Alcohol
THUMP’s Guide to Raving Safely 2015
The only kind of ‘broken record’ you should listen to: festival safety.
Science Says Being Drunk and Falling in Love Are Basically the Same Feeling
Scientists have figured out the chemical tie between the feelings of gazing into the eyes of your boo and the languid contentment that hits you somewhere during your second Mai Tai.
This Beer Is Brewed with Fog
In one of the driest deserts on Earth, scientists have managed to capture the moisture in fog and turn it into water. Naturally, a local brewer is turning that water into beer.
Things Might Finally Be Looking Up for Britain’s Pub Landlords
Following a ten-year campaign by beer industry lobbyists, the UK government is reforming the pub tie system, an agreement that forced pub owners to buy markedup beer from large pub companies.
Gin and Tonic Tastes Better with Ants
Culinary research organisation, the Nordic Food Lab has worked with a British distillery to create a gin using red wood ants, an insect with a subtle, citrus-like flavour.
I Got Buzzed Like Our Forefathers at a Pioneer Reenactment Village
Back in the day, beer was likened to foodstuff and often drunk as a speedy supplement for laborers' daily intake of carbs, sort of like a bread smoothie.
The Guy From '10 Things I Hate About You' Who Started a Religion Had His Temple Raided for Kombucha
"Part of our spiritual practice is drinking kombucha," a temple spokesman told us.
Can You Trust Your Sommelier?
Just because sommeliers are there to assist you in one of the biggest decisions you’ll make at dinner, that does not mean you should totally give yourself over to them and their instruction.
What Exactly Is 'Sustainable' Wine?
Defined as wine produced in an ecologically responsible manner (and if you’re talking biodynamic, with a good dose of organic, astrological knowhow), sustainable wine is infiltrating the drinks lists of London’s luxury restaurants.
Wes Anderson Makes Our Dreams Come True by Designing a Bar for Prada
Grab a Campari on the rocks with Steve Zissou in the best bar ever.
How Getting Sober Changed My Relationship with My Mom
By her own admission, my mother says she never stopped loving me through all that hell. But now she can finally like me again.