TOBACCO ADDED INTO THE COCKTAIL MIX

Tobacco – reduced through distillation – has become the latest ingredient in bartenders’ recipe books

You might not smoke it, but would you drink it?

It’s a freezing cold weekday night and I find myself in a place called Barts – a discreet, prohibition-style cocktail bar in the heart of Chelsea,…

TRIBE SUING BEER MAKERS OVER ALCOHOL PROBLEMS

A Native American tribe sued some of the world’s largest beer makers Thursday, claiming they knowingly contributed to devastating alcohol-related problems on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota said it is demanding $500 million in damages for the cost of health care, social services and child rehabilitation caused by chronic alcoholism on the reservation.

The…

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NYC PUB REFUSES TO SELL BOSTON BREW DURING SUPER BOWL

Imagine you’re a New England Patriots fan and you happen to be in New York during the Super Bowl.

You couldn’t think of anything better than flaunting your colors in a New York City pub while having your favorite Boston brew.

Then you go into Foley’s Pub in NYC and discover it has banned Sam Adams for the day because…

DOGFISH HEAD NOBLE ROT: A HYBRID OF BEER AND WINE

Noble Rot is the most ambitious hybrid of beer and wine in thousands of years

Complexity comes from grapes infected by benevolent fungus

Clay is the perfect material for capturing time in a bottle. As molecular biologists have discovered by unearthing ancient tombs, organic residue trapped in porous chards of pottery reveals quite a bit about what our ancestors drank…

MASTER OF MALT LAUNCH WORLD’S HOTTEST CHILLI VODKA

Master of Malt releases the world’s hottest chilli vodka: 100,000 Scovilles Naga Chilli Vodka

Online retailers and bottlers Master of Malt have announced the launch of the world’s hottest chilli vodka, “100,000 Scovilles – Naga Chilli Vodka”, made by infusing vodka with the world’s hottest chilli – the Naga Jolokia.

This vodka is certainly not intended to be…

LG FRIDGE CHILLS A CAN OF BEER OR WINE BOTTLE IN MINUTES

It’s the classic dilemma – how do you chill a lukewarm can of beer or bottle of wine and do it quickly? The common answer is to stick it in the freezer and wait about 30 minutes. But this system is not without its faults as anyone who has ever pulled a frozen, deformed can out of the fridge knows…

STUDY EXPLAINS THE SCIENCE BEHIND YOUR BEER BUZZ

Leave it to science to take the mystery out of the “I just love you so much, man,” beer buzz.  But their findings may lead to better treatment for alcoholics, according to a study in the journal Science Translational Medicine.

Although researchers have known for decades that alcohol affects the brain, it remained unclear as to exactly how the hooch makes…

TOP 6 BEER MYTHS REVEALED

We all know that guy at the bar who’s full of myths about alcohol. And where there are myths, there are rumors that spread like wild fire.

But today we’re revealing the top 6 beer myths that you need not believe in anymore. Here’s a low-down of the most outrageous beer myths and what you need to know before setting that…

TIM TEBOW BEER, ‘TEBREW: THE SUNDAY SIPPER,’ HITS THE TAP IN COLORADO BREWERY

What happens when a bunch of guys gather around a brewery’s tap room to sample beer and watch Tim Tebow lead the Denver Broncos to another comeback win?

They coin the name for a new beer: “Tebrew The Sunday Sipper.”

Bonfire Brewing in Eagle, Colo. fermented and aged their new product for two months before the beer hit the tap without a…