Steep alcohol taxes drive Turkey’s drinkers to home-brew

Steep alcohol taxes drive Turkey’s drinkers to home-brew   Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/ Sunday November 19, 2017   Carefully testing the temperature of a bucket of fermenting beer, Onder Ceyhan pushes back the foam to add a touch of yeast to his latest batch of home-brewed drink.   Ceyhan says he, like many others in Turkey, has […]

Colorado: Colorado grocers have begun buying out liquor-store licenses

Colorado: Colorado grocers have begun buying out liquor-store licenses   Source: Denver Business Journal November 18, 2017   Nearly a year and a half after Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law a measure allowing Colorado grocery chains to get more than one full-strength liquor license, two metro-Denver stores have bought out existing liquor stores’ licenses […]

Wells Fargo Analyst Sees Beverage Alcohol In Coca-Cola’s Future

Wells Fargo Analyst Sees Beverage Alcohol In Coca-Cola’s Future   Source: Forbes Thomas Pellechia November 18th   Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey has not ruled out the company getting into the alcohol industry.   Quincey dropped that mini bombshell to CNBC’s Squawk on the Street headquartered on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. His […]