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Rhonda Kallman is the founder of Boston Harbor Distillery and co-founder of Boston Beer Company.

“In the mornings I like to make my kids a PB&J, and a pinot-butter and jelly sandwich for me,” the comedian Kylie Brakeman says in a September 2020 video. She’s in character, poking fun at the “cutesification” of alcohol addiction in the way wine is marketed to women. Now, months later, health experts are speaking about the very same...

Two-thirds of women surveyed in a recent study reported increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic, with the largest spike among married women. The study in the Journal of Gynecology and Women’s Health says increased home stress and issues paying for or finding treatment are behind the rise.

The pandemic led us away from people, with more working at home and fewer social gatherings. Along with other stressors, the nation saw a spike in alcohol and drug consumption. Psychologist and counselor Kevin Gilliland tells LX News about building good habits and keeping up our mental health.

Since the pandemic shutdowns began last March, hospitals have seen an increase in patients with liver disease by as much as 50 percent, according to a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation. Doctors say people are “drink[ing] themselves to death” due to the stress and social isolation caused by the coronavirus pandemic, including a lack of in-person support from AA...

Dry January has brought on the desired benefits for many among the millions participating around the world

It’s no surprise that booze drinking was up in 2020. But as we turn the page from this terrible year, giving your body a break from alcohol to start 2021 could be good for you in more ways than one. Clark Fouraker explains why you may want to consider a dry January.

Preparing to ring in the New Year, people were stocking up on supplies Wednesday. Champagne, wine, beer and other spirits were flying off the shelves at liquor stores around the state. At the Connecticut Beverage Mart in Newington, traffic was steady, just as it has been for months. According to store owner and Connecticut Package Store Association president, Steve Downes,…

The increase in alcohol sales comes even as events and gatherings have been canceled.

Florida’s Department of Business and Professional Regulation has suspended the consumption of alcoholic beverages at bars across the state as a surge in new coronavirus cases continues.

One of the world’s largest brewers says it may have to dump 400 million bottles of beer because of a ban on alcohol sales in South Africa.

The official drink of the Kentucky Derby is the bourbon-based Mint Julep. Have you ever wondered where bourbon comes from or how it gets made? “1st Look” got a lesson in how to properly distill and age the liquor.

Liquor stores around the country saw a huge boost last week as shoppers stocked up on supplies.

A Nielsen study showed that alcohol sales were up 55% the week of March 21 as most people were following shelter-in-place orders.

Jay Polke, the co-owner of Willowbrook Spirit Shoppe in Cromwell said his business doubled this weekend, following Friday’s announcement that non-essential businesses in the state would have to temporarily close Monday night. “There was a big surge here.  It was like two buses parked outside and all of a sudden all of these people started coming in,” said Polke....

As restaurants around the state continue to adapt to a very difficult set of circumstances there is some relief. In addition to being allowed to do take-out and delivery, some restaurants are now allowed to serve take-out alcohol. According a recently established governor’s executive order, restaurants with a liquor permit will be allowed to provide alcohol to-go. It must...

The Department of Consumer Protection is adjusting its rules to allow certain restaurants to sell alcohol as a take-out option. All restaurants and bars in the state have been ordered to close dining rooms, though they are still allowed to serve take-out and delivery food. The new rules, which go into effect at noon Friday, will allow specific types of…

Americans are drinking more now than when Prohibition was enacted. What’s more, it’s been rising for two decades, and it’s not clear when it will fall again. That’s the picture painted by federal health statistics, which show a rise in per-person consumption and increases in emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths tied to drinking. The stats aren’t all bad....

The number of alcohol-related deaths has grown rapidly in recent decades, according to a new analysis of death certificates, NBC News reports. The research, published Wednesday in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, is from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, part of the National Institutes of Health.

High school students were getting marijuana for vape pens from a gas station in Cheshire, according to police, and a clerk is accused of selling it to them.