How to Avoid ‘Skunky’ Beer

When Good Beer Goes Bad   Chemists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill decoded what goes wrong with beer to give it that offensive "light-struck" flavor (www.unc.edu).   "Historically, beer has been stored in brown or green bottles to protect hop-derived compounds from light in a process we call photodegradation," said Dr. Malcolm D. Forbes, professor of chemistry.   "Hops help flavor beer, inhibit bacterial growth and...

Free Bartending Course through ABA

  Bartending 101   The American Bartending Association, the number one bartending resource in the United States, announced the launch of its free Bartending 101 training course and affiliate...

Too Much of a Good Thing: Liquor Liability & the Intoxicated Customer

And the Award Goes to…The Plaintiff   In Connecticut, a court recently awarded $150,000 to the family of a 20-year old passenger who died in a one-car accident. The defendant, Dee-Man’s...