A bottleneck in supplies is affecting suppliers, distilleries and bars that make specialty cocktails. To compensate, distilleries are ordering more supplies and paying more for supplies and bars are finding alternatives to the name-brand liquors.
For more than 10 years, lawmakers have been considering a massive overhaul of Alaska's laws governing the sale of alcohol in the state. It hasn't happened, though, as different interest groups have fought over conflicting priorities year after year.
It may be possible under a pair of new laws being pushed by State Senators Linda Greenstein (D-Mercer/Middlesex) and Vin Gopal (D-Monmouth) to make a temporary law permanent allowing certain alcoholic beverage retailers to expand their businesses by delivering libations.
ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The New York State Liquor Authority is now accepting applications for new permits that let craft beverage makers produce and sell alcoholic drinks while their liquor license is still pending.
Many liquor stores have dumped their bottles of Russian vodka to protest the invasion of Ukraine. Usually, vodka prices cap out around $50 but a local OKC liquor store wants customers to spend double the amount to help children in Ukraine.
JEFFERSON -- Officials from across the spectrum of law enforcement in Jefferson County acknowledged that alcohol continues to drive entries in their daily log books and takes away from time officers could use to handle other matters in the community.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- A bill that aims to make it easier for small businesses to get off the ground by simplifying elements of the liquor license application process was introduced this week by State Senator Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco.
Canned mixed drinks made from spirits such as vodka or tequila are taxed in Arizona at nearly 20 times the rate as a similar one made from malt liquor.
State lawmakers soon could make the burgeoning industry more competitive.The Craft Brewers Association of Nova Scotia represents most of the 70 craft breweries in the province. Its newly released annual report shows that craft beer now represents about 20 percent of Nova Scotia's beer market.
Starting in 2016 with two different beers and a pub in downtown Hastings, First Street Brewing Company's products were soon flowing from taps across Nebraska.