Bars in various states across the country may be staffed by high schoolers as more lawmakers and businesses push to lower the legal age to serve alcohol and bartend.
There are at least nine states -- including Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, New Mexico, Alabama, Wisconsin, and Idaho -- that have enacted or introduced laws that would allow minors ages 14 to 17 to serve alcohol, according to a report from Economic Policy Institute.
Starting this month, JetBlue will serve non-alcoholic craft beer as a part of its inflight drink service, making it the first major US airline to do so. The announcement comes as the airline enters a partnership with Athletic Brewing Company.
When Pernod Ricard launched BarSmarts Advanced in 2008, attendees were required to pass an online course before attending a daylong seminar where industry notables like David Wondrich and Steve Olson offered spirits tastings and lessons in the fundamentals of drink-making. Now, 15 years, more than 155,000 registrants, and one global pandemic later, it looks quite different.
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--In Connecticut, grocers are pushing to be allowed to sell wine and are in turn encountering fierce opposition from so-called package stores. According to The Wall Street Journal, this is just one aspect of a nationwide move "to expand access to booze by changing alcohol regulations--some of which date to the end of Prohibition--that were suspended in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic."
Buying alcohol online can seem like an easy and convenient option, but there are potential risks involved that you should be aware of.
Four in five complaints about alcoholic marketing and packaging in 2022 were concerned with their appeal to under-18s, a new report by the UK's Portman Group has found.
A more contrarian argument suggests prohibition was actually a success — pointing at dramatic reductions in alcohol consumption during and after the Prohibition Era, alongside declines in alcohol-related mortality and crime.
Whether you are a beer producer or a beer consumer, you should probably know about this. It might not sound exciting or sexy, but it's important for a couple of reasons. The USPS Shipping Equity Act would not only make it easier for breweries to ship beer direct to consumers, but it would also provide the USPS with a much-needed, new revenue stream.
The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all new vehicles in the U.S. be equipped with blood alcohol monitoring systems that can stop an intoxicated person from driving.
Having a drink or two regularly may still qualify as a mild ritual, despite dire reports to the contrary that crop up periodically. But when it becomes five or seven drinks at a single sitting, there's cause for alarm.
