ARCHIVE:
Drink
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Royally Brewed
Would you spend thousands of dollars for a rare bottle of beer on eBay?
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The Best Worst Brews
A taste test of cheap beers. (No, Bud Light isn’t cheap enough to be a “cheap beer.”)
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Pint Sized
How nanobreweries—fledgling operations in garages and backyard sheds—are revolutionizing the American beer industry.
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The Negroni
Readers told me which cocktail to order on my birthday. I ordered one too many.
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Boss Troy Patterson Around
Tell Slate’s drinks columnist which cocktail to order for his birthday.
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To Arthur!
Guinness has created a new Irish drinking holiday that is ridiculed yet widely celebrated.
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Location, Libation, Libation
A tale of two quintessential Argentine beverages: wine and yerba mate.
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A 12-Pack of Beer Cocktails
Notes on the theory and practice of the shandy, the michelada, and 10 other beer adulterations.
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Brewing the Best
Pliny the Younger is supposedly the best beer in the world. What does that even mean?
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The Mint Julep
A complicated refreshment best consumed cold, in a silver goblet, while wearing your second best seersucker jacket.
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Should You Let Your Kids Try Wine?
Does exposing children to alcohol make them more or less likely to abuse it when they grow up?
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Grab Me a Warm One
Don’t believe Coors and Budweiser—cold temperatures ruin good beer.
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Irish Coffee, Blue Blazers, and Hot Toddies
Advice on hot drinks from the experts, like Samuel Beckett, the NIH, and Kingsley Amis.
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The Old-Fashioned
A classic that can be destroyed, perfected, perverted. It can also reveal the depths of your character.
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Can American Fans Save German Riesling?
Germans don’t make sweet rieslings like they used to—except to export them to us.
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Beyond Oktoberfest
There's more to German brewing than Munich's lagers. Five delicious styles from the rest of the country to sample this fall.
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That's Amari
A lonely woman falls in love with Campari, Aperol, and other bitters.
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