• Good news, beer fiends: Harpoon has plans to double its size next year and to add a new bar area, with city approval. [Herald]
• Yikes: Bootleg liquor laced with methanol was responsible for 115 deaths in eastern India, primarily among poor people who couldn’t afford state-sanctioned liquor shops. [NPR]
• Is a zero-calorie ramen noodle too good to be true? One reporter goes to the front lines to find out. [Slate]
• McDonald’s is getting into the farm-to-table movement with ads that feature one of its potato farmers. Ugh, this charade is even worse than everyone using the word “artisanal.” [NRN]
• A hail storm of apples, caused by freak weather conditions that had swept them up into the air, rained down on motorists in Coventry, U.K., the other night. [Telegraph UK]
