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.
RALEIGH — The North Carolina legislature is weighing anew whether changing how liquor sales have been regulated for decades is worth boosting the number of retail outlets selling spirits with what critics call the risks of increased alcohol consumption.
Apparently, Utah has the lowest alcohol consumption per capita in the country, according to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
While mezcal remains tiny compared to its better-known cousin, Tequila, its consumption has risen dramatically over the past five years, with 288,000 cases depleted in the U.S.
HELENA – The Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) hosted a unique educational event called a “wet lab’ at the capitol on Monday.
Some liquor license-holders in Kootenai County and throughout the state are lining up, along with Sheriff Ben Wolfinger, to oppose a comprehensive liquor license reform bill proposed by Sen. Jim Rice, R-Caldwell.
The Idaho Statesman reports that the Senate State Affairs Committee on Monday voted to hold onto the bill rather than send it to the full Senate.
The committee wants the bill’s sponsor, Republican Jim Rice of Caldwell, to work with various interested partied on a compromise bill.For the past several years, as the movement to legalize marijuana spread across the country, Mark Gorman heard a familiar refrain emerging from advocates who are supporting measures to approve medical or recreational cannabis use.