Drinking Culture

INCONTROVERTIBLE CRAFT SPAWNS INSTITUTE OF BEER

Posted on December 14th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
The fast-changing and trendy business of beer in Australia has taken another evolutionary step, with some of the country’s biggest beer nerds now offering the acclaimed Cicerone training advantage. The crafted beer revolution has been shaking up the establishments in

SYNTHETIC ALCOHOL – NO SIDE-EFFECTS – ON TRIAL FOR FUN

Posted on September 26th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A rebellious chemistry nerd is pioneering products to save the world from the effects of booze, with a pill to sober you up, and a synthetic alcohol with no ill-effects. David Nutt, from Imperial College London, is a neuropsychopharmacology professor

DIAGEO UNVEILS DRINK INNOVATIONS FOR SUMMER

Posted on September 16th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Global drinks giant Diageo has launched a range of new-style premix drinks based on consumer insight around trends in drinking occasions. The new products were unveiled yesterday at the company’s Australian head office in McMahons Point. Managing director of Diageo

BEER SURVEY OFFERS INSIGHT TO PUBS AND PROPRIETORS

Posted on August 17th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
Consumer research has reached inside Australia’s legion of craft beer drinkers, with important results for licensees. The Sydney-based Beer Cartel is a distributor of over 1,100 craft beers from around the world, providing tasting rooms and beer clubs, and distribution

UNIVERSITY STUDY FINDS EVIDENCE OF DRINKING

Posted on August 8th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A recent covert operation by a team from Deakin University succeeded in finding signs of intoxication by patrons that were drinking. The group conducted 828 “unique cross-sectional observations” at 62 bars, nightclubs and large pubs throughout five Australian cities. Its

NUDIE RUN TO PAY PUB BILL – NO PROBLEM

Posted on July 29th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A man who could not pay his bill at a Czech pub and left all his clothes as collateral as he went for money was stopped by local police, then allowed to complete his quest. On Monday (25 July) residents

VENUES FOOTING BLAME FOR ALCOHOL DRUNK AT HOME

Posted on July 13th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
A study by La Trobe University has found the vast majority of alcohol is not consumed in licensed premises, and calls for measures beyond the blame and restrictions heaped on pubs and bars. Surveying more than 2,000 Australians, the University

WEAPONS AND SOLUTIONS AT HAND IN RUSSIAN PUB BRAWL

Posted on July 6th, 2016 by Clyde Mooney
In Mother Russia, if someone pull wooden chair in fight, we respond by fetching chainsaw. A video has emerged of a brawl taking place outside a Russian pub demonstrating the Russian peoples’ stubborn pragmatism, particularly in the face of adversity.