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10 Great Underrated Whiskeys You Need to Know About

A too-cautious approach to buying booze might be causing you to miss out on something great, like these underrated whiskeys.

How to Drink All Night But Never Get Drunk

Jim Koch knows beer. He also knows a beer trick that may change your life.

Is This The Secret to Not Getting Drunk While Drinking?

The man behind Samuel Adams beer claims that ingesting dry yeast before knocking back a few cold ones can help keep you from overdoing it

14 liquors with the highest calories

Whether you're trying to lose weight or trying to cut back, here are some of highest calorie liquors.

Love Beer? Get Away to These Beer-Friendly Destinations

How to Hold a Wine Glass

Holding a wine glass isn't rocket science, but there is a right way and a wrong way to do it. As a general rule, hold the glass by its stem instead of holding it around the bowl. Hold the stem between your thumb and first two fingers....

10 Non-Alcoholic Beers That Are Actually Worth Drinking

Non-alcoholic beer has come a long way, but has it come long enough? Here are the NA beers you might actually enjoy.

The Ultimate Guide to Pairing Wine and Burgers

Don't even think about popping open a can of beer next time burgers are on the menu. These wine pairings will make you rethink your beer-and-burgers assumption.

What the Hell Is Blue Wine?

Corkscrewed: Is wine gadgetry a gift?

Opening, pouring and throwing back a bottle of wine. Which is why I’m constantly baffled by the stream of wine gadgets whose press releases flood my inbox. What object could I possibly need to enhance the experience of opening, pouring and drinking wine? [...] inspired by a recent viewing of “Scrooge,” I decided to take a more charitable posture toward wine gadgets. The device is a small polymer filter, set at the mouth of your wine glass, meant to act as a sort…

Wine before beer? Beer before wine? There's finally a scientific answer

Also: "If you have a shit wine, obviously you'll have a hangover."

Wine on tap? There's a truck for that

Soon, Southwest Floridians won’t have to settle for a bottle of wine – they’ll be able to get a whole truckload.

Is Hemp Wine the Future of Wine Drinking?

Have you ever thought about drinking a glass of good hemp wine with your dinner? Learn how

Wine and healing — not so perfect together?

I had hip replacement surgery a little more than two weeks ago. Things are fine, and I’m recovering well. My physical therapist tells me I wield my cane like a pro. (No kids on my lawn, believe …

What Type of (Wine) Personality Do You Have?

Learn more about yourself and how you interact with others... while drinking! This take on the Merril-Reid personality test uses wine to help people connect.

A Wine Stopper That Does Double Duty

Rabbit’s new stopper also removes foil from a bottle of wine.

All The Reasons To Drink Turkish Wine (And What To Eat With It)

To counter wine-selling restrictions at home, an enthusiastic market in the outside wine-drinking world can literally preserve Turkey's ancient winemaking culture.

What do you think about canned-wines?

Canned-Wines are definetely a tendency in the wine industry, what do you think about them? On the one hand I have found a group of winelovers that support the idea of using aluminum instead of glas…

How the cool kids find wine they like

This is an incredibly clever graphical quiz from BuzzFeed that guides wine drinkers through the process of finding wine they will enjoy. What's not to like about a system that asks your favorite emoticon, drunk text, and record album to help pick the right wine? Beats most of the advice from wine writers. Having said

How Wine Can Make You a Better Musician.

It’s no secret that slugging chardonnay can give a performer some gumption before taking to the stage. However, liquid courage is not the subject of this particular blog post. As much as I love bo…