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A Visual Guide to All the Calories in Your Christmas Cocktails
There’s no way you’d survive December if wasn’t for the pleasantly soothing effects of booze. But you can't blame your family for your end-of-the-year muffin top, which is why we created a visual guide to keeping your liquid caloric intake to a minimum.
IPAs Are Giving You Man Boobs
Those hops in your favorite IPA are actually wonderful medicine for insomnia and menopause, thanks to their high phytoestrogen content. These same phytoestrogens, however, can also cause a condition known among brewers as Brewer’s Droop.
This Hanukkah Manhattan Is the Chosen Drink
If you’d like to join in the festivities, we suggest you make this Hanukkah Manhattan, stat.
I Paid for My Vacation with the Money I Stole from My Bartending Job
When you've got a terrible boss who's rarely present and easy money flowing in without making it to the cash register, it's hard not to steal a little something for yourself. Here's how I did it.
This 70-Year-Old Bar Landlady Has Served Pete Doherty, Nuns, and Dock Workers
Welcome back to Last Call, where we visit watering holes to collect life advice from their trusty barkeepers. In a special MUNCHIES Guide to British Food edition, we meet 70-year-old Sandra Esquilant at London's Golden Heart pub.
Cannabis-Laced Classic Stirred Martini Recipe
We like our martini stirred, not shaken—oh, and laced with a bunch of bud.
What It’s Like to Work at the Most Haunted Bar in America
Working for 13 years at Memphis bar Earnestine & Hazel's, Karen Brownlee has seen it all—from poltergeist jukeboxes to floating orbs to voices from the walls that know her by name.
7 Boozy Punches to Make Your Holiday Partying Hella Easy
Batch cocktails are the greatest gift from the party gods—just dump a ton of libations and ice into a bowl, and guests can get ladle-happy while you do your thing. Keep this list handy for when your next gathering rolls around.
5 Punch Bowl Cocktails That Will Make You a Party Legend
Put your ego and flair aside and dump all of those golden cocktail ratios into one vessel.
How I Run the Only Non-Christmas Christmas Bar in America
Owning a dive bar is not for everybody. Some people in New Orleans would probably love to get rid of Snake and Jakes Christmas Club Lounge, but I keep it going because there’s nothing else like it.
Every Trick Your Waiter Uses to Rip You Off on Wine
A sprawling wine list can be overwhelming, and if you don't know much about wine, there's a good chance you're going to get swindled.