From a carton of beer, approximately $13 is paid straight back to the Government in excise tax. In the US it is more like $1.10. On average in the USA, regardless of […]
The Thursday quote
“It’s funny how we view public drunkeness as socially unpalatable if it’s an old man drinking Scotch from a brown paper bag, but it’s a bit of fun if it’s a group […]
The Thursday quote
“It has been known for more than 20 years that long-term chronic use of alcohol can cause cancer. In 1988, the International Agency for Research on Cancer stated that ‘the occurrence of […]
The Thursday quote
“Falling sales. Takeover bids. The lowest level of consumption in decades. Take your pick any number of recent gloomy headlines and you could be forgiven for thinking the Australian beer industry is […]
The Thursday quote
“There’s a slam on light beer: ‘People who drink them don’t like drinking beer; they like to pee.’ But if you’re only drinking eight per cent beers, you don’t like to drink. […]
The Thursday quote
“Here is that number, as this magazine goes to press: 1,528. That’s how many breweries were in the planning stages in the United States at the start of May, according to the […]
The Thursday quote
“The marketing geniuses at the world’s industrial breweries haven’t a clue as to what kind of beer you like. Even if they did, the bets they could do would be to dump […]
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