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So a motorist in Indiana can pull up outside a package liquor store, plunk down a few bucks for a six-pack of cold beer, hop back into the car and speed off for home — or farther down the highway.

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG - A simple six-pack of beer is becoming a focal point of the most substantive legislative debate on Pennsylvania alcohol laws since Prohibition .

The Ale House, based in two of the viaduct arches next to Chelmsford railway station, toasted 12 months of success at the end of April.

Cool down this weekend with a free iced beverage from Starbucks . The coffee giant is offering a free tall iced drink when you buy an iced VIA.

When chef Michael White opens The Butterfly in New York in mid-June, the cocktail bar will pay homage to White's native Wisconsin with a brandy old-fashioned, a favorite libation in the Badger State.

Apparently there is a limit to how much people will pay for a cocktail, and it is somewhere south of $40. Chef Frederik de Pue 's new seafood spot Azur opened with a $40 cognac-based cocktail as well as several $20-plus drinks on it initial menu.

Two cups of coffee ended life on the run for an Internet sensation known as Kai the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker.

The ice cream stand at Gibson's Dairy Farm is once again open for business, despite a three-alarm fire late Tuesday night that destroyed the warehouse and distribution building, the farm store and garage.

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Forget coffee. Caffeine addicts may soon be able to get their fix when they brush their teeth in the morning.

You may have noticed a little extra tie-dye on your tap handles as of late, as Atlanta's signature Sweetwater Brewing has made its way down to the South Florida market.

Tamre Mullins, a Cicerone Certified beer server and beer advocate, explains why the right glass can mean everything when it comes getting the full flavor out of your brew.

Coffee production in Puerto Rico has hit the lowest level ever in the island's history, leaving farmers and government officials worried about how to revive a once burgeoning industry amid a deep economic crisis.

This undated publicity photo provided by courtesy of Murphy-Goode Winery shows a bottle of Murphy-Goode Homefront 2011 red wine.

Once upon a time - like five years ago - all a craft microbrewery needed was an empty warehouse and a good recipe for an IPA, and it was ready to roll.

If you love craft beer - which is tastier and usually stronger than the mass-produced domestic swill that lines most liquor store shelves - you've probably heard about the effort to lower the national standard for drunk-driving to .05 percent blood-alcohol content.

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A dozen universities are collaborating on a sort of extreme winemaking project: How cold a climate can a grape survive and still make good wine? The Northern Grapes Project is inventing wines the world has never seen before, winning wine awards and creating a new crop for struggling rural economies.

There is one thing that nearly led to the demise of the ANCYL and that also renders other political youth structures irrelevant, says Ace Moloi .

The last two days have seen a few attempts to get what has been described as the 'forgotten Bordeaux 2012 campaign' finally moving, but customers are 'turning their backs on the vintage', merchants say.