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2 hours agoBeer Drinkers Are Shifting Toward This Emerging Style - Tasting Table
Mid-strength beer is gaining popularity as a moderate drinking option among consumers seeking lower alcohol content.
This is part of Wet February, a series about America's increasingly muddled relationship with drinking-and how to sip your way through it wisely and well. Alcohol is my only vice, and boy, it does not feel good to have my vice validated by the new food pyramid, which also suggests that steak is the foundation of a healthy diet. But I can't deny that a happy hour martini makes me feel as if I sparkle,
"Ninety percent of people's eyes roll into their heads when you start talking about wine," he wrote. "This is for the other 10 percent." That statistic struck me as a little high: Every restaurateur and chef in town these days complains that liquor sales are down across the board, and Gen Z is - statistically speaking - drinking far less than older generations.