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What Are the Nation's Hardest-Drinking Counties?

A study of CDC data has some surprising results

Drinking in winter

Turns Out Spirits Aren't the Best Way to Warm Up on a Cold Day

Alcohol might make you colder, in fact

Drizly app logo is displayed on a mobile phone screen with Drizly website background. The booze delivery service is shutting down in March.

The Best Alternatives to Drizly
In this photo illustration, The Drizly logo appears on the screen of an iPhone on February 03, 2021 in San Anselmo, California. After buying Drizly for $1.1 billion in 2020, Uber is closing the service.

Was the Shuttering of Drizly Inevitable?
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The Difference Between Club Soda, Seltzer and Tonic Water
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Personal Hovercrafts, Affordable Eyewear and the New Yeti Roadie

The 15 best pieces of garb and gear that crossed our desks this week

Jonathan Lind behind the bar

Behind the Stick: Meet InsideHook’s New Bartender-in-Residence, Jonathan Lind

Our insider is here to provide a peek behind the curtain at the world of cocktail culture: First up: What does an expert bartender order at a bar?

Three bottle from the GlenDronach Cask Bottling Batch 19

It’s Worth a Trip to the Sunset Strip to Try This Scotch

Master Blender Rachel Barrie shares the secrets of GlenDronach, which you can (and should) try at Tesse

Mr Winston's Interior

This New Barbershop Has Hot Shaves, Free Whiskey and Vinyl

Your one-stop shop in DFW

The Gabriel Miami's Beer Concierge A.T. Molina and the Brew Bus.

Miami's New "Beer Concierge" on Common Myths and His Local Favorites

A.T. Molina is a fan of Unbranded Brewing’s guava wheat, but not gummy bears

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Arcade Games, Chipotle Candles and Billy Reid x Gibson

The 14 best pieces of garb and gear that crossed our desks this week

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Foldable Phones, Java Hot Sauce and an All-Electric RV

The 14 best pieces of garb and gear that crossed our desks this week

Galit Wine Cellar and Chef Zach

These Superb Middle Eastern Wines Are Pretty Much Exclusive to This Michelin-Starred Chicago Restaurant

These wines will make you change your go-to drink order

Bottles of beer move along a conveyor at the Cerveza Minerva facility in Mexico.

World’s Largest Beer Exporter Will Cut Production Due to Climate Change

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said beer production in the north of his country will cease

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Snoop Dogg on the Kitchen Hack He Taught Martha Stewart

When cooking bacon, it’s all about the sound

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Light Vodka, Updated Trainers, Squishy Chairs and More

The 13 best pieces of garb and gear that crossed our desks this week

A server holding up a platter of Ysidro's sake spritz, a canned cocktail from Montecito

This Canned Sake Spritz Is the Perfect Poolside Beverage

Swap out the hard seltzer for Ysidro’s “true California” canned cocktail

Tusk Spirits Hemp Seed-Flavored Spirit

This Hemp Seed-Flavored Spirit Brand Is the Product of a Centuries-Old Legacy

“People wanna have a cigar with some hemp whiskey, and it’ll be unheard of.”

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Products of the Week: Todd Snyder x John Derian, Khaki Bags and an Iconic Deli Delicacy

The 10 best pieces of garb and gear that crossed our desks this week

Jean Cocteau inspired Beauty and the Beast cocktail

This Top Miami Cocktail Bar Pays Tribute to Jean Cocteau With Gold-Dusted Cherries and Much More

Featuring a menu so beautiful, people are actually taking it home

Wine glass next to BBQ

Pitmaster Pat Martin on the Best Wines to Pair With Barbecue

Before you grab that beer, read what an expert says about how well vino goes with food off the grill

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Everything You Need to Know About Amaro, the Iconic After-Dinner Drink

Our expert picks the best bottles to own, plus flavor notes and pairing advice

Barrels at Daftmill Distillery

Inside Scotland’s Most Reclusive Whisky Distillery

Daftmill is making a rare whisky made from self-grown barley. But good luck getting your hands on it.

A selection of non-alcoholic "spirits" for Dry January

The 20 Best Non-Alcoholic Spirits for Dry January and Beyond

Each of these bottles offers real taste and mocktail (or even cocktail) versatility

Platter from Federalist Pig

First Time in DC? Here’s Exactly Where to Eat and Drink.

From adult juice boxes to the best whiskey bar in the Mid-Atlantic

"The Drunkard's Progress," an iconic artwork from America's temperance era.

What the Hell Is “Damp January”?

Get to know the surprisingly-not-gross alternative to everyone's favorite fast

Man hand rejecting alcoholic beer beverage

According to One Survey, Millennials Are Really Not Into Dry January

Weirdly, the same lack of interest applies to people who have tried non-alcoholic beer

Boisson Beverly Hills, a non-alcoholic bottle shop. We got some recommendations from Boisson founder Nick Bodkins about what to drink this Dry January.

Start Dry January Off Right at LA’s Best NA Bottle Shop

Plus, top picks from Boisson owner Nick Bodkins for your sober (or sober-ish) start to 2023

Cheerful male and female friends raising toast while partying together. A new Gallup report suggests young, male, white and rich people are more likely to drink than other demographic characteristics.

People in This Demographic Are More Likely to Drink Alcohol

A new Gallup survey breaks down drinking habits in 2022 by gender, race, education and other characteristics

King Ranch Bourbon

This Excellent New Bourbon, an Ode to Texas Ranching, Is Only Available in the Lone Star State

Old Forester King Ranch Edition is finished with slow-roasted mesquite

Tia Barrett at Esmé

All of Chicago’s Best Holiday Cocktails, As Curated by Tia Barrett

Plus: what to pair them with at your holiday table

Sommelier Kate Dingwall

An Expert Picks the Perfect Wines for Thanksgiving Dinner

Sommelier Kate Dingwall chooses seven bottles that will enhance the meal — and please your pickiest guest

One of the tasting pavilions at Quintessa winery in Napa Valley, California

How Quintessa Is Using Architecture to Make Better Wine

When "fighting nature" doesn't work, concrete fermentation tanks come next

Sommelier Steven McDonald

5 Sommelier-Approved Texas Wines to Drink During the Holidays

We asked Pappas Bros. master sommelier Steven McDonald for recommendations

Marsa Malaz Kempinski - Nozomi, Doha, Qatar. The hotel bar is one of 195 places to drink in Qatar, a country that heavily regulates drinking.

This Unofficial Map Will Help You Find a Drink at the World Cup

The Qatar Alcohol Map is a boozy resource for visiting soccer fans

Wisconsin Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet

Why the Wisconsin Old Fashioned Should Be Your Go-To Winter Cocktail

Here’s how to prepare this famous regional speciality

Gordon Hull, the brewer behind Heidrun Meadery, holds a glass of mead

This Geologist Is on a Mission to Make Mead That Doesn’t Taste Like Cardboard

Gordon Hull's Heidrun Meadery hopes to elevate the drink beyond the Ren Faire