From LA Weekly: A drinker would do well to remember Repeal Day, December 5, 1933. It's when Americans got back their right to party.More>>

From CharlotteObserver.com: North Carolina has become one of the country's most exciting states for good brews. Dozens of innovative breweries have popped up from the coast to Asheville, complementing a solid roster of fine brewers. More>>

From The Boston Globe: John Myers, a traditional saloonist and cocktail historian, tends bar at The Grill Room, a steakhouse with a wood-burning grill in the center of the Old Port here.More>>

On Dec. 5, America’s beer distributors will commemorate the 78 years that the United States and its citizens have benefited from a state-based system for the safe production, distribution and sale of alcohol beverages.More>>

From Phoenix New Times: Citizen Public House announced Tuesday that the upstairs bar will be open to the public in mid-December.More>>

Classic cocktails and the lore surrounding them will be celebrated – and imbibed – from 8 p.m. to midnight Sunday when Tampa's Left Coast Bar Guild hosts its Repeal Day Party at the Don Vicente de Ybor Historic Inn in Ybor City.More>>

From The Shout: Beam Australia has announced the Australian launch of Skinnygirl Cocktails, its first ever female trademark, which the company claims will redefine the ready-to-serve category. More>>

From Citizen-Times.com: Last week, Samuel Adams sent along a real holiday treat, a precious bottle of its limited-edition Infinium, a Champagnelike beer made in collaboration with Weihenstephan Brewery, of Germany.More>>

I have never been one of those people who feel they live in the wrong era. I am eternally grateful, for example, to draw breath in the age of anesthesia. But I have occasionally lamented that I was born just a few years too late.More>>

From NME: American pop band Hanson have revealed they are launching their own brand of beer called 'Mmmhop.'More>>