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DO YOU PREFER light or dark spirits?  Red or white wine?  A Bud or a craft beer?  As it turns out, your answer may be a good indicator of your political orientation.  According to new research, Democrats prefer clear drinks, while their Republican counterparts would rather enjoy a serving of... Read More

FOR MANY a year coveted on-premise liquor licenses in Boston have been extremely hard to come by. That may be changing as the City Council has voted in favor of a law that would potentially revitalize city neighborhoods. City Councilor Ayanna Pressley has been working for more than two years... Read More

DIAGEO and the National Basketball Association (NBA) have announced a new multiyear marketing partnership that will make the drinks company the exclusive spirits partner of the league. Diageo brands Ciroc and Crown Royal will be integrated into marketing initiatives across the NBA and NBA Development League (NBA D-League), with Diageo... Read More

CAN IT BE? Have flavored vodkas fallen out of grace amongst the cocktail set? It may be so. Restaurant Sciences LLC, an independent firm that closely tracks food and beverage product sales throughout the foodservice industry in North America, reported that the sales of on-premise flavored vodkas fell 11.7 percent... Read More

BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY has opened its long-anticipated experimental barrel warehouse – Warehouse X – in Frankfort, Kentucky.  Comprised of brick, concrete block and skylights, this is the first new building Buffalo Trace has added to its 13O acre complex in more than 6O years.  With a small footprint of only... Read More

CRAFT BREWERS GUILD of Boston has added a craft spirits division, Blueprint Brands, which will feature a portfolio of craft distilleries. The portfolio currently includes brands from Lexington Brewing and Distilling of Lexington, Kentucky; Pür Spirits of Germany; Sound Spirits of Seattle, Washington; New England Distilling of Portland, Maine, 1512... Read More

IT WASN’T A BANNER third quarter for any of the beverage alcohol categories. According to industry data analyst group GuestMetrics, all three alcohol categories had their weakest volume performance thus far in the year in the third quarter. Spirits volumes were -2.4% in the first quarter, improved to -1.4% in... Read More

Jonathon Cook + Suzanne LepageCraft beer is booming in the Northeast.  With area farmers planting hops and grains, and a little custom malthouse open for business in the Pioneer Valley, brewers can now create unique, complex and incredibly delicious flavors from the native beer terrain.  This is the story of... Read More

Amy Zavatto + Melissa Wood Illustrated with a unique blueprints-inspired design, this new book features 75 different cocktails and recipes (including specifications, notes and embellishments) for both modern cocktails and classics.  The book lays out exact measurements from the bottom of the glass to the top, and discusses the order... Read More

LIKE TOP SHELF TEQUILA? Stock up now because it’s going to be hard to come by for the next few years.  The tequila industry’s agave crisis, which has seen prices rocket 5OO% in two years due to a shortage of supply, is likely to continue for another five years, according... Read More