http://www.mail.com/subjects/14592-beverages.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/14592-beverages.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107556-brewers-team-up-beer-to-help-military-families.html RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Craft breweries from around the country are toasting the troops with a beer aged with a unique ingredient that symbolizes America's pastime — baseball bats. Nine different brewers collaborated to create Homefront IPA, all using the same recipe, complete with orange peel and unfinished maple Louisville Sluggers. Toward the end of the f... Fri, 24 May 2013 16:07:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107556-brewers-team-up-beer-to-help-military-families.html 2013-05-24T16:07:14Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107358-turkey-passes-bill-restricting-alcohol-sales-ads.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country. The legislation, adopted on Friday, bans the sale of alcoholic drinks between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. It also prohibits alcohol sales anywhere close to mosques and educational centers. Th... Fri, 24 May 2013 07:21:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2107358-turkey-passes-bill-restricting-alcohol-sales-ads.html 2013-05-24T07:21:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089452-chefs-cook-raise-money-boston-bombing-victims.html BOSTON (AP) — Boston Marathon bombing victims joined hundreds of first responders and well-wishers at Fenway Park as dozens of top chefs served fine food and drinks from concession stands in a project intended to raise money for those killed and wounded in the twin explosions. The Boston Bites Back event at the Boston Red Sox's home, the oldest baseball p... Thu, 16 May 2013 08:43:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2089452-chefs-cook-raise-money-boston-bombing-victims.html 2013-05-16T08:43:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077580-white-house-wrong-irs-to-target-tea-party.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says it was inappropriate for the Internal Revenue Service to target tea party groups for additional reviews during last year's presidential election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he did not know when administration officials learned of the practice. The IRS a... Fri, 10 May 2013 20:15:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2077580-white-house-wrong-irs-to-target-tea-party.html 2013-05-10T20:15:52Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073332-wrigley-takes-caffeinated-gum-market.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-added foods has prompted Wrigley to take its new caffeinated gum off the market for the time being. Wrigley said Wednesday that it will temporarily halt sales and marketing of Alert caffeinated gum after discussions with the FDA. President Casey Keller said the comp... Thu, 09 May 2013 06:56:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2073332-wrigley-takes-caffeinated-gum-market.html 2013-05-09T06:56:45Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066318-san-francisco-city-attorney-sues-monster-beverage.html NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco's city attorney is suing Monster Beverage for marketing its energy drinks to children, saying the products pose severe health risks. City Attorney Dennis Herrera said Monday that Monster is the "industry's worst offender" in the extent to which it targets youth and children. The action comes after Monster last week sued Herre... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:47:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2066318-san-francisco-city-attorney-sues-monster-beverage.html 2013-05-06T19:47:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063976-to-join-eu-croatia-up-wine.html JELSA, Croatia (AP) — Does Croatia's Prosek jeopardize Italy's Prosecco? Croatia is gearing up to celebrate its entry into the EU, but don't pop the corks just yet. A heated trademark battle over the country's beloved sweet dessert wine has some feeling less than bubbly, mirroring rapidly declining enthusiasm among Croats for membership in the economicall... Sun, 05 May 2013 06:36:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2063976-to-join-eu-croatia-up-wine.html 2013-05-05T06:36:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060264-thats-spirit-booze-local-crops-booming.html GARDINER, N.Y. (AP) — With all the orchards and corn fields that dot the Hudson Valley landscape, Tuthilltown Spirits doesn't have to look far for the grains and apples to make their whiskey, vodka and gin. The 10-year-old company crafts many of their liquors from ingredients grown no more than a few minutes away, the bounty of the rolling hills that surr... Fri, 03 May 2013 07:21:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2060264-thats-spirit-booze-local-crops-booming.html 2013-05-03T07:21:38Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2052054-fda-will-investigate-caffeine-foods.html WASHINGTON (AP) — For people seeking an energy boost, companies are increasing their offerings of foods with added caffeine. A new caffeinated gum may have gone too far. The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that it will investigate the safety of added caffeine and its effects on children and adolescents. The agency made the announcement just as Wr... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:02:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2052054-fda-will-investigate-caffeine-foods.html 2013-04-30T17:02:04Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-pyongyang-glitters-nkorea-dark.html PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The heart of this city, once famous for its Dickensian darkness, now pulsates with neon. Glossy new construction downtown has altered the Pyongyang skyline. Inside supermarkets where shopgirls wear faux French designer labels, people with money can buy Italian wine, Swiss chocolates, kiwifruit imported from New Zealand and fr... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:31:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1524444-pyongyang-glitters-nkorea-dark.html 2013-04-29T08:31:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2048612-czech-communist-whisky-matures-to-excellence.html PRADLO DISTILLERY, Czech Republic (AP) — The Scottish peat was put on trucks and trains. The destination was Communist-era Czechoslovakia. The recipient: apparatchiks desperate for a decent whisky. The journey beyond the Iron Curtain during the Cold War turned out to be the easy part. When the batch arrived, the Czech distillers had only a faint idea how ... Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:34:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2048612-czech-communist-whisky-matures-to-excellence.html 2013-04-27T14:34:43Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034482-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-188.html LUSHAN, China (AP) — After dynamiting through landslide-blocked roads, Chinese relief crews hurried food, water and other supplies into the rural hills of China's Sichuan province Monday, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people and injured more than 11,000. Rescuers reached the most cut-off communities in Baoxing and Lushan counties, thoug... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:28:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2034482-china-rushes-relief-sichuan-quake-kills-188.html 2013-04-22T06:28:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015110-top-baristas-duke-national-championship.html BOSTON (AP) — The caffeinated concoctions sound like something out of a mad scientist's lab: coffee infused with bacon or caramelized tangerine; spiced orange reduction or liquefied cheesecake. After months of preparation and percolation, the country's top baristas are giving it their best shots in Boston. The U.S. Barista Championship got started Thursda... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2015110-top-baristas-duke-national-championship.html 2013-04-12T14:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007536-califs-4-am-call-bill-fuels-debate.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The last call for drinks is 2 a.m. in California, but one lawmaker believes that's just too early to set down the shot glasses and beer steins. State Sen. Mark Leno's proposal to let the liquor flow until 4 a.m. as a way to draw more tourists — and with them more revenue and jobs — is already spawning a sharp debate from Sacramento to... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:26:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2007536-califs-4-am-call-bill-fuels-debate.html 2013-04-09T09:26:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982348-striking-guantanamo-prisoners-water-denied.html MIAMI (AP) — Prisoners taking part in an expanding hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay leveled new complaints about their military jailers Wednesday as a team from the International Committee of the Red Cross made a fact-finding trip to the U.S. base in Cuba. In an emergency motion filed with a federal court in Washington, lawyers say guards have refused to p... Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:05:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1982348-striking-guantanamo-prisoners-water-denied.html 2013-03-28T03:05:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978658-fizzy-soft-drink-sales-fizzle-2012.html Americans' consumption of fizzy soft drinks, on the decline since 2005, fell last year to its lowest level since 1996. If it weren't for increasingly popular energy drinks like Monster and Red Bull, the decline would have been worse. The declines come amid heavy attention on soda's role in obesity and related health problems. Most prominently, the city of... Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:28:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1978658-fizzy-soft-drink-sales-fizzle-2012.html 2013-03-25T20:28:26Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954082-zealand-suffering-biggest-drought-30-years.html CARTERTON, New Zealand (AP) — Dairy farmer John Rose has sent more than 100 of his cows to the slaughterhouse over recent weeks as a severe drought browned pastures in New Zealand's normally verdant North Island. He had to thin his herd so the remaining 550 cows have enough to eat, and he's supplementing their diet with ground palm kernel as the grass in ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:58:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1954082-zealand-suffering-biggest-drought-30-years.html 2013-03-15T00:58:28Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When PepsiCo Inc. announced it would stop putting an obscure vegetable oil in its Gatorade right before the Super Bowl, one of the loudest cheers came from a high school student who had made it her mission to get rid of the ingredient. "I was like, 'Whoa,'" said Sarah Kavanagh, a 16-year-old from Hattiesburg, Miss., who wanted to know... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:14:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1953940-brominated-vegetable-oil-gatorade.html 2013-03-14T17:14:05Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1949198-libyan-poisoned-alcohol-death-toll-rises-to-79.html TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The top security official in Libya's capital said Tuesday 79 people have died over the past four days from drinking homemade alcohol, suspected of containing poisonous methanol. Colonel Mahmoud al-Sharif, security chief in Tripoli, said authorities are searching for two people believed to be involved in making the poisonous drinks. H... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:31:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1949198-libyan-poisoned-alcohol-death-toll-rises-to-79.html 2013-03-12T20:31:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1946460-americas-love-water.html NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn't too long ago that America had a love affair with soda. Now, an old flame has the country's heart. As New York City grapples with the legality of a ban on the sale of large cups of soda and other sugary drinks at some businesses, one thing is clear: soda's run as the nation's beverage of choice has fizzled. In ... Tue, 12 Mar 2013 03:27:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1946460-americas-love-water.html 2013-03-12T03:27:07Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1940898-fla-company-rewards-workers-with-beer-cart-friday.html PORT ORANGE, Fla. (AP) — Employees at a Florida health care company are allowed to drink on the company's tab, on company time, thanks to a perk known as "Beer Cart Fridays." Advance Medical CEO Jennifer Fuicelli told the Daytona Beach News-Journal (http://bit.ly/YGXRb2) she's been rolling out the beer cart for two years as part of an "unorthodox corporat... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:30:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1940898-fla-company-rewards-workers-with-beer-cart-friday.html 2013-03-08T15:30:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1938856-menu-served-checkpoint-to-1st-place-musher.html The lucky musher to collect the First to the Yukon award will be served the following meal prepared by Executive Chef Bobby Sidro. The meal would cost $99 at The Millennium Alaskan Hotel Anchorage. — Starters: Red King crab stuffed portobello mushrooms and smoked sockeye salmon cucumbers with gourmet cheese, served with sauvignon blanc from New Zealand an... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:45:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1938856-menu-served-checkpoint-to-1st-place-musher.html 2013-03-07T18:45:22Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1938792-brangelina-bottle-jolie-pitt-wine-snapped-up.html PARIS (AP) — Nine little letters on the back of the bottle set this rose wine apart from other fruits of the Provence grape harvest: Jolie-Pitt. The Miraval Rose 2012 was produced at the southern French estate of Chateau Miraval — property of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. It's the first Miraval vintage stamped by the Hollywood couple, in a joint venture w... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:26:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1938792-brangelina-bottle-jolie-pitt-wine-snapped-up.html 2013-03-07T18:26:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1925576-us-criticizes-nkorea-wining-dining-rodman.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is criticizing North Korea for, quote, "wining and dining" visiting ex-NBA star Dennis Rodman while its own people go hungry. Spokesman Patrick Ventrell Friday distanced the U.S. government from Rodman's visit to Pyongyang this week and his praise for the nation's leader Kim Jong Un and his predecessors. Rodman depar... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 19:58:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1925576-us-criticizes-nkorea-wining-dining-rodman.html 2013-03-01T19:58:12Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919074-study-boozy-brits-underestimate-their-drinking.html LONDON (AP) — Truth and alcohol may not mix, particularly when people are asked how much they drink. That's the implication of a study released Wednesday that reveals a big gap between the booze Britons own up to drinking and the amount of alcohol sold nationwide. The study indicates that people routinely underestimate their alcohol consumption by around ... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:37:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919074-study-boozy-brits-underestimate-their-drinking.html 2013-02-27T20:37:47Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916988-utah-liquor-bill-aims-to-take-zion-curtains.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wine spritzers are a favorite at Rovali's near Salt Lake City. Behind the bar, in full view of patrons, waiters siphon soda and syrup into glasses of ice — then they duck behind a fake olive tree and a barricade to add the chardonnay. Utah's famously strict liquor laws forbid the restaurant from pouring alcohol in front of customers.... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 08:14:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1916988-utah-liquor-bill-aims-to-take-zion-curtains.html 2013-02-27T08:14:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1905852-us-wine-exports-set-record-2012.html SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — New figures show U.S. wine exports grew for the third consecutive year in 2012, setting a record of $1.43 billion in revenue. The San Francisco-based Wine Institute released the figures Thursday and says 90 percent of those exports were from California. The European Union remained the top market for California wines, accounting for ab... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 15:52:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1905852-us-wine-exports-set-record-2012.html 2013-02-21T15:52:04Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898106-makers-mark-to-restore-alcohol-content-whiskey.html LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey. Rob Samuels, Maker's Mark's chief operating officer, said Sunday that it is restoring the alcohol volume of its product to its historic level of 45 percent, or 90 proof. Last week... Sun, 17 Feb 2013 20:58:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1898106-makers-mark-to-restore-alcohol-content-whiskey.html 2013-02-17T20:58:07Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1888300-coroner-soft-drinks-health-warnings.html WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand food industry association on Wednesday rejected a coroner's call to add health warnings to soft-drink labels following the 2010 death of a woman who drank about 2 gallons of Coca-Cola a day. Coroner David Crerar issued a final report Tuesday into the death of 31-year-old Natasha Harris, concluding that the moth... 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