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Actress Blake Lively launches sparkling mixer Betty Buzz

Dubbed Betty Buzz after Lively’s grandmother and aunt, the actress said she decided to conjure up the non-alcoholic spirit after assessing the lay of the land and realizing that mixers should have their place in the social drinking world.

New York hospitality industry criticizes the end of to-go cocktails

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lifting the COVID-19 state of emergency as New York and the rest of the country bounce back from the pandemic, but that also means the end of to-go booze and other temporary measures that were implemented to help struggling restaurants and bars.

US suspends costly tariffs on Scotch whisky

On Thursday, the U.S. agreed to suspend tariffs on single malt Scotch whisky, two years after the U.S. imposed a 25% tariff on the product during a separate trade dispute.