VinePair

JULY 30, 2024

If you’re like most drinkers, you’re likely starting to see a lot more non-alcoholic beer around. Last fall, The Wall Street Journal reported a jump of 32 percent in sales of non-alcoholic beer from a year earlier and an average of 31 percent growth over the previous four years, citing data from NielsenIQ. The TL;DR: a solid maybe.

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Alcohol Beer Food Safety Craft Beer 134

VinePair

APRIL 11, 2024

Sometimes fermentation can go too far, especially in Japan, because making alcohol at a bar is illegal, so my fermentation stops at the point of the sourness,” Sekine explains. We had him shoot a deer in the woods, and drain the blood directly into a case of bottles that we gave him, half-full with pure alcohol.”

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Bitters Vodka Food Safety Happy Hour 112

VinePair

JULY 22, 2024

In general, liquors flavored with additives and high sugar contents will degrade much faster than their additive- and sugar-free counterparts, as these volatile ingredients interact with oxygen much differently than pure alcohol, especially when kept at room temperature. You’ll immediately know when something is legitimately off.”

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Liqueur Bottling Alcohol Food Safety 97

VinePair

JANUARY 11, 2024

Stouts and Porters IPAs and imperial stouts were both created out of necessity: Beers would go bad on long sea voyages, but alcohol is a great preservative, so upping the ABV made them less perishable. Still, bacteria tends to have a hard time thriving in beer to begin with given its alcohol content and its ideally low-temp storage.

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Beer IPA Pilsner Stout 124

SafeProof

JUNE 11, 2020

Victoria, Australia Apollo Bay Distillery issued an urgent recall for bottles of its SS casino Gin purchased between June 5, and June 7, 2020. In announcing the recall, a spokesperson told the media that the bottles were mis-filled with a hand sanitizer that they also produce at the same location. The hand sanitizer contains glycerol…

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Gin Bottling Food Safety Alcohol 52