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The ongoing conflict in Ukraine could lead to surging barley prices, according to a United Breweries spokesperson speaking to industry news outlet, BusinessLine. Increases could add to already sky-high inflation resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, government borrowing and supply chain disruption. Prices of beer and international whiskeys are, therefore, likely to rise further.Ukraine accounts for roughly 20 percent of the world’s barley production, with much of its output being used to produce …

1. "If The River Was Bourbon" by Spin Doctors This 2013 tune is a good-timing rock ditty with a solid blues undercurrent. The narrator reveals his sensations of alcohol-enhanced invincibility: "If the river was whiskey, you 'd have no trouble drowning me." Glenora Distillery Cape Breton2. "Copperhead Road" Steve Earle In this 1988 country rock track is the tale of a male, John Lee Pettimore III, whose grandpa as well as dad were Tennessee moonshine makers as well as bootleggers. John Lee Jr. …