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# What We're Reading --
- URL: https://bevnews.net/what-were-reading-166/
- Published: 2026-08-27T05:36:50.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-27T05:36:50.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

## [Zebra Striping Is the Latest Way People Are Rethinking Their Nights Out Without Giving Up Alcohol](https://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/living/article316989374.html?ref=bevnews.net#storylink=cpy)

Americans are drinking less than at any point since Gallup began tracking the habit in 1939, and a simple drink-swap technique called zebra striping is quietly reshaping how people move through bar nights, holiday parties and Dry January. (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

## [Two Years After American Single Malt’s Ratification, the Category Is Still Finding Its Way](https://vinepair.com/articles/distillers-form-american-single-malt-identity/?ref=bevnews.net)

When TTB ratified a standard of identity for American single malt, distillees eagerly anticipated positive outcomes: more consumer recognition, smoother paths to the shelf, higher sales.

Such hopes remain, by and large, unrealized, as the American single malt category is dealing with the same economic challenges that are depressing sales of other whiskeys. 

## [Pushing back](https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/briefing/theyre-done-with-trump.html?ae=oa&campaign%5Fid=9&context=action%5Fbar%5Fread&emc=edit%5Fnn%5F20260826&instance%5Fid=180959&nl=the-morning®i%5Fid=72219820&segment%5Fid=225430&user%5Fid=02bb708ffc53a92d152fcd65cc9bedb5&ref=bevnews.net)

We look at Canada's opposition to the president. (New York Times/The Morning)