Guilford County is considering an additional 1% Prepared Food and Beverage Tax, with the support of Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan.
Published: Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 @ 12:12 am
By: Carolina Journal
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While out with friends, local man Kevin Bann put up a valiant effort to feign enjoyment of an orange watery substance with little slimy balls floating in it. His friends have confirmed he is "very cool" and "with the times."
Published: Tuesday, July 19th, 2022 @ 1:14 am
By: Babylon Bee
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has taken another step in passing rules to expand the size of growlers from 2 to 4 liters.
Published: Friday, February 11th, 2022 @ 4:52 am
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system has a new commissioner. It gets continued reassurance from its boards and warehouse operator that they’ll get it right and, to that end, newly created groups meant to help them do so.
Published: Sunday, January 2nd, 2022 @ 8:36 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Hank Bauer is the new chairman of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission.
Published: Monday, December 20th, 2021 @ 6:07 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Terrance Merriweather, deputy commissioner of the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, will oversee daily operations of the agency until the governor appoints a new chairman.
Published: Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 11:05 am
By: Carolina Journal
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Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that he signed an Executive Order to help North Carolina’s businesses recover from the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Published: Monday, May 3rd, 2021 @ 3:10 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Today Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order authorizing the North Carolina ABC Commission to permit the delivery or carry-out of mixed beverages as an alternative to on-site consumption.
Published: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020 @ 2:29 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Prime Beverage Group, a new contract beverage manufacturer, will create 231 new jobs in Cabarrus County, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Thursday, June 11th, 2020 @ 12:41 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Unix Packaging to invest $19 million in Morganton
Published: Friday, May 29th, 2020 @ 7:32 am
By: Governor's Office
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Walter Harris, chairman of the Chatham County Alcoholic Beverage Control board, told WUNC’s Frank Stasio he’s been told North Carolina is among the country’s best at selling hard liquor.
Published: Friday, September 6th, 2019 @ 3:16 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control system — created in 1937 in the wake of the repeal of Prohibition — for the past 80-plus years has remained mostly static.
Published: Monday, June 3rd, 2019 @ 7:18 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Gov. Cooper Signs Bill Into Law
Published: Monday, May 20th, 2019 @ 11:23 pm
By: Governor's Office
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Lawmakers this session have filed what amounts to a jumble of bills designed to ease restrictive Prohibition-era rules enacted in the first half of the 20th century.
Published: Friday, April 19th, 2019 @ 4:13 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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A week or so ago, a group of people who don't like the idea of people drinking liquor got together to denounce efforts to privatize the state monopoly on alcohol sales, storage, and distribution
Published: Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 3:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In North Carolina, beer and wine are readily available at grocery stores, convenience stores, specialty shops, even pharmacies and other places, and even on Sundays
Published: Thursday, March 7th, 2019 @ 7:15 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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North Carolina’s large and energetic craft brewing industry — over 300 strong now — chafes against the state’s arbitrary distribution cap
Published: Friday, March 1st, 2019 @ 12:40 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Did you know that North Carolina used to be the nation's leader in locally owned and operated distilleries?
Published: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019 @ 3:11 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In 1908, North Carolina voters passed statewide prohibition in 1908, making North Carolina the first Southern state to institute prohibition. The 18th Amendment didn't usher in Prohibition nationwide until 1919.
Published: Friday, February 22nd, 2019 @ 10:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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I made a presentation recently to a community GOP club, a group of kind people who were smart, engaged, and curious. Much like many of the other groups I speak to and with.
Published: Saturday, February 16th, 2019 @ 8:40 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Despite a dip in total alcohol consumption, U.S. drinkers bought more than 230 million nine-liter cases of distilled spirits in 2018 - a 1.9 percent increase on the previous year.
Published: Saturday, January 26th, 2019 @ 9:57 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission is scheduled to meet 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, to consider and adopt rules for spirits sold and consumed in North Carolina.
Published: Thursday, January 17th, 2019 @ 5:50 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission has released its initial 2018 annual report, the pages of which are filled with colorful photos of smiling people and happy numbers.
Published: Monday, January 14th, 2019 @ 1:53 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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An email to suppliers last week from the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, in addition to announcing that it's trimming the number of products it lists, cited the state's alcohol warehouse operator for its good work
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 4:24 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission is trimming the number of products it lists because, to be blunt, some of those items - i.e. bottles - just aren't selling
Published: Friday, November 16th, 2018 @ 8:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Members who serve on the 168 boards that control local alcohol sales in North Carolina are doing good work
Published: Saturday, November 10th, 2018 @ 12:39 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For North Carolina's distillers, getting their products into ABC stores is arduous and time-consuming
Published: Monday, September 17th, 2018 @ 2:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Head distiller Chris Jude steps through a door at the High Wire Distilling Co. in Charleston, South Carolina. Jude, who's from Boone, enters the tasting room and bar, making the short trip from the place spirits are made to the place spirits are served
Published: Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 @ 12:23 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Terrance Merriweather is the new deputy director of The N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Published: Sunday, September 9th, 2018 @ 12:43 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The way North Carolina governs alcoholic spirits must change, for myriad reasons
Published: Saturday, September 8th, 2018 @ 4:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The fallout continues over an audit that found a lack of oversight by the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control commission has cost the state about $13.5 million
Published: Thursday, August 23rd, 2018 @ 5:34 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A North Carolina distiller who got into trouble with N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission distributed more than 70 letters to colleagues warning them against running afoul of state laws
Published: Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 @ 1:01 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Makers of craft alcohol in North Carolina — whether it’s beer, wine, or liquor — generally agree on some expected benefits of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the president signed in December.
Published: Friday, January 5th, 2018 @ 2:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Distillers in North Carolina aren't quite ready to extend their arms in a celebratory toast, but they've certainly opened the bottle and dropped some ice in the glass
Published: Friday, June 23rd, 2017 @ 6:31 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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