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How the Size of Your Wine Glass May Affect How Much You Order

As if you needed encouraging.

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Hangover Maids Clean Up After Parties (And Bring Fast Food)

Have someone else deal with the aftermath of your fun while you rest.

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The History of Rum In 4 Drinks

Your favorite summer cocktails have stories to tell.

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New Australian Beer Is Made With a Perfumey Whale Gut Secretion

The brew is named after Moby Dick, naturally.

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Cocktail Chemistry: What's the Right Way to Make a Sex on the Beach?

This tropical, sweet cocktail is more than just fun to order—it's tasty to drink, too.

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A San Francisco Company Is Making Wine ... Without Grapes

Ava Winery is trying to recreate the world's most sought-after wines in the lab and on the cheap.

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Flip Through Thomas Jefferson’s 18th Century Wine Records

He kept meticulous accounts of his financial transactions.

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13 Things You Might Not Know About Homebrewing

1. It didn't become legal until 1978.

Mint juleps began as medicine.

A Brief History of the Mint Julep

The mint julep is the official drink of the Kentucky Derby—but the cocktail's history dates back to long before the famous event was even conceptualized.

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Australian Brewers Made Beer With Their Belly Button Lint

Craft beer gets personal.

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Rome's Imperial Leaders Once Made Vast Quantities of Wine

Glory days.

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Even the Scent of Alcohol Can Lower Your Inhibitions

Researchers say people who had sniffed alcohol-soaked pads scored lower on an impulse-control task.

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The Best Beer from All 50 States

Celebrate National Drink Beer Day with a local brew, no matter where you are.

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How 15 Iconic American Beers Got Their Names

Some are family names, and some just name themselves.

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Raise a Glass and Celebrate Two Beer Holidays This Week

Today is New Beer's Eve—time to pick out a brew for tomorrow's National Beer Day!

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13 Variations on "Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll" From Around the World

Turns out this expression of unbridled hedonism isn't so modern after all.

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Climate Change May Be Coming for Your Wine

Scientists say an unpredictable climate is changing the way wine grapes grow and ripen.

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13 Beautiful Cocktail Recipe Books

Make prettier drinks.

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When You Needed a Prescription for Alcohol

Prohibition may have banned booze, but there was one way you could legally imbibe back then.

15 Scotch Secrets from Glenfiddich’s Malt Master

Brian Kinsman is creating the "best dram in the valley.”

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9 Ways to Live a Really Long Time, According to the Oldest People Ever

The world's oldest people might be hiding the most literal of life hacks—the secrets to living a really long time.

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6 Delicious Breakfast-Themed Beers

If you're going to enjoy a delicious brew first thing in the morning, grab something appropriately themed.

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3 Awkwardly Difficult Ways to Open Wine Bottles Without a Corkscrew

When life hacks fail, why not try difficult, labor-intensive, and/or dangerous methods?

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Drink Beer Inspired by an Ancient Recipe at Chicago's Field Museum

If you like history, archaeology, and craft brew, then you'll love Wari Ale.