In the News . . .

• Japan urges its young people to drink more to boost economy -- BBCNews (18 August 2022)
  
  
• That $1,000 Bourbon You Bought May Be a Phony -- The New York Times (06 January 2022)
  
  
• African-Colombian moonshine gets official seal of approval as heritage drink -- The Guardian (19 September 2021)
  
  
• NYTimes: U.S. Diet Guidelines Sidestep Scientific Advice to Cut Sugar and Alcohol -- The New York Times (29 December 2020)
  
  
• The feminisation of alcohol marketing -- BBCWorklife (24 September 2020)
  
  
• Happier Pigs and Tastier Pork: Recyclingrem Japanese Liquor Leftovers As Animal Feed -- SciTecDaily (21 July 2020)
  
  
• In the New World of Whiskeys, Australia Strives to Stand Out -- The New York Times (03 December 2019)
  
  
• Scotch on the rocks: distilleries fear climate crisis will endanger whisky production -- The Guardian (02 June 2019)
  
  
• Trump’s Trade War Leaves American Whiskey on the Rocks -- The New York Times (12 February 2019)
  
  
• The hidden history of gin and tonic -- BBCIdeas (29 June 2018)
  
  
• Sugar tax: Will paying more for fizzy drinks and alcohol make us healthier? -- BBCNews (01 May 2018)
  
  
• The Bolsheviks and vodka...Discuss -- Oxford Today (08 November 2017)
  
  
• Drinking a few times a week 'reduces diabetes risk' -- BBCNews (28 July 2017)
  
  
• The mesmerising journey whisky takes from barley to barrel -- BBCfuture (10 October 2016)
  
  
• Glass of beer 'makes people more sociable' -- BBCNews (19 September 2016)
  
  
• Why Japanese whisky is now some of the best in the world -- The Telegraph (15 September 2016)
  
  
• Indonesia proposes alcohol ban in Bali -- The Telegraph (11 September 2016)
  
  
• A taste of vodka that you won’t regret -- BBCtravel (06 July 2016)
  
  
• A drink of life and death [Raksi, Nepal] -- BBCtravel (25 May 2016)
  
  
• Too Much Antiguan Rum May Have Poisoned These 19th Century British Sailors -- Forbes (11 May 2016)
  
  
• Why your choice of glass changes how much alcohol you drink -- BBC Future (29 February 2016)
  
  
• Could a Chinese herb stop you drinking too much? -- BBC News (23 January 2016)
  
  
• Booze calculator: What's your drinking nationality? -- BBC News (16 December 2015)
  
  
• How does alcohol shape your personality? -- BBC News (09 December 2015)
  
  
• Why you should never drink whisky on the rocks -- BBCTravel (03 June 2015)
  
  
• A rare find in the City of London -- BBC News (09 December 2015)
  
  
• Why do the British drink so much? -- BBC News (03 November 2013)
  
  
• Drink like a local: 21 drinks to try around the world -- BBC News (05 October 2013)
  
  
• Drinking water doesn't prevent a hangover, study says -- BBC (29 August 2015)
  
  
• The drink that nearly knocked me out with one sniff -- BBC News (06 September 2015)
  
  
• Bulgarian Archaeologists Discover 11th Century Rakia Distillation Vessel -- Novinite (27 July 2015)
  
  
• From medicine to modern revival: A history of American whiskey -- MPRNews (09 July 2015)
  
  
• Why you should never drink whisky on the rocks -- BBCNews (03 June 2015)
  
  
• Literature's favorite cocktails -- BBC News (21 October 2014)
  
  
• Shackleton's South Pole Whisky Returns to Scotland -- BBC News (17 January 2011)

• Ancient medicines were alcoholic -- BBC News (14 April 2009)
  
  
• Bampilis, Tryfon. Greek Whisky:The Localization of a Global Commodity. NY: Berghan, 2013.
  
  
• Carlin, Joseph R. Cocktails: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
  
  
• Collins, Tony. Mud, Sweat and Beers: A Cultural History of Sport and Alcohol. Bloomsbury/Berg, 2002.
  
  
• Coulombe, Charles A. Rum: The Epic Story of the Drink That Conquered the World. Citadel, 2005.
  
  
• Comer, James. "Distilled Beverages." In The Cambridge World History of Food, ed. by K. F. Kiple and K. C. Ornelas. Cambridge, UK; NY: Cambridge University Press, 2000.III.5.
  
  
• Curtis, Wayne. And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails. Broadway, 2007.
  
  
• de Garine, Igor, and Valerie de Garine, (Eds.). Drinking: Anthropological Approaches. Anthropology of Food & Nutrition Series. NY: Berghahn, 2001.
  
  
• Drink Culture: It's as Old as the Hills -- New Scientist (13 November 2009)
  
  
• Eight ancient drinks uncorked by science -- msnbc (15 December 2009)
  
  
• Foss, Richard. Rum: A Global History. London: Reaktion, 2012.
  
  
• Herlihy, Patricia. Vodka: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
  
  
• Holt, Mack P. (Ed.). Alcohol: A Social and Cultural History. Bloomsbury/Berg, 2006.
  
  
• International Whisk(e)y Day
  
  
• Kosar, Kevin R.. Whiskey: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2010.
  
  
• Millstone, Erik, and Tim Lang. The Atlas of Food: Who Eats What, Where, and Why. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008.
  
  
• Salmonson, Lesley Jacobs. Gin: A Global History. London: Reaktion Books, 2012.
  
  
• Smith, Frederick H. Caribbean Rum: A Social and Economic History. University Press of Florida, 2008.
  
  
• Spirited Republic -- National Archives
  
  
• Standing, Tom. A History of the World in 6 Glasses. NY: Walker, 2005.
  
  
• Stewart, Amy. The Drunken Botanist: The Plants that Creat the World's Great Drinks. Algonquin, 2013.
  
  
• Wilson, Thomas M. (Ed.). Drinking Cultures: Alcohol and Identity. Bloomsbury/Berg, 2005.
  
  
• The World in a Glass: Six Drinks That Changed History -- nationalgeographic.com (3 October 2005)