Drinking Studies Network (DSN)
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The Drinking Studies Network is an interdisciplinary and international research group that connects scholars working on drink and drinking cultures. We are free to join and welcome all. More info at https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/
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Cutting Through podcast: "Drug, alcohol and tobacco policy is too focused on fear and abstinence than harm. So, how can we cut through the noise with pragmatism?" Conversation with Harry Shapiro: open.spotify.com/episode/0Y6b...
Cutting Through with Harry Shapiro
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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Cutting Through podcast: "Drug, alcohol and tobacco policy is too focused on fear and abstinence than harm. So, how can we cut through the noise with pragmatism?" Conversation with Harry Shapiro: open.spotify.com/episode/0Y6b...
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People in Thailand can from today be fined 10,000 baht ($300) or more for consuming alcohol at the wrong times or in the wrong places. The laws also require purely factual ads and ban the use of celebrities, influencers and public figures.
www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...
www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...
Thailand rolls out US$300 fines for daytime drinkers in change to alcohol laws
Changes to Thailand’s Alcoholic Beverage Control Act that take effect on Saturday shift the risk onto consumers who drink from 2pm to 5pm.
www.scmp.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
People in Thailand can from today be fined 10,000 baht ($300) or more for consuming alcohol at the wrong times or in the wrong places. The laws also require purely factual ads and ban the use of celebrities, influencers and public figures.
www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...
www.scmp.com/news/asia/so...
'Effects of alcohol policy interventions on alcohol consumption | Recovery Research Institute via @drugwise.bsky.social www.recoveryanswers.org/research-pos...
Effects of alcohol policy interventions on alcohol consumption
In this geospatial modeling analysis done in Ohio, more than a third of opioid use disorder treatment need was outside a 15-minute drive time of an Opioid Treatment Program to access methadone trea…
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November 10, 2025 at 10:03 AM
'Effects of alcohol policy interventions on alcohol consumption | Recovery Research Institute via @drugwise.bsky.social www.recoveryanswers.org/research-pos...
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📢 New report out now: A Healthier Future: a long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK.
Developed by leading experts, it sets out a blueprint for halving risky drinking, reducing alcohol deaths, and expanding access to treatment.
Read now: www.ias.org.uk/report/a-hea...
Developed by leading experts, it sets out a blueprint for halving risky drinking, reducing alcohol deaths, and expanding access to treatment.
Read now: www.ias.org.uk/report/a-hea...
A Healthier Future: A long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK - Institute of Alcohol Studies
Alcohol harm is a serious and growing concern in the UK, impacting people’s health and wellbeing, the NHS, social services, criminal justice, and our economy. These impacts are felt most by people on ...
www.ias.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
📢 New report out now: A Healthier Future: a long-term vision to tackle alcohol harm in the UK.
Developed by leading experts, it sets out a blueprint for halving risky drinking, reducing alcohol deaths, and expanding access to treatment.
Read now: www.ias.org.uk/report/a-hea...
Developed by leading experts, it sets out a blueprint for halving risky drinking, reducing alcohol deaths, and expanding access to treatment.
Read now: www.ias.org.uk/report/a-hea...
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Great talk! Let us know what you'd like us to do next. We are free to join, like all @drinkingstudies.bsky.social groups and welcome new members.
Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries
November 6, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Great talk! Let us know what you'd like us to do next. We are free to join, like all @drinkingstudies.bsky.social groups and welcome new members.
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This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
If you want a sneak peek at my forthcoming book, Temperance Lives: Life Assurance, Drink and Medicine in Britain, 1840-1918, you can read part of the introduction and check out the contents and indexes with this widget bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/690c7... @bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This looks brilliant. I've been lucky enough to see see @jameskneale.bsky.social present on this research and its just fascinating. Can't wait to see the whole thing. Recommend wholeheartedly to @drinkingstudies.bsky.social and Victorianists among others....
Special congratulations to DSN member @braciatrix.bsky.social for making the shortlist (and anyone else we might have missed - let us know!).
The wait is over! The shortlist for the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards is out now. Follow the link to see the full list and celebrate this year’s talented finalists! 🍻✨
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
November 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Special congratulations to DSN member @braciatrix.bsky.social for making the shortlist (and anyone else we might have missed - let us know!).
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Just over a month until Temperance Lives comes out in print!
Anyone interested in buying the hardback can use the discount code GLR AT8 to save 35% on the price - to do that and for more details, see bloomsbury.com/9781350529717
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Anyone interested in buying the hardback can use the discount code GLR AT8 to save 35% on the price - to do that and for more details, see bloomsbury.com/9781350529717
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Just over a month until Temperance Lives comes out in print!
Anyone interested in buying the hardback can use the discount code GLR AT8 to save 35% on the price - to do that and for more details, see bloomsbury.com/9781350529717
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
Anyone interested in buying the hardback can use the discount code GLR AT8 to save 35% on the price - to do that and for more details, see bloomsbury.com/9781350529717
@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social
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Brewery History Journal issue 195 will have a long paper going through all known first-hand accounts of real stone brewing, 75 individual ones all told. I hope it will settle this "debate" for good.
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
Journal of the Brewery History Society
www.breweryhistory.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brewery History Journal issue 195 will have a long paper going through all known first-hand accounts of real stone brewing, 75 individual ones all told. I hope it will settle this "debate" for good.
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
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Following on from @boakandbailey.bsky.social post some years ago about The Britannia, Brussels, 1958 here's a pub proposed for the Berlin Exhibition of 1966. But was it actually built?
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Following on from @boakandbailey.bsky.social post some years ago about The Britannia, Brussels, 1958 here's a pub proposed for the Berlin Exhibition of 1966. But was it actually built?
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'Local pubs see resurgence as younger consumers seek connection' | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Local pubs see resurgence as younger consumers seek connection
New data shows community pubs are thriving as Gen Z and millennials boost visitation and engagement. Weekly visits to local pubs are up seven percentage points year-on-year, with younger consumers see...
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Local pubs see resurgence as younger consumers seek connection' | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
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The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
‘Zero-alcohol products and the guise of responsibility': link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @drugwise.bsky.social
‘Zero-alcohol’ products and the guise of responsibility - Journal of Public Health Policy
Alcohol companies have expanded their presence in the ‘zero-alcohol’ market with intensive product development and marketing activities. This has been framed by industry as an effort to reduce or solv...
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
‘Zero-alcohol products and the guise of responsibility': link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @drugwise.bsky.social
'Drinking tequila and mezcal sustainably on The Day of the Dead' | @uk.theconversation.com via @drugwise.bsky.social theconversation.com/drinking-teq...
Drinking tequila and mezcal sustainably on The Day of the Dead
Tequila’s manufacturing process consumes huge amounts of energy, water and agrochemicals. While some make lots of money, those who harvest the crops make significantly less.
theconversation.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
'Drinking tequila and mezcal sustainably on The Day of the Dead' | @uk.theconversation.com via @drugwise.bsky.social theconversation.com/drinking-teq...
'Colorado sober' movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics' | @medexpress.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...
'Colorado sober' movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics
Everything in moderation. Including moderation. That's the idea behind the Colorado sober movement, an unofficial yet growing trend away from alcohol, and toward plant-based and psychedelic drugs.
medicalxpress.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:31 PM
'Colorado sober' movement ditches alcohol for cannabis, psychedelics' | @medexpress.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...
'Why are people dying from fake alcohol in Brazil?' | BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
What in the World - Why are people dying from fake alcohol in Brazil? - BBC Sounds
Methanol has been poisoning spirits and cocktails
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
'Why are people dying from fake alcohol in Brazil?' | BBC World Service www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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From some years ago. A History Channel programme about #beer. Featuring Tim Hampson and the late Martyn Cornell amongst others.
youtu.be/f6drCjIar1A?...
youtu.be/f6drCjIar1A?...
History Channel World in a Glass Beer
YouTube video by Twelve Pac
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October 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
From some years ago. A History Channel programme about #beer. Featuring Tim Hampson and the late Martyn Cornell amongst others.
youtu.be/f6drCjIar1A?...
youtu.be/f6drCjIar1A?...
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Big jump in use of alcohol-free products by 'risky' drinkers, according to new @drinkaware.bsky.social report: www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/res...
Alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in the UK: Trends, barriers, and opportunities | Drinkaware
www.drinkaware.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Big jump in use of alcohol-free products by 'risky' drinkers, according to new @drinkaware.bsky.social report: www.drinkaware.co.uk/research/res...
'Over 20% of young adults use cannabis or alcohol to help them sleep, study finds' | @medexpress.bsky.social via @drugwise.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...
Over 20% of young adults use cannabis or alcohol to help them sleep, study finds
Researchers at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, report that more than one in five young adults in the US use cannabis or alcohol to help them fall asleep. Nearly half of thos...
medicalxpress.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
'Over 20% of young adults use cannabis or alcohol to help them sleep, study finds' | @medexpress.bsky.social via @drugwise.bsky.social medicalxpress.com/news/2025-10...
'Finland sees rise in drinking deaths again after downward trend' (while overall consumption continues to decline): yle.fi/a/74-20188430
USU: Finland sees rise in drinking deaths again after downward trend
Alcohol-related deaths are up again.
yle.fi
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
'Finland sees rise in drinking deaths again after downward trend' (while overall consumption continues to decline): yle.fi/a/74-20188430
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Glynn Davis talks to Martyn Hillier, the father of micropubs, for a feature on their 20th anniversary in the Morning Advertiser: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
FEATURE: How well have micropubs fared in 20 years?
Martyn Hillier sparked a micropub revolution with the Butchers Arms, inspiring nearly 1,000 tiny pubs focused on cask ale, conversation and community.
www.morningadvertiser.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Glynn Davis talks to Martyn Hillier, the father of micropubs, for a feature on their 20th anniversary in the Morning Advertiser: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...
Addiction Psychologist podcast ft. @jholmessheff.bsky.social on Minimum Unit Pricing creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
The Addiction Psychologist • A podcast on Spotify for Creators
Drs. Noah Emery and Samuel Acuff interview researchers, clinicians, and policymakers in the field of addiction psychology with the hopes of enhancing recovery. Official podcast of the Society for Addi...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Addiction Psychologist podcast ft. @jholmessheff.bsky.social on Minimum Unit Pricing creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
'Understanding the reasons behind an apparent reduction in the number of people accessing specialist alcohol and drugs treatment in Scotland' | Public Health Scotland via @drugwise.bsky.social www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
Understanding the reasons behind an apparent reduction in the number of people accessing specialist alcohol and drugs treatment in Scotland - Publications - Public Health Scotland
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October 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
'Understanding the reasons behind an apparent reduction in the number of people accessing specialist alcohol and drugs treatment in Scotland' | Public Health Scotland via @drugwise.bsky.social www.publichealthscotland.scot/publications...
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Ireland’s plan to place explicit cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks has been pushed back to 2028 following pressure from industry and trade partners. Health experts say the move risks setting back efforts to inform consumers of alcohol’s cancer risks.
What we know about Ireland's delayed cancer warnings for alcohol
Ireland’s plan to place explicit cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks has been pushed back to 2028 following pressure from industry and trade partners. Health experts say the move risks setting back ef...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Ireland’s plan to place explicit cancer warnings on alcoholic drinks has been pushed back to 2028 following pressure from industry and trade partners. Health experts say the move risks setting back efforts to inform consumers of alcohol’s cancer risks.