Lansing — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would continue to prohibit liquor stores from operating within a half-mile of each other, defying efforts by state bureaucrats to scrap a longstanding proximity rule.
The immediate effects of drinking too much alcohol are obvious, unpleasant and can even be life threatening, but a new study has shown that young people who drink excessively, to the degree that they are admitted into hospital because of it, are also at a much higher risk of sustaining injuries in the following 6 months.
Bermuda-headquartered Bacardi announced that Marlene Gordon, general counsel for Bacardi in North America, joins Women of the Vine & Spirits as an Advisory Board member for the United States.
In this role, Gordon will contribute her experience and insight to the organization’s efforts to support and advance opportunities for women in the alcohol beverage industry.
There’s nothing like a good craft beer to bring people together, state Comptroller Peter Franchot told a crowd gathered Tuesday night at Brewer’s Alley in Frederick.
Franchot was touting the Reform on Tap Act of 2018, a package of legislation designed to help local breweries.Access to water is essential while consuming alcohol and it’s one of the main tools of “Responsible” Party” campaign, João Pinto, the president of the Erasmus Student Network, told EURACTIV.com in an interview.
Responsible Party (RP) is an initiative by Pernod Ricard, as a member of the European Commission’s Alcohol and Health Forum, which brings together a variety of stakeholders in an effort to reduce alcohol-related harm.
Following an 18-month search for a brewery to purchase, Epic Brewing today announced the acquisition of Telegraph Brewing Company, a California-based beer company that produces a variety of Belgian-inspired beers.
Specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
COLUMBUS — Columbus City Councilwoman Beth Augustine-Schulte used the first reading of an ordinance that would allow hard liquor sales on Sunday mornings to voice her concerns with the community’s attitude toward alcohol consumption.
CHARLESTON (JG-TC) -- The city is open for businesses to craft and serve alcohol after a City Council vote Tuesday.
Council members OK'd two measures that establish a new liquor license for brew pubs and craft brewers for which businesses can apply. Brew pub license holders will be able to “manufacture malt liquors or fermented malt beverages upon (their) licensed premises,” according to meeting documents. The license requires 15 percent of sales come from food.
Montgomery city leaders announced this morning that they will be changing their policy which has allowed people to walk around in public with open containers of alcohol in the downtown entertainment district.
The BC branch of the Canadian Cancer Society is taking a wait and see approach after the Yukon introduced warning labels on alcohol bottles last month.
The new cigarette-style labels say alcohol can cause cancer while the other suggests women should have no more than two drinks per day while men only need three.