In 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the 21st Amendment ending 13 years of Prohibition, he was not primarily motivated by the hysteria around organized crime, nor the tragedy of the ...

Advocates for distilled spirits producers and consumers are pushing Congress and states to reform antiquated, biased, and heavy-handed rules that make it difficult or impossible to ship liquor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The plaintiffs, which included aspiring home distiller Scott McNutt as well as the association, challenged two provisions of ...

The liquor industry is obsessed with the strength of a whiskey when it’s bottled: 80 proof, 100 proof, cask strength. But there’s another measure of alcohol potency that’s just as important—if not ...

Nigerian distillers protest the government's sachet alcohol ban, citing massive job losses. NAFDAC is enforcing the ban to ...

For centuries while the British Royal Navy vied with the Dutch and French for maritime supremacy, sailors were accorded a daily ration of high-proof rum — a tot — for their troubles. Many modern ...