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Filed under: Beer, BusinessSparks, the ''caffeinated alcohol beverage with a blend of caffeine, taurine, guarana and ginseng extract,'' has been around since 2002 and has been owned by Miller since 2006, so it certainly isn't a new phenomenon. However, a number of questionable decisions recently have led to a massive backlash against the beverage ...

Filed under: Beer, Newspapers, America, SpiritsCloying, oft-carbonated alcoholic beverages (apparently they're known as ''alcopop,'' though I refuse to use that word, because it sounds more like a weird new music genre than a beverage) are under great scrutiny in Maryland: are they beer or liquor? Yesterday, Governor Martin O'Malley decided to ...

Filed under: Beer, Books, Cocktails, Raves & Reviews, Spirits Barbara Holland is one of my favorite writers. She has a way of taking culture and history and creating little book gems such as Wasn't The Grass Greener? and Endangered Pleasures. Her autobiography When All The World Was Young is quite good too. It's always great to see her come ...

Filed under: Wine, Beer, Business Sure, just keep it away from the lions. Ha! Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week! The Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago is asking the city council for a license to sell beer and wine. Not in carts in the middle of the zoo but at the restaurants on the zoo site (they already serve alcohol at a restaurant just ...

Filed under: Beer, Business, New Products, America, Health & Medical First there was Disney's ''Champagne'' for kids, and now the authorities (whoever those authorities may be) are all over Spyke. However, unlike the kiddie Champagne that was ''just for pretend,'' Anheuser-Busch's new Spyke has real alcohol - it's a malt beverage with a 12% ...

Filed under: Beer, Spirits Most of these ''what _____ are you?'' quizzes you find online are often inaccurate but a fun way to waste a few minutes of your day. And they often reinforce some aspect of yourself that is true, or maybe you wish was true, and you get a little icon to put on your web site to make other people think you're that way ...

Filed under: Teas, Wine, Beer, Whisky, Vodka, Champagne, Cocktails, Gin, Spirits Of course, I don't mean to presume that you drank any alcohol of any kind. No. If all you drank the other night was ginger ale or Yoo-Hoo, that's fine too. Nicole asked the other day what you were going to drink on New Year's Eve, and I wanted to see how it turned ...

Filed under: Wine, Beer, Science, Australia, Spirits, Health & MedicalAside from willpower and peer pressure, there are few things that can actually dissuade someone who really wants to drink from drinking. That's why AA has a 12-step program, not a 1-step one. But some scientists in Australia have just announced that they have a drug that may ...