Whisky
The World's Best Whisky Is Being Sent to the Space Station
The samples—which will depart on August 16 on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s spacecraft Kounotori—will include a 21-year-old single malt and the Yamazaki Single Malt Sherry Cask 2013, which was voted the best whisky in the world last year.
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Leslie Stein is an award-winning cartoonist who makes comics about her day-to-day life and observations of the human condition.
Scotland's First Attempt at Wine Is 'Bizarre' and 'Undrinkable'
The winemaker behind Scotland's first home-grown wine has labeled his own creation "undrinkable," while one critic said he "enjoyed it in a bizarre, masochistic way.”
India Drinks Way More Whiskey Than Anyone Else
When told to list the most whiskey-lovin' countries in the world, you probably think of the UK, the US, and Japan. But it turns out the Indians are far outdrinking us all when it comes to the smoky stuff.
Why Young People Should Learn to Love Scotch
The days of young people drinking shitty beer and rotgut vodka are over. But there’s still one spirit they have yet to latch onto: Scotch, which is still seen by some as a drink for pipe-puffing, white-bearded old men.
Godzilla Ice Cubes Keep Your Whisky Cold When It's Suntory Time
The Japanese brand's new campaign uses a CNC router to level-up the whisky-on-the-rocks game.
The UK's Economy Is Powered by Whisky
According to a recent report, the Scotch whisky industry adds nearly £5 billion to the economy of the UK, making it bigger than the UK's iron and steel, textiles, shipbuilding, or computer industries. Who wouldn't drink to that?
How I Brought Black Market Haggis to Four Different Countries
After it’s paraded around the room to the accompaniment of bagpipes, an ode is recited to this giant sheep sausage. Then it’s stabbed and ripped open to reveal its warm, reeking, and rich innards. It’s perhaps the most iconic of offal dishes, the great...
The Eight Night Stand Recipe
This cocktail, like many tiki-style cocktails, is complex in its ingredients, but results in a wonderfully layered and delicious drink.
Different Kinds of Alcohol Don't Get You Different Kinds of Drunk
When I was drinking anything and everything in college, I came under the belief that different liquors would make me feel one way or another—vodka turned me depressive, and tequila made me crazy. Turns out, that was all projection.
Why Aren't Scottish Teenagers Getting Drunk Anymore?
Scotland seems to have a thriving drinking culture, with its whisky, its pubs, and its booze-driven economy. So why are Scottish teenagers cutting back so heavily on their boozing?
Bone Marrow Cocktail Recipe
We combined gelatin with whisky, licorice, and porcini mushrooms, and put it in the fridge to gellify so that it has a very marrow-like consistency.