Read more alcohol consumption stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29272/alcohol-consumption.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:33:13http://www.newser.com/story/82266/adding-oxygen-to-booze-cuts-hangovers.htmlAdding oxygen to alcoholic drinks lets you experience all the drunkenness with a fraction of the hangover, according to Korean researchers who presumably didn't have much trouble rounding up volunteers for their study. The scientists found that the extra oxygen helped the stomach function better, allowing the drinker to sober...http://www.newser.com/story/82266/adding-oxygen-to-booze-cuts-hangovers.html2010-03-03T14:45:24http://www.newser.com/story/75349/extreme-beer-features-high-alcohol-cost.htmlBeer with a high alcohol content is in the spotlight after two breweries announced supercharged creations—Boston Beer Company's Utopias, with 27% alcohol, and BrewDog's Tactical Nuclear Penguin, with 32%. Are they good for the average guzzler? Salon gets details from expert Brooks Hamaker: They don’t come cheap: Utopias will...http://www.newser.com/story/75349/extreme-beer-features-high-alcohol-cost.html2009-12-03T17:47:32http://www.newser.com/story/67421/beer-drinking-model-demands-public-caning.htmlA Malaysian model sentenced to caning for drinking beer wants her punishment carried out in public, CNN reports. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, 32, will be the first woman to be flogged for alcohol consumption in the Muslim-majority nation. "Let's be transparent" about the punishment, Kartika has insisted. Her father said...http://www.newser.com/story/67421/beer-drinking-model-demands-public-caning.html2009-08-21T08:06:07http://www.newser.com/story/65230/multifaceted-chardonnay-a-welcome-surprise.htmlChardonnay is ubiquitous, but the “countless weak versions,” especially in the $10 category, disappoint wine lovers, writes Eric Arnold in Forbes . Nevertheless, Americans gulped down about 60 million 9-liter cases in 2008. If you’re willing to beef up your budget and experiment a bit, you may be surprised at the...http://www.newser.com/story/65230/multifaceted-chardonnay-a-welcome-surprise.html2009-07-24T21:01:28http://www.newser.com/story/46603/how-much-should-your-kindergartner-be-swilling.htmlWhile most countries worry about the nutrition and development of their kids, the British government wants to make sure its wee ones aren't falling down drunk, the Independent reports. Officials in Britain, where it’s legal to drink at home from age 5, are debating whether to issue guidelines on how...http://www.newser.com/story/46603/how-much-should-your-kindergartner-be-swilling.html2008-12-30T16:39:59http://www.newser.com/story/33671/tiny-shrew-drinks-more-than-you.htmlThe Malaysian pentailed shrew drinks enough booze, weight for weight, to kill a human with a similar habit—prompting scientists to study the creature for clues to our own alcoholic thirst. Pentails, which share a common ancestor with primates, knock back the equivalent of nine glasses of wine every night...http://www.newser.com/story/33671/tiny-shrew-drinks-more-than-you.html2008-07-30T21:07:54http://www.newser.com/story/31510/wine-giant-giddy-on-profits.htmlThe turbulent economy may be driving consumers to drink. While some might be crying in their beer, the world's biggest wine maker, Constellation Brands—whose labels include Robert Mondavi and Ravenswood—reported a huge 50% increase in profit the first quarter of 2008, reports the Wall Street Journal . Analysts believe...http://www.newser.com/story/31510/wine-giant-giddy-on-profits.html2008-07-03T07:43:23http://www.newser.com/story/30817/raise-a-glass-to-the-joys-and-pains-of-happy-hour.htmlIs it happy hour yet? About 20% of Americans regularly go out for drinks with colleagues after work, says a survey from careerbuilder.com. Reuters runs down the highlights: Most go out just to be social, but about 30% say they do so to gossip or only because they feel...http://www.newser.com/story/30817/raise-a-glass-to-the-joys-and-pains-of-happy-hour.html2008-06-25T01:02:25http://www.newser.com/story/27963/the-scourge-of-morning-after.htmlHangovers have afflicted the recently drunk since the Stone Age, yet a dependable remedy remains elusive. A hangover takes hold just as the body succeeds in eliminating the alcohol from the blood stream, Joan Acocella notes in the New Yorker . It results from a pileup of insults the system sustains...http://www.newser.com/story/27963/the-scourge-of-morning-after.html2008-05-20T19:13:48