Article Archive
January 2022
JANUARY 31, 2022
- ‘Infinite Number of Beverages’: $30 Million Raised to Fund World’s 1st Drinks Printer
- National Sweepstakes Opens for Rare Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked Bourbon
- Old Forester Celebrates Black History Month With Special Bourbon Barrel, Free Admission to African-American Museum
- Four Roses Pairs Flowers and Bourbon for the Perfect Valentine’s Day
- Chemist Claiming He Can Make Quality Whiskey in a Week Has Technology Rejected by Government
- Bengals Players Seen Celebrating Monumental Super Bowl Berth With Exceedingly Average Bourbon
JANUARY 28, 2022
- Only 50 Bottles of This 72-Year Scotch Remain Available, and They’re Selling at $67K Each
- Southwest Airlines Lifts Spirits With Plans to End Ban on Alcohol
- Overkill or a Sigh of Relief? You Can Now Buy a Bulletproof Vault for Your Priceless Whiskey Collection
- Cult Favorite Baja Blast Joins Hard Mountain Dew Lineup
- Write a 7-Line Poem, Win a Bottle of Rare Scotch Whisky
- Groundbreaking Technology? This Bracelet Alerts You When You’re Starting to Drink Too Much
- 6 Great Rye Buys Under $100
JANUARY 27, 2022
- Bourbon Industry Bounced Back From COVID-19 Pandemic in 2021 as Kentucky Bourbon Trail Attendance Rose 160%
- Captain Morgan Unveils the Cadillac of Punch Bowls for the Super Bowl, Featuring Scoreboard, LED Lights and Speakers — and it’s Up For Grabs
- Only 264 Bottles of This 50 Year Old Scotch Were Made, and 1 Can Be Yours — for $7,300
- Small but Mighty: Rare Japanese Whisky Sells for Nearly $160K Despite Being 1/3 the Size of a Normal bottle
- 4 Sent to Hospital With Burned, Bleeding Mouths After Bartender Accompanied Tequila Shots With Caustic Soda Instead of Salt
- 7 Irish Whiskey Favorites That Won’t Break The Bank
- Owner of Liquor Store on the Run After Booze He Sold Killed 9 Who Drank it at a Party
JANUARY 26, 2022
- Maker’s Mark is the Largest Distillery to Achieve B Corporation Certification; Don’t Know What a B Corp is? We’ve Got You Covered
- Prayers Answered: Simply Spiked Lemonade Will Hit Shelves This Summer
- Patrick Mahomes’ Fiancée Brittany Matthews: ‘Wish I Could Do What I Want Without Getting Attacked,’ After Spraying Champagne All Over Chiefs Fans
- From First To Worst: Study Power Ranks Celebrity Alcohol Brands
JANUARY 25, 2022
- Martha Stewart Blesses Industry Taboo – Drinking Wine With Ice – as Her New 19 Crimes Chardonnay Debuts
- COVID-19 Did Not Slow Buffalo Trace Visitors as Distillery Reports Record Guest Count in 2021
- This State is Holding a Lottery for 1,208 Bottles of Rare Van Winkle Bourbon
- Bill Proposed to Allow Residents of This State to Make Liquor at Home
- Champagne Glasses Celebrating 70th Anniversary of Queen Elizabeth’s Coronation Sell Out in Seconds Despite Bonkers Price Tag
- Only 120 Bottles of This 50 Year Old Scotch Were Produced, and They’re Selling in an Airport
JANUARY 24, 2022
- This New York City Bar Kicked Off a Drink Special so Crazy the State Shut it Down
- Fans of This Soccer Club Can Now Toast Their Team’s Wins With This Special Whisky
- Open the Floodgates: One of Florida’s Few Remaining Dry Counties Can Now Sell Booze
- Largest Private Whisky Collection Ever to Come to Auction Sells for $4.5 Million
- Drinking Wine Could Reduce Risk of COVID-19 Infection, Study Finds
JANUARY 22, 2022
JANUARY 21, 2022
- George Remus Pays Homage to its Prohibition-Era Roots With $600 Box Set Celebrating National Bootlegger’s Day
- Residents of This State Can Claim Free Beer This Weekend by Picking Up Trash
- After Postponement, National Whisky Festival of Scotland is Back on the Calendar
- Booze And Movies: New Yorkers Delighted as Theaters Receive State Approval To Serve Alcohol Alongside Concessions
- From Basketball to Bourbon: Louisville Legend Russ Smith Has a Whiskey Line
JANUARY 20, 2022
- Man Caught Stealing 7 Bottles of Booze After Using Pickaxe to Smash Into Supermarket
- PGA TOUR Pro Golfer Max Homa Just Signed With This Bourbon Brand
- Do You Have the Perfect Margarita Recipe? Cointreau is Offering a Trip to Paris for the Best One
- Patrón Joins NFT Party With First Public Release of Rare Tequila
- New Orleans Fears Mardi Gras Might Look a Little Different as Low Booze Supplies Spark Cancellations and Concerns
JANUARY 19, 2022
- Announcement of Ohio Distillery Trail Has Us Wondering How Long Until Every State Creates One
- Who Knew? Hamsters hold Their Liquor Ridiculously Well — and Love to Drink
- ‘The Growth is Simply Staggering’: Gov. Andy Beshear Lauds Kentucky Bourbon Industry for Annual Infusion of $9 Billion Into State Economy
- Political Leader Calls for Shutdown of Liquor Stores to Slow COVID-19 Spread
- Scotland’s Newest 50 Year Old Malt Arrives With a $27K Price Tag, But There Are Fewer Than 200 Bottles to Go Around
- Woman Sentenced After Smashing More Than $13K Worth of Liquor Bottles, Hurling Racist Insults at Security Guard
- Bartender Recognizes Arson Suspects Who Didn’t Tip, Turns Them in to Police
- A Story About Stories: Bourbon Marketing Through The Centuries
- China Blasts Taiwan Following Rum Spat: ‘It is a Matter of Time Before Taiwan’s Diplomatic Allies Will Be Zero’
JANUARY 18, 2022
- Glenfiddich Releases Scotch Housed in Stunning Box for Chinese New Year
- $1.4 Million Raised in Funding for New App That Facilitates Investments in Wine, Whiskey and More
- Pour Your Own Drinks: You Can Now Book a 500-Year-Old Pub With Airbnb
- ‘Unprovoked Effort to Inflict Damage’: Conor McGregor’s Bar Attacked With Molotov Cocktails
JANUARY 14, 2022
- Shoplifter Assaults Liquor Store Employee With Wine Bottle, Causing Head Laceration
- ‘We Stood Up at the Right Time’: Taiwan Buys 20,000 Bottles of Rum Rejected by China Amid Dispute With Lithuania
- Shocking Discovery: Police Uncover More Than 22,000 Bottles Of Liquor While Investigating Abandoned Truck
- Will This Be the Year? This Distillery Won’t Open Special Barrels of Bourbon Until its Favorite NFL Team Wins a Super Bowl
- A Bottle of Rare Japanese Whisky Just Sold for More Than $500,000…in an Airport
- WATCH: Man Sinks 96-Foot Putt to Win Bottle of Extremely Rare Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon
JANUARY 13, 2022
- Bars and Nightclubs Suffer Closures Once Again as Omicron Plunges Hong Kong Into Lockdown
- After Holiday Season Turmoil, Bill Passes In California To Permanently Extend Distillers’ Right to Ship Spirits
- Willy Wonka and the Beer Factory? Find a Golden Can of this Popular Brew for a Chance to Win $1 Million
- ‘We’re Coming for Everybody’s Spot’: Mark Wahlberg Unveils Tequila Line, Talks Competing With Other Celebrity Spirits
- After Years Of Rumors, Monster Energy Enters Booze Market With $330 Million Acquisition
JANUARY 12, 2022
- ‘Absolutely Disgraceful’: Pub Owners Who Were Fined for COVID-19 Violations Rip Government Amid Partying Allegations
- Jameson Releases new Flavored Whiskey to US
- Buffalo Trace Celebrates New Year by Donating 2,022 Bottles of Whiskey, Including its 1st NFT
- Empty Bottles of Whiskey are Fetching Hundreds of Dollars on eBay as Counterfeiters Buy Them for Scams
JANUARY 11, 2022
- Designer Brand Gucci to Open Cocktail Bar
- Georgia QB Stetson Bennett Celebrates National Championship by Drinking Rare Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Straight From the Bottle
- This Liquor Store Has a Massive Twist: There’s Not a Drop of Alcohol Inside
- Police Use Drone to Bust 9 Illegal Liquor Dens, Arrest 44 in a Single Day
- Prime Minister Boris Johnson Under Investigation After Inviting Over 100 Guests to ‘Bring Your Own Booze’ Party During Lockdown
JANUARY 10, 2022
- Kentucky Bourbon Benefit to Present Gov. Andy Beshear With $3.4 Million Check for Tornado Relief
- Barrel-Entry Proof: Let’s Dive In!
- ‘The Risk Increases with Every Drink You Take’: Medical Association Calls for Cancer Warning Labels on Liquor Bottles
- Hennessy Leaps Into NFT Game With $226.5K Sale
- Man Drives Car Into Liquor Store, Proceeds to Drink Beer, Smoke Cigar, Eat Chips, Punch Officer in the Face, Police Say
- Appointments Quadruple After News Breaks That Liquor, Cannabis Retailers Will Require Proof of Vaccination for Entry
- Accused of Spying on Journalist, Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton Pays $11.3 Million Settlement
JANUARY 7, 2022
- 425 Liters of Counterfeit Booze Seized During Police Raid
- Cannabis, Liquor Stores in This Province to Require Proof of Vaccination for Entry
- Pabst Brewery Apologizes After Urging Twitter Followers to ‘Try Eating A**’
- Coca-Cola Adds Booze To Fresca as the Soda Experiences ‘Surge in Popularity’
- ‘I Won’t Be Ripped Off’: Man Buys Year’s Supply of Beer the Day Before His Country’s Booze Price Minimum Kicks in
JANUARY 6, 2022
- ‘Clearly Underage’ Teens Allegedly Used Bear Mace to Attack Liquor Store Employees Who Refused to Sell Them Booze
- State Warns Omicron Variant Could Introduce Spirits Shortage
- Florida Man Causes Car Crash After Throwing Bottle of Fireball During Road Rage Incident
- How a Rare Bottle of Bourbon and a Basketball Blessed by the Pope, Signed by John Calipari are Helping Aid Tornado-Ravaged Kentucky
- Dustin Poirier Launches Whiskey Brand, Competing With UFC Rival Conor McGregor’s Proper 12
JANUARY 5, 2022
- Man Fatally Shot With Own Gun After Confronting Booze Thief
- Liquor License Stripped From Nightclub Owner Accused of Trying to Pay Off Cop to Ensure ‘Things Would Come Out Right’
- Man Charged After Liquor Store Smashing Spree, Used Ax To Destroy Almost $20,000 Of Inventory, Police Say
- Nearly 55K Glasses, 55 Hours and a Lot of Champagne Later, Hotel Breaks World Record With 27-Foot-Tall Drinking Glass Pyramid
- Dream Job? This Remote Island is Seeking Someone to Run a Pub, be Crowned ‘King’
- Booze Waste Spill Kills More Than 100,000 Pounds of Fish
JANUARY 4, 2022
- WhistlePig Begins new Series With Release of Nonalcoholic Rye Just in Time for Dry January
- Katy Perry Turns From Boozy Past to Release Nonalcoholic Sparkling Aperitif Line
- Ireland Tinkers With Alcohol Prices in Attempt to Slow Binge Drinking
- Police Discover a Shocking 678 Bottles of Booze During Raid of Retail Thieves’ Stash
- Buddhist Monks Found Imbibing With Whiskey Claim They Were Drinking to Deliver Booze to the Dead
- Audit Finds Gross Misuse of City Money; Funds Blown on Booze Cruise for Homeless Shelter Employees
JANUARY 3, 2022
- Panicked Distillers in This State Get Last-Minute Extension to Ship Booze to Consumers
- ‘Time is Up’: Trade Group Pleads for Assistance, Warns of Peril Threatening to Shut Down 86% of US Bars and Restaurants
- Undercover Agent Busts, Arrests Man Selling Rare Van Winkle Bourbon
- Seeking Votes, Politician Promises Liquor at $1 Per Bottle if Elected
- Taliban Dumps 3,000 Liters of Booze Into Canal After Arresting Dealers