Free Beer, Wine After Alcohol Warning at Cancer Meeting
“Really, there’s no amount of alcohol that…would not be related to an increased risk of breast cancer,” an epidemiologist said, reviewing data from a 2016 pooled cohort analysis of 1 million women that looked at risk by intake amount, including “light” drinking.
The next day, attendees could view posters while enjoying beer and wine. Mixed messages?
A clinical oncologist agreed there is “clear [epidemiological] evidence that alcohol intake is linked to malignancy” including breast cancer. But epidemiological findings are not necessarily clinically relevant, she emphasized. (Medscape Medical News)
Kentucky Peerless Has Been Around Since Prohibition—and Still Makes Its Rye From Scratch
A pre-Prohibition distilling family makes a comeback with new and honest Kentucky Straight Rye. (Robb Report)
Why Schlafly Beer Apologized to Another Brewery
A Schlafly exec suggested 4 Hands Brewery was named after a sex act. But 4 Hands president says the 4 Hands and logo represent the intertwined hands of his family, including his wife and two boys. So not a massage parlor sex act. (St. Louis Riverfront Times)
Why This BUD’s Not For Me
Right now the beer industry has its own, internal woes. It is one where economies of scale are obvious, not just in terms of production but also, and maybe more importantly, distribution. That has led to some serious consolidation, but even that has reached the point where it brings its own issues.
The biggest beer company in the world, Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), for example, announced in October that they were cutting their dividend in half to focus on paying down their large debt load. That pile of debt was partly due to their acquisition of rival SAB Miller in 2016, a merger between the world’s two largest beer companies. (Nasdaq)