Newswise — PITTSBURGH, Nov. 14, 2018 – Where you live could influence how much you drink. According to new research from the University of Pittsburgh Division of Gastroenterology, people living in colder regions with less sunlight drink more alcohol than their warm-weather counterparts.
More than 300 children have been admitted to hospital in Northern Ireland for alcohol poisoning in the last six years, the BBC has learned. The number of people aged under-18 is up almost a fifth since 2013, despite a 40% drop in overall admissions.
The legal term in New York state alcohol beverage control law is "availing a license." The plain translation, more or less, is when someone who is not listed on a liquor license owns, manages or otherwise controls the licensed business. It's illegal under state law.
SALT LAKE CITY — Walmart wants customers to weigh in on an effort to sell higher alcohol content beer — now available only in state-run liquor outlets — in Utah grocery and convenience stores.
An extra 1.1 million people are planning to give up drinking at the start of 2019 as part of Dry January, as charity Alcohol Change UK releases a book to help those considering abstaining next month.
It’s time to raise the alcohol tax. Yeah, yeah, this isn’t going to win me many friends at parties. But there’s a strong case this is something America should do.
The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that ABC agents investigated 70 Type 75 Brew Pub Restaurants and discovered nearly 50 were not in compliance with their licenses, by either not brewing beer at all, not brewing quantities for service consumers expect of a legitimate brew pub, or were otherwise not functioning as a brew pub.
Several South African liquor outlets are apparently running out of Castle Lager beer, as a shortage of bottles affected production.
The Ontario government is asking for public feedback on the idea of letting private companies and corner stores sell alcohol.
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Denmark’s Carlsberg (CARLb.CO) and India’s United Breweries (UBBW.NS) have filed pleas with Indian authorities, seeking leniency in a probe into alleged collusion to fix beer prices, five sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.