National Beer Wholesalers Association recently released the Beer Purchasers’ Index (BPI) for January 2019. The index surveys beer distributors’ purchases across different segments and compares them to previous years.
NEW DELHI: A survey to assess the prevalence of underage drinking, alcohol consumption, and procurement patterns among youth has found that 88.8 per cent youth start drinking before the legal drinking age and procure alcohol without any age check.
The Distilled Spirits Council reported its ninth straight year of record spirits sales and volumes on Tuesday. Supplier sales were up over 5.1 percent, rising $1.3 billion to a total of $27.5 billion, while volumes rose 2.2 percent to 231 million cases, up 5.0 million cases from the prior year.
UNITED KINGDOM - Like them or loathe them, social media companies have transformed the world in which we live.
Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a measure that would allow judges to prohibit people convicted of drunken driving from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for three years after their conviction.
ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Dozens gathered in protest at Tuesday’s Albany City Commission meeting. South Albany residents said they’re angry commissioners approved a liquor store they said nobody wants.
Biodynamic, organic and Napa Green certified, planet-healthy wines are widely available. But what about the packaging? Today we pop (or uncap) the question of wine stoppers.
Despite an outpouring of support from Montana craft beer brewers, including those hailing from the Flathead Valley’s burgeoning roster of small local watering holes, a proposal to extend their hours of operation past the state-mandated 8 p.m. was tabled in committee last week.
The Bali administration is set to legalize traditional Balinese arak (liquor made from tuak, a sweet drink from coconut palm flower) with the hope that it will serve as a new trademark of Indonesia’s main tourist destination, said Bali Governor Wayan Koster.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Canada - Proposed changes to the University of New Brunswick’s alcohol policy is raising eyebrows instead of pitchers. UNB presented an update to the alcohol policy on campus during a University of New Brunswick Student Union council meeting on Jan. 27.