At the next Research on Tap, raise a toast to alcohol. Dr. Richard Kurial, Professor of History at UPEI, will lead a discussion entitled "From whence all good things flow: how alcohol built the West." The event begins at 7 pm, Tuesday, March 5, at The Pourhouse (above The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse in Charlottetown). “I don’t deny the social price that many pay for alcohol,” said Dr. Kurial, “but it is minor compared with the economic, social, and technological benefits we have enjoyed because of drinking.” Dr. Kurial argues alcohol provided the creativity and willingness to take risks that were required to innovate and build the world we live in today. Research on Tap is a series of public discussions with UPEI researchers. For more information, contact Dave Atkinson at (902)620-5117, or datkinson@upei.ca.