Mar 29
Easter egg hunts were fine and good when you were a kid and sugar was the only rush you needed. But it’s time to set the Peeps aside. It’s time to get drunk the Easter way. More »
Mar 01
Can Drinking Cure Your Cold?
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There’s a lot of nasty, virulent bugs going around this year. Colds and flus are putting people out of commission for weeks on end. This means that by now one of your friends has told you to drink some whiskey because that’ll knock the cold right out. More »
Feb 15
This week, ubiquitous middle-shelf bourbon Maker’s Mark announced that it would be watering down its whiskey from 90 proof to 84 proof in order to meet demand. Not surprisingly, everybody freaked out. That’s dumb. Here’s why. More »
Jan 01
What Is a Hangover?
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Yippee! Let’s poison ourselves with beverages that will make us violently ill! It was your battle cry last night, and today you’re paying the price. But what is that hangover you’re experiencing, exactly? More »
Oct 19
How the Perfect Man/Machine Balance Creates Some of the Best Booze in the World
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In a 5,000-square foot barn by the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, the New York Distilling Company is working on some whiskey. One thousand of the barn’s square feet belong to a bar, The Shanty, and the remaining 4,000 is a cavernous distillery. Most days, it’s a one-man show, with Bill Potter overseeing tanks, thermometers, bags of grain, empty bottles, labels, and barrels and barrels of aging whisky. At the centerpiece of the action, there’s Carl, a big, beautiful custom-built copper and stainless steel still. More »
Sep 28
Cold brew coffee has recently gained a massive following for its incredible smoothness and delicious flavor. Irish coffee, being caffeinated and alcoholic, has been popular for even longer. Too bad Irish coffee usually tastes like an 80-proof mug of acid. More »
Jul 06
Some people really enjoy the feeling of being drunk, but hate having to do all that pesky drinking. Maybe they don’t want the calories. Maybe they don’t like the taste. Maybe they’re in a hurry, and the normal metabolic process is a waste of time. Regardless, the lengths to which some will go to get their swerve on provides a unique and truly chilling look at humanity. More »
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