Alcohol
This Bar Promoted Drinking Yourself to Death
“Graduate with a 4.0 Blood Alcohol Content" said Fargo, ND bar The Bomb Shelter's $7 all-you-can-drink deal. The only problem? You'd be dead.
The Artist Parties Hard in This Week's Comic from Anna Haifisch
There's nothing worse than waking up alone—except waking up alone with a hangover and 2 percent cell phone battery.
This State Might Lower the Drinking Age to 18
It may finally be happening: That bastion of oppression and gross iniquity that is America’s legal drinking age of 21 might be meeting its maker. At least in one Midwestern state.
The Turkish Man Who Sells Alcohol in Front of a Mosque
Inside his bar, just before the muezzin’s call for the noon prayer, Umit Dai made himself a fluorescent cocktail and spoke with me about his business’s imminent demise due to the rise of Turkey's conservative Islamist party.
Tasting Communism in the Vineyards of Hungary
During the Soviet occupation of Hungary, the state ripped up the prized, centuries-old vineyards of Tokaj and started mass-producing swill in bulk.
The Best Martini Is Neither Shaken Nor Stirred
I spoke to acclaimed bartender Alessandro Palazzi about James Bond, why a true Vesper is impossible to make nowadays, and why you shouldn't attempt to drink more than two martinis at Dukes, his famed bar.
Apparently Drinking Three Glasses of Champagne a Week Is Good for Your Brain
New research from the University of Reading claims that drinking three glasses of Champagne a week can help prevent dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
This Is Your Sex on Drugs
Some drugs can open you up to complete ecstasy, while others are complete boner killers.
Makgeolli Is the Drink of Choice for Farmers, Korean Rappers, and Old People
As South Korea’s most popular alcohol until 1988, makgeolli was favored among farmers and the working class. It's recently made a comeback among Korean youth and even celebrities who put creedence in its reputation as a healthier booze.
Why Is America So Fascinated with the Booze Famous Mobsters Drank?
In a new book by Scott M. Deitche called "Cocktail Noir," the true crime writer explores the bonds between cocktails and organized crime.
Why Drinking 'Transgender Beer' Won't Help the LGBT Community
This week, British beer company BrewDog announced the launch of the first “non-binary transgender beer” but is it really helpful to compare the transgender community to beer hops?
This Brewery Wants to Make Taiwan the Craft Beer Capital of Asia
Taihu Brewing, on the heels of its tenth month of infancy, is trying to evangelize craft beer in Taiwan—one temperature-controlled glass at a time.