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A whiskey giant ripped off Frederick Douglass to promote its white founder
A Fingers special report on Brown-Forman's bizarre, previously unconfirmed face-swap of the Black abolitionist and teetotaler
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Finally: a Veuve Clicquot for assholes
Plus: Prayers up for the beverage business’s Original King of Chaos!
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What were the worst bar/drinks clichés of the 2010s?
Your fearless Fingers editor graduated college in 2010, young, dumb and full of original-formula Four Loko. I moved to New York City and got a j…
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The sinister politics of pouring beers for dead troops
Plus: Fingers Regulatory Roulette!
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The ol' Labor Day two-fer
A ~curated selection~ of the boozeletter’s labor-focused coverage from the archives
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Dave Infante

August 2024

Vanquishing poverty, racism, and the clap
A curated boozeletter podcast playlist to pass the time on your Labor Day Weekend travels
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Dave Infante
Tequila's canary in the gold mine
Plus: Running Anheuser-Busch’s “microbrewing” skunkworks!
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Party punch is going Berserker
Plus: 'Vanderpump Rules' meets 'Hogan Knows Best' plus liquor!
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Boning up on Big Tobacco, hbu?
Books?
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Moving cases regardless of alcohol bases
Plus: Ways to [shudder] “add value”!
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Dave Infante
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Even if I lose, I’m actually... a winner?
My journalism is up for two awards from the International Association of Culinary Professionals!
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The "corporate craft" liquidator strikes again
Plus: Inside the courtroom for Stone's $56-million stunner on Molson Coors!
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