Beer Lobby Wants Restrictions and Higher Taxes on Intoxicating Hemp Products
The proposal brings to mind the classic "bootleggers and Baptists" theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance.
The proposal brings to mind the classic "bootleggers and Baptists" theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance.
The states already overregulate alcohol. There's no need for a federal layer of red tape.
Some people really think nonalcoholic beer is a gateway to alcoholism.
Government pre-approval for every label could crush craft breweries. And do you really want to force the Carthusian monks who make Green Chartreuse to reveal their ingredients?
But 11 states still forbid wine from being sold in grocery stores anyway.
A modern legal battle challenges the federal ban on distilling alcohol at home—a favorite hobby of the Founding Fathers.
No, but a Stanford psychologist says people under age 21 should be banned from buying some nonalcoholic drinks to protect kids from "drinking culture."
Once booming, the industry now faces closures and stifling market access due to outdated laws and burdensome middlemen.
The conservative culture war boycott against Bud Light was actually a great time to buy stock in a successful company, even if you don't like Bud Light.
Arcane tax rules based on carbonation levels are flattening the growth of America's craft cider industry.
Uncovering Big Beer’s crafty campaign to limit consumer access to canned cocktails.
Liquor store owners and store association lobbyists claimed that allowing alcohol sales on Sunday would negatively impact their livelihoods.
George Koob says the U.S. could follow Canada's lead and recommend no more than two alcoholic drinks per week.
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DeSantis talks a lot about freedom but increasingly only applies it to those who agree with him.
Anchor Brewing was sunk by the same forces that former owner Fritz Maytag helped unleash by nurturing America's craft beer revolution.
According to a new study there is no correlation between increased youth drinking during COVID and alcohol delivery.
Plus: Fewer cops, less crime; free beer; and more....
In California, officials are pushing pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, firearms manufacturers, and tobacco companies. Red states are retaliating. This is madness.
A bill that would expand wine sales in the Empire State is meeting familiar resistance from entrenched interests.
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Maryland bars and restaurants have a tendency to turn away vertical ID holders. But there's no state law mandating this.
By legalizing homebrewing, Carter laid important groundwork for the entrepreneurs and investors who are the true heroes of the craft-brewing revolution.
Ohio might be on the verge of making home distilling legal—but federal law will still prohibit it.
Pauline Sabin was a freedom-loving heroine.
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By consenting to Qatar's illiberal policies for residents and guests alike, FIFA has further besmirched its already tainted reputation.
Do you want to brag about America’s alcohol industry, or do you want to crack down on it?
New rules from the state alcohol control board could grind breweries into insolvency.
Regulations ban food sales, limit the number of events, and include other inane requirements.
Alcohol facilitates human cooperation and creativity on a grand scale, says Edward Slingerland, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia.
The fine print of the latest alcohol regulation proposal in Massachusetts is revealing.
A federal judge ruled Monday that North Carolina bureaucrats violated the Constitution when they tried to ban a Flying Dog beer over a possible penis on the label.
The history of wine delivery is pretty clear.
The substitution effect is real.
Breweries and wineries can still do it, though.
The Prohibition-era three-tier system is causing consolidation, not the market.
"Do you really want to live in a country where government bureaucrats, based on whim and personal preference, can censor whatever they don't like?"
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Now they'll have to explain to a federal judge how this isn't a violation of the First Amendment.
New empirical research suggests the answer is yes.
And it isn't alone. Pennsylvania has banned indoor dining through the end of the year, but dozens of businesses are banding together to defy the mandate.
Takeout and delivery orders are the only thing keeping the state's 115 craft breweries afloat during the coronavirus outbreak.
Coronavirus misinformation is spreading faster than the disease itself.
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