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The blend that dare not speak its name
Today at Reason, I write about antiquated liquor laws that forbid producers from being completely honest with consumers: Like many other whisky brands, Compass Box doesn’t distill their own spirits....
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Crony capitalists of craft beer
My latest story for Reason looks at how some of the biggest names in craft beer are raking in millions of dollars in public subsidies to fund their expansion: “Virginia is for beer lovers,” Governor...
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New at Reason: The latest threat to mezcal
This week at Reason, I look at the proposed Mexican law that threatens small producers of mezcal: That legislation is NOM 199, a proposal that would place additional restrictions on some of the least...
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How the FDA will snuff out innovation in cigars and e-cigs
I awoke yesterday morning to the news I’ve been dreading for years: The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products announced that it will extend its authority over cigarettes to all tobacco products, including...
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Assorted links
For my first contribution to the Distiller weblog, I take a look at the sudden arrival of rice whiskeys on the American market, including Kikori from Japan and Vinn from right here in Portland, Oregon....
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Mezcal, Citizens United, and Donald Trump
My latest article for Reason combines three of my favorite things: mezcal, free speech, and insulting Donald Trump. “Donald eres un pendejo,” says a popular campaign from Ilegal Mezcal: Messaging like...
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A super bowl of punch
Photo by David L. Reamer I contributed the “Cocktail of the Week” feature for Distiller this week. There being some sort of big football game today, they asked me to write up something involved beer. I...
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Smoking bans at Slate, plus a new study from Japan
Longtime readers of my blog may remember the “heart miracle” studies of the previous decade. These studies purported to show that implementing smoking bans would bring about drastic and immediate...
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Swanson cocktail
At Distiller this week, I got to write about one of my favorite cocktails from my time in Melbourne, the Swanson at the Black Pearl. With three ingredients I love — Lagavulin 16, Becherovka, and PX...
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The FDA and e-cigs at Slate
A fun thing about being a public policy writer is when you put a lot of time into researching and writing a piece, only to have the federal agency you’re covering make a surprise announcement of...
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