Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– An assemblywoman in California wants to add a five cent tax to cocktails that would go towards helping developmental disability programs. The bill is being dubbed the “Cocktails for Healthy Outcomes Act.”
– A number of bars in Boston have been charged with accepting bribes from beer distributors.
– Moet & Chandon has released a new prestige cuvee that took 15 years to make.
– Fireball gets a makeover from PDT’s own Jim Meehan, complete with a stigma-free cocktail recipe.
– Finally, bitters—not just for your mixed drinks anymore.
[Photo: Flickr/Julian Povey]