Articles for March 25th, 2010

What To Do For Easter Brunch in Dallas

posted by Sarah Eveans | March 25th, 2010 11:28am | filed under Brunch, Easter, Holidays | 1 Comment »

Will he see his shadow? Wait–wrong holiday.

Here in my world, I have a fancy new Events page. Don’t tell anybody yet. We’re still working through a few kinks. But I thought I’d share the Easter brunch information with you, since a few of you are probably considering giving yourself a break and letting someone else do the cooking, especially when there are so many Cadbury eggs to be eaten. Hop to it.

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Shocking News: Texas Loves Beer

posted by Nancy Nichols | March 25th, 2010 10:55am | filed under AgriBusiness, Beverages, cocktails, Restaurant News | 3 Comments »

I was doing some research on the TABC website and found this  chart.

Texas: Per Capita Consumption of Alcohol
February 2010

Distilled Spirits
Total Tax Collections: $3,548,833.00
Total Gallons: 1,478,680
Per Capita Consumption: 0.0594
Tax Rate Per Gallon: $2.40
Wine
Total Tax Collections: $666,902.00
Total Gallons(Estimated): $2,709,156
Per Capita Consumption(Estimated): 0.1088
Tax Rate Per Gallon(Estimated): $0.246166
Low Wine: $0.204
High Wine: $0.408
Sparkling Wine: $0.516
Beer
Total Tax Collections:  $6,417,024.00
Total Gallons: 33,154,690
Per Capita Consumption: 1.3311
Tax Rate Per Gallon: $0.193548
Ale
Total Tax Collections: $602,176.00
Total Gallons:  3,041,293
Per Capita Consumption: 0.1221
Tax Rate Per Gallon: $0.198
Note:
Statistics based on gross tax collections by the Commission and population estimates are from the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts ‘Economic and Population Forecast Summary’. Estimate of Population: 24,908,333.

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