ARCHIVE:
Drink
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Against Hoppy Beer
The craft beer industry’s love affair with hops is alienating people who don’t like bitter brews.
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Patrón Saint
The latest tequila news, analyzed with the help of a business book by a woman calling herself “The Widow Patrón.”
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For Peat’s Sake
Peat is not a renewable resource. What does that mean for my favorite Scotch whiskies?
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Martini Madness
The tournament concludes with a highlight reel from M.F.K. Fisher’s Gibson’s path to victory.
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Martini Madness
Dorothy Parker didn’t write the famous quatrain about martinis that’s always attributed to her.
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Martini Madness
Robert Bork’s bad restaurant manners pale in comparison to Ian Fleming’s bad pickup lines.
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Martini Madness
There are beer snobs, wine snobs, whiskey snobs—why no martini snobs?
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Martini Madness
The Round of 64 concludes with a shocking defeat for Hemingway’s martini.
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Martini Madness
Interns’ (and noninterns’) notes from the Slate office martini tasting.
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Martini Madness
There have been no new jokes about martinis since 1981 at the very latest.
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Martini Madness
Six sweet-martini matchups decided in a single night, with the help of a new pal.
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Martini Madness
In which we send an intern to order a martini at a Washington, D.C. boys’ club.
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Martini Madness
Reader recipes face off. (Ohioan gin vs. pastis! Walnut bitters vs. Pineau! Green Chartreuse vs. yellow Chartreuse!)
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Martini Madness
The New Yorker’s martini goes up against a 1½-foot-long lemon twist.
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Martini Madness
Promotional gimmicks, conceptual stunts, regional twists, and other martini variations.
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Martini Madness
The origins of the martini aren’t particularly interesting, but they’re very sweet.
