Alcohol

Beer cardiovascular health

Drinking beer, hard liquor is worse for waistline and cardiovascular health than wine

Love City Brewing to open new outdoor beer garden

Love City Brewing beer garden

Addiction recovery program that serves trans and gender non-conforming people opens center in West Philly

Morris Home

Yards Brewing tours resume after two-year hiatus

Yards Brewing tours

Bok Bar in South Philly to reopen for its seventh season in April

Bok Bar South Philly

Even small amounts of alcohol increase risk of heart disease, research shows

Alcohol Heart Disease

Alcohol-related deaths increased during first year of COVID-19 pandemic, study finds

Alcohol Related

Another push to legalize to-go cocktails in Pennsylvania is underway

Cocktails To Go Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania craft breweries team up to release 'PA Pride' Hazy Double IPA

PA Pride Hazy Double IPA

Pa. voters support privatizing liquor and wine sales but are divided on how to do it

Pennsylvania liquor wine sales privatization

Russian-made vodka no longer for sale in Pennsylvania liquor stores

PLCB Russian vodka

Hop Sing Laundromat buys more than 800 bottles of rare whiskey produced by distillery with Pennsylvania roots

Hop Sing Laundromat whiskey

Don't nurse that Moscow mule — it could be a health hazard

Copper mugs safe

Conshohocken Brewing Co. releases beer honoring former Sixers broadcaster Marc Zumoff

Conshohocken Brewing Marc Zumoff beer

Pennsylvania liquor lottery offering chance at one of more than 1,200 rare whisky bottles

Pennsylvania rare whiskey lotteries

Republicans renew efforts to privatize Pennsylvania liquor, wine sales

Pennsylvania liquor wine sales

For those observing Dry January, here are some Philly bars and restaurants serving alcohol-free mocktails

Harper's Garden Dry January

The biggest health trends of 2022, from gut health to sound healing

2022 health trends

Children's Health

Drinking alcohol while pregnant significantly alters the baby's brain structure, MRIs reveal

Alcohol Brain Development

United Airlines to allow liquor in economy on domestic flights for first time in over a year

United Airlines Alcohol

Pennsylvania residents can enter PLCB lotteries for 425 bottles of rare whiskey

PLCB Rare Whiskey Lottery

Pennsylvania now allowing businesses to expand space for outdoor cocktail service

Americans are drinking more during the pandemic – and liver transplants for alcoholic hepatitis are rising

Excessing drinking during pandemic

Drinking alcohol increases breast cancer risk, but many women don't realize it

Alcohol breast cancer risk

Pennsylvania imposes 2-bottle limit on some liquor products

PLCB Bottle Restriction

Four Seasons Total Landscaping releasing beer mocking infamous Trump press conference

Even moderate alcohol use can significantly increase cancer risk, latest study suggests

Alcohol consumption and cancer risk

Montgomery County high school athletic trainer allegedly supplied teens alcohol before fatal DUI crash

Pottstown Martin Teens DUI

Brooklyn-based Other Half Brewing to take over former Goose Island location in Fishtown

Other Half Brewing Philadelphia

To-go cocktails off the menu in Pennsylvania – at least through the summer

Cocktails-to-go measure moves forward in Pennsylvania despite Wolf's expected veto

Women now drink as much as men — and are prone to sickness sooner

Alcoholism Gender Gap

Wildwood bars lose liquor license for summer after repeated COVID-19 violations

Shamrock bar Wildwood

Pennsylvania residents can enter lotteries to buy 213 rare whiskey bottles

PLCB Whiskey April

Sixers make Hennessy the official spirit of the team

Sixers Hennessy Philly

Alcoholic liver disease cases have spiked during the pandemic, especially among young women

alcoholic liver disease pandemic

Pandemic-fueled alcohol abuse creates wave of hospitalizations for liver disease

Liver Disease Alcoholism

PLCB holding lottery to sell off almost 2,000 bottles of coveted Van Winkle whiskey

plcb whiskey lottery.jpg

Terrell Owens launches new wine label Eighty-One

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