SEEKING a LIFT FROM LIQUOR
ACROSS THE COUNTRY state budgets everywhere are desperately in need of additional revenue. In New Hampshire, the hope is that a change in the way liquor is sold will generate much needed funds to help with the $25O million deficit the state is facing. New Hampshire State Liquor Commissioner Mark... Read More
EXTREME FEST
THE SIXTH ANNUAL EXTREME BEER FEST will take place on February 2O and 21 at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama at 539 Tremont Street in Boston’s South End. BeerAdvocate founders and brothers Jason and Todd Alström will once again showcase creative brewers and beers that push the boundaries... Read More
NEW TANKS at HARPOON BREWERY
THE HARPOON BREWERY has installed two 5OO barrel unitank fermenters in front of their South Boston brewery. The tanks which stand 38 feet high, 12.5 feet wide, and weigh 28,OOO pounds, are the largest to be installed in the brewery’s history, twice the size of any other tanks at Harpoon.... Read More
“CAKE-OFFâ€
Bacardi Gold Rum and where to eat’s second Annual Rum Cake Competition held a final “cake-off” at the Prudential Center Mall in Boston on Saturday December 13. The winner of this year’s competition was Emily DeLois Pastry Chef from Vignola and Cinque Terre in Portland Maine. Bakers’ names and restaurants of... Read More
BEEFEATER 24
Beefeater Gin’s renowned Master Distiller Desmond Payne and Beefeater Brand Director, Nick Blacknell introduce Beefeater 24 – Beefeater’s new Super-Premium Gin – to the world at the Beefeater 24 celebrity studded launch party held at Syon house, Home of the Duke of Northumberland, in London on October 3O.Desmond Payne, Master... Read More
THE ESSENTIAL COCKTAIL
Pernod Ricard USA’s Wild Turkey Kentucky Bourbon and Plymouth Gin hosted the party celebrating the launch of renowned mixologist Dale DeGroff’s new book the essential cocktail. The party was held at Astor Center in New York City on October 3O 2OO8. Dale DeGroff, Author Narin Young of Bobo and Mixologist... Read More
THE JULIE FUND
Brown-Forman Beverages and Horizon Beverage Company have joined together to help raise money and awareness in the fight against cancer. The Five Rivers Wines “Save a Local Goddess” promotion raised $1668O for the cause, which was donated to the Julie Fund at Massachusetts General Hospital. The Julie Fund, established in... Read More
PATRÓN TRANSACTION COMPLETE
JOHN PAUL DEJORIA Co-Founder of Patrón Tequila has announced the completion of a transaction that makes him principal owner of Patrón Spirits International AG (formerly Caribbean Distillers Corporation, Limited), the parent company of The Patrón Spirits Company. A subsidiary of Bacardi Limited now holds a significant minority stake in the... Read More
LEBLON GOES to the HEART of BRAZIL
LEBLON CACHAÇA HAS COMPLETED THE PURCHASE of its state-of-the-art distillery in Brazil. Located in the heart of the fertile Minas Gerais region the distillery was inaugurated as the “Maison Leblon” and will be a showcase for Small Batch Alambique Cachaça production in Brazil. “With our new dedicated distillery, we can... Read More
JUDGE RULES on OUT-OF-STATE DEBATE
A MASSACHUSETTS JUDGE has overturned legislation that put a production cap on wineries that were allowed to ship directly to consumers. The ruling will permit wineries of all sizes to ship directly to residents of legal drinking age in Massachusetts. Judge Rya Zobel’s decision in Family Winemakers of California v.... Read More