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Some Authors Understand Alcohol’s Not Interesting, but How We Drink It Is

Books about booze, like those about sex and music, take on the task of describing something better experienced…

Lactose Tolerance

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Lactose Tolerance

It's not that creamy drinks don't taste good—it's that they taste too good.

The Champagne of Beer

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The Champagne of Beer

Cask beer is popping up more and more around town, a random pull amongst the taps at many…

White Is the New Port

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White Is the New Port

While expounding ad nauseam on the two main styles of port, ruby and tawny, most wine books dedicate…

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More Helpful, Less Wicked

Old-school Pete's gang gets back together for a charity brew.

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It’s Good for You, So Drink Up

Did you know that Jägermeister shots are good for you? It’s true. Although the German spirit has become…

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Cave Match

As often as wine and cheese are thrown together, you’d think they’d all get along, like super best…

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White Bread in a Glass

Oyster-friendly wines: So passé. What you really want for your Kumamotos is witbier.

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I’m Hot for Toddies

Winter whispers "warm whiskey."

Steeped

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Steeped

Tea and cocktails are two great trends that go great together. Seattle bartenders, are you listening?

Ode to a Grecian Booze

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Ode to a Grecian Booze

When forced to drink with the Greeks, forgo the ouzo in favor of metaxa, a brandy-liqueur hybrid.

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Wine Time

New and newish places to swish and sniff.

A Girlie Punch

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A Girlie Punch

Make a 1980s-retro punch with Babycham, the UK's first girl drink.

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The Poetic Margin

Hedges Family Estate has stopped bothering with wine scores and started thinking about bees.

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Pints North and South

Good beer is worth driving for.

Anything  but Cloves

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Anything but Cloves

Pass up the pumpkin ale in favor of these fall brews.

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A Decadent Proposal

Feeling romantic? Small-producer Champagnes offer more than you'll get from a Veuve Clicquot.

Cru Brew

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Cru Brew

Instead of that $50 bottle of wine, give the booze-lover in your life one of these luxury beers.

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Where Bartenders Are Bartenders

Tired of swilling the mixological mistakes of the cocktail "revolution"? Here's where you can buy a real drink.

Red (on) Alert

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Red (on) Alert

Guidelines for finding good, inexpensive last-minute party wines.