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How Four Loko’s Past Could Shape Panera’s Charged Lemonade Future

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The agency first began looking at Four Loko in 2009, and only took decisive action on it in late 2010. “It As Sharfstein told Taplines about his deliberations over Four Loko back in 2010: “When people see something for sale, they think that at some level, it’s OK. I knew someone who knew someone who died after three.

Alcohol 98
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The Evolution of the IPA, from 19th Century England to Now

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There, buried in a list of various textiles and liquors, is “Taylor’s and East India pale ale.” Pliny the Younger is often credited as the IPA that birthed the craft beer industry’s notorious “ line culture ,” and it still brings fans from all over the world to the Golden State whenever fresh bottles drop.

IPA 128
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How London Claimed the Global Cocktail Crown

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explicitly defining the term as a “a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters.” When cocktails lost to wine and craft beers in the 1980s, London hotel and restaurant bars remained entrenched in tradition.” In 2010, it became the first place on Earth to launch its own dedicated Cocktail Week.