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It came, it was controversial, it was banned. Such was the short life of Four Loko, the caffeine-and-alcohol-in-a-can combo that was all the rage on campuses across the country . . . until it started making people violently ill. Following the lead of several other states, the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages... Read More

Adios Puerto Rico! Captain Morgan is setting sail for St Croix. Diageo USVI, the Virgin Islands’ rum distiller of Diageo, has opened its rum distillery in St Croix that will produce rum for the Captain Morgan brand in the US. For the last fifteen years Captain Morgan was produced in... Read More

Who would have ever thought that bats could hold their liquor? Apparently, they have quite a high tolerance for alcoholic beverages. According to a study conducted by Dana Orbach while working on her Master’s thesis in biology at the University of Western Ontario, fruit-eating bats living in the tropics can... Read More

High end tequilas are all the rage these days but this gives an entirely new meaning to the term “luxury”! A Mexican distiller has presented what it hopes will become the world’s most expensive tequila, a platinum and diamond-studded bottle of seven-year-old liquor. Hacienda La Capilla’s 1.3-litre ceramic bottle has... Read More

The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA) beer route newsletter has been named the winning publication in PR News’ Nonprofit PR Awards competition, which honors the top nonprofit public relations campaigns of the year, the smartest communications initiatives and the people behind them.  The honor was presented at the National Press... Read More

The 14th Annual Great International Beer & Cider Competition was held on November 12 in Providence, Rhode Island, one day before the 18th Annual Great International Beer Festival.  Two hundred eighty-seven beers and ciders from breweries and cideries across the US and from around the world entered the competition.  Forty-five... Read More

The WSWA Educational Foundation has announced the winners of its inaugural college scholarship competition.  The foundation will award college scholarships in the amount of $25OO each to four talented children of WSWA member company employees.  The four scholarship winners were selected from an extremely competitive field of 167 applicants.  They... Read More

Eight Time Olympic Gold Medalist Apolo Anton Ohno was one of four inducted to the “George Washington Spirits Society” at Mount Vernon October 6 during the ninth annual “Spirit of Mount Vernon” heritage dinner and rare spirits auction. The other 2O1O inductees include: James L. Bareuther; Jeff Becker (posthumously); and... Read More

L. Knife & Son Companies based in Kingston has been honored with the 2O1O Craft Beer Distributor Recognition Award. Now in its fourth year, the award recognizes a beer distributor who goes above and beyond in its efforts to market, promote and sell craft beer. The National Beer Wholesalers Association... Read More

Innovative home brewers from Georgia and Illinois triumphed over more than 7OO competitors to win this year’s Samuel Adams LongShot American Homebrew Contest-Category 23. Jim Koch and the brewers of Samuel Adams beers encouraged this year’s entrants to incorporate unusual and unique ingredients into their recipes. Georgia resident Richard Roper... Read More