Commentary This time, one might say, the Scientific American has gone too far. But actually, that’s been going on for years. It’s just one absurd outrage after another, a persistent tendency to justify every awful policy with some pseudo-science defense. But this one got my goat: “Climate-Friendly Cocktail Recipes Go Light on Ice.” The idea…

Australia’s love affair with cask wine could be over as more people ditch cheap goon in favour of more expensive bottled alternatives. Health risks associated with low-cost alcohol and social stigma are among the possible reasons consumption of cask wine has decreased, while bottled wine purchases continue to grow. Researchers at Melbourne’s La Trobe University…

The Australian federal government is being called on to enforce intervention-era alcohol restrictions in the Northern Territory with Country Liberal Senator Jacinta Price calling the current ban a “half-baked policy.” Price, an Indigenous senator, sought bipartisan support for her Northern Territory Safe Measures Bill 2023, which will establish a federal and territory government partnership to…

A former alcoholic has found peace and focus working in nature, crafting unique, natural wooden canes and walking sticks from branches sourced from the woods behind his Maine home. He credits his craft with keeping him five years sober and counting. Dana Frazier, 60, runs “Walk With Us Woodworking” alongside his grandson, Trevor Michaud, in…

After the excesses of the holidays, January is the perfect time to temporarily set aside alcohol consumption and start the new year on a fresh, sober note. Follow these tips to get Dry January—and the next year—off to a good start. (Biba Kayewich) The Sober Buddy You often drink with friends, so stop drinking with…

Southwestern Ontario will soon see beer and wine in a corner store—though not exactly the way Premier Doug Ford envisioned in his 2018 campaign promise. Convenience store 7–Eleven says it has secured a liquor sales licence from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario to serve beer, wines and coolers at a restaurant in one…

NEW YORK—The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30 percent in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had already said the overall number of such deaths rose in 2020 and 2021….

The New Zealand (NZ) government has granted communities greater powers to set their own rules around alcohol sales, but wider alcohol law reform is expected to take time. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she wasn’t comfortable with the way alcohol was currently marketed in the country. However, given how “embedded” alcohol advertising and sponsorship was…

I love wine, of course, but my favorite wines have lower alcohol levels than I have usually seen in the last decade or two. The debate about alcohol levels in table wines (which are aimed at going with meals) has raged for roughly the last 30 years. And there are many people, notably in the…

At least 21 people have been found dead in the streets of the Peruvian city Huanuco during the last week, after allegedly ingesting a toxic kind of alcohol sold as liquor. Some were taken to medical care, but most people had already died when authorities arrived. Authorities then inspected the local market, searching for the…