What To Do When It's Too Hot To Drink Scotch
Winter basically decided to bypass Spring and move directly to Summer in New York City this year, and while it's been jarring, we'll take it — anything to see the temperature above 60...
View ArticleNew Survey Says Bankers Are Drinking Or Praying To Deal With Stress
Wall Street is a stressful place, and everyone has their own coping mechanism.To get a sense of how bankers are dealing with the long nights, the deadlines etc. eFinancialCareers conducted a survey...
View Article'Bachelorette' Meredith Phillips Reveals She Was An Alcoholic: 'I Was Drunk...
Former model Meredith Phillips starred on "The Bachelorette" in 2004, but her suitors — and ABC audiences — didn't know she was hiding a big secret.Phillips was an alcoholic, who, at her worst was...
View ArticleA Turkish Law Aims To Ban All Alcohol Ads
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey's parliament has passed legislation to ban all advertising of alcohol and tighten restrictions on sales in the mainly Muslim but secular country.The legislation, adopted on...
View ArticleA New Jersey Bar Was Caught Selling Rubbing Alcohol As Scotch
NJ crackdown on bars switching out booze finds 1 sold rubbing alcohol with caramel as scotchTRENTON, N.J. (AP) — At one bar, a mixture that included rubbing alcohol and caramel coloring was sold as...
View ArticleChinese Authorities Are Turning Their Noses Up At Fake Champagne
Chinese authorities are adopting a French attitude about the making of Champagne.In other words, "It’s not Champagne if it’s not Champagne."On May 27, Chinese authorities registered Champagne as an...
View ArticleHere's What 9,000-Year-Old Beers Taste Like
Ever wonder what the first beers tasted like?We got a chance to taste some re-created ancient brews at The Bell House thanks to the World Science Festival. The event "Cheers to science! A drinkable...
View ArticleThe 15 Most Valuable Liquor Brands In The World
For the second year in a row, Johnnie Walker is most valuable drink brand in the world, according to brand valuation agency BrandFinance, which ranks the spirit brands by value.Last year, the company...
View ArticleWet And Dry
It's enough to drive you to cheaper forms of drinkTHE middle-class northern suburbs of Tehran are the wet part of Iran. In no other place in the Islamic Republic are piety and conservatism less evident...
View ArticleThe Newest Drinks To Grace The Menus Of The Most Badass Cocktails Bars In...
There are bars, and then there are bars.There are places where you can get a decent beer, and then there are bars where cocktails are actually a brilliant thought process brought to fruition by a...
View ArticleAn Ohio Brewery Is Recreating A 5,000-Year-Old Beer Using Only Clay Pots
The Great Lakes Brewing Company is trying to recreate a 5,000-year-old Sumerian brew using only clay pots and wood spoons. They are working with researchers at the University of Chicago, according to...
View ArticleNew Study Suggests A Drink A Day While Pregnant Is OK
A glass of wine a day will not harm your baby and may actually be good for a child’s development, researchers have found.Moderate drinking of between three and seven glasses of alcohol a week does not...
View ArticleSelf Proclaimed 'International Investor' Says He'd Rather Go To Jail Than...
An Australian man named Milo Manu Felix Wild (great name, by the way) asked his local judge for a three month jail sentence instead of a abiding by a court ordered two-year ban from drinking alcohol,...
View ArticleA Deadly Fungus Is Threatening Your Gin And Tonic
The latest deadly tree fungus threatens your gin and tonic by killing off juniper berries.Phytophthora austrocedrae has been spotted on juniper bushes in the Lake District and Scotland.The fungus could...
View ArticleThe True Stories Behind 26 Beloved Alcoholic Drinks
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View Article5 Basic Tips For A Budding Whiskey Drinker
The world of whiskey, though long considered an “old boys club,” is slowly opening its doors to the masses.In fact, more women than ever are drinking whiskey, Pernod Ricard USA CEO Bryan Fry recently...
View ArticleSee What That Glass Of Wine Could Do To Your Face In 10 Years
We were just daydreaming about tonight's happy hour...when this drinking mirror app gave us second thoughts. As part of the Scottish government's "Drop A Glass Size" campaign, Drinking Mirror is an app...
View ArticleCory Monteith Cause Of Death Revealed As Heroin And Alcohol
Cory Monteith died of mixed drug toxicity, with heroin and alcohol being among the substances found in his body, the BC Coroners Service announced Tuesday."It should be noted that at this point there...
View ArticleAlcohol-Related Deaths Are A Looming Epidemic Among Young Women
Researchers claim the number of women aged 34 and under who are dying from alcohol related conditions such as liver disease has more than doubled since the 1980s.They warn that in the past decade,...
View ArticleWatch A Drunken Science Journo Rant On Ligers And Human-Orc Mating
Talking about species can be dull, but not when you add alcohol. 23 drinks into the evening, science writer Charles Choi attempted to explain speciation — the process by which new species develop —...
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