In Iowa, Senate Filing 245 pursues direct-to-consumer shipping for alcoholic liquor. The bill, characterized by lawmakers as a free market issue, seeks to expand the right to ship all liquor, rather than wine-only, to consumers in the state.
Utah bartenders would be allowed to conduct straw tests, a technique used to ensure the quality of a cocktail, under a new alcohol bill released this week.
For many people, deliveries of alcohol from companies like Doordash and Instacart are a handy convenience, but Wendy Manuel believes such deliveries jeopardized her daughter's life.
A bill that would allow Oregon grocery stores to sell cocktails in a can, made from distilled spirits and containing up to 14% alcohol by volume, dropped in Salem on Feb. 24.
Sacred Root Kava Lounge & Tea Bar is now barred from selling its signature kava drink due to a new New York State Department of Health regulation.
Shortly after receiving recommendations from the House of Representatives' Inquiry Into Food and Beverage Manufacturing, the Albanese Labor Government has announced $50,000 in additional tax relief to all eligible distillers, brewers, and winemakers.
As people swap nights out on the town for nights in on the couch, drinking culture is on the decline. According to the National Beer Wholesalers Association, just 9% of the beer sold in the U.S. in 2023 came from kegs delivered to dining and drinking establishments.
Passed by the Republican-led General Assembly and signed by former Governor Roy Cooper in 2021, social districts allow people to carry open alcoholic beverages beyond the establishments where they purchased them.
The Vinton Police Department has partnered with the Iowa Department of Revenue (IDR), Alcohol & Tax Compliance Division, to conduct underage alcohol compliance checks to reduce and deter illegal alcohol sales to minors.
SAINT PAUL, Minn. - On Tuesday, Senator Aric Putnam (DFL-St. Cloud) presented his bill in the Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee, aimed at establishing a retail license option with required liquor liability insurance for third-party delivery services, such as DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Instacart.