Lindsay Lohan • alcohol abuse • drunk driving • celebrity • lawyer • warrant • arrest warrant

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