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Booze in the News will expand your drinking horizons and keep you up-to-date with all the happenings in the world of drinking with beer, liquor, and drinking news, stories, announcements, cool gadgets, statistics, advice, health tips and cool offbeat stuff. Listen to Zane and the crew discuss news in alcohol each Wednesday on the Drinking Made Easy Podcast. Have a story worthy of Booze in the News? Email us at zanelamprey@gmail.com. You can also subscribe to the Drinking Made Easy Newsletter to get great stories and updates sent to you directly!
Macro Ownership of ‘Craft’ Beers
If you follow beer at all you know there is a major divide between macro breweries (Anheuser-Busch, MillerCoor’s) and the craft beer industry which has seen an increasing growth of the beer market share.
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Lithuania Rules Beer Brewing ‘Vitally Essential’ to Life
A Lithuanian court has ruled that the brewing of Carlsberg lager is a “vitally essential” activity, thereby depriving the Danish beer monolith’s workers the right to strike. The brewery approached the court in order
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Coors Light Releases Iced Tea Beer
Beer is branching out into new things. With its huge growth jn variety it has begun to reach its experimental phase where brewers start testing out some weird creations….like Ice Tea Beer. April 2nd,
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Craft Beers Experimenting with Aging Beer
As with Whiskey and Wine, aging is an important factor. Now individuals within the craft beer scene are experimenting with aging their beers like they would a good wine. “It’s something beer connoisseurs have
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Gargle Whiskey for a Sore Throat
Whiskey has been known to soothe the soul and the mind, but it can also be used to soothe the throat. If you add a spoonful of warm water with some whiskey and gargle,
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Drinking Made Easy Swagathon!
For the 50th episode of Drinking Made Easy we are giving away some awesome gear! Sign up on our facebook page and you could win shirts, CD’s, DVD’s, pint glasses, drinking accessories and more!
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New Belgium to Build in Asheville
A few months ago Sierra Nevada decided to open a new brewery in Asheville, North Carolina. Well, now New Belgium Brewing (known for Fat Tire) is following suit by announcing their plans to build a new
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‘Soft Serve’ Beer Foam Keeps Your Beer Cold
No that is not ice cream or frozen yogurt, but pretty close. Japanese brewing company Kirin has recently released a new device that flash freezes a mixture of beer and air to produce this soft serve
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Keep Track of Your Beers
Whether you want to know when to say when or are going for a personal high-score, being able to tell how many beers you have had could be very beneficial. Though there are apps and
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Entourage Actor to Bring Back the Flat Top Can
Press Release: (Seattle, WA) – Why the flat top beer can? Why the hell not? We’re just a couple of guys who wanted to experience drinking beer straight from the original beer can. Over
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