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Good Libations: Three Luxurious Cocktails for the Holidays

With the help of expert mixologists, we create three cocktails -- and the shopping lists for three divinely drinkable gift baskets.READ»

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Heineken Lets Beer Drinkers Customize Their Bottles

Heineken drinkers on the Emerald Isle have the chance to buy the most expensive bottles of Heineken ever produced--probably. For a thimbleful under $38 you get a six-pack of bottles that you can customize yourself. The digital ...READ»

Free Beer Not as Good as It Sounds--Unless You're Pregnant

Kirin's Free beer (as opposed to free beer: that would obviously bankrupt the company PDQ) is a non-alcoholic lager with an interesting marketing campaign attached. Launched last month, the TV spot is filled with young, expectant ...READ»

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Synthetic Alcohol Could Eliminate Regret-Filled Nights

What if you could drink endlessly and stay buzzed but never get sloppy? And what if you could then pop a pill to let you drive home sober? It sounds fantastical, but scientists are actually working on a synthetic alcohol substitute ...READ»

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Tequila Timeline: From Agave to the Worm

Nothing can make a night--or a year--disappear quite like the agave-fueled Mexican liquor. Jose Cuervo is still No. 1 on the market, though Patron has soared to No. 2 since its 1989 launch. On the occasion of spirit maker Diageo celebrating the 250th anniversary of Cuervo, one year late, we drink up its economic history.READ»

Infographic of the Day: Where America's Best Beers Are Brewed

Over 22 years, the Great American Beer Festival has awarded 2,987 brewing medals. Here's where they all hail from.READ»

Milan 2009: Alcohol Meets Design At Veuve Clicquot Lounge

The long-standing link between alcohol and design is fully exhibited at the museum Veuve Clicquot erected in an enclosed bridge crossing a people-packed street in the Zona Tortona. On display, new promotional works by Tom Dixon ...READ»

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Offset Your Carbon Footprint With A Cocktail

TRU Organic Spirits is putting the friendly back in environmentally friendly. Not only are its lemon- and vanilla-infused vodkas and their aromatic gin completely certified USDA organic, but the Monrovia, California-based ...READ»

The Perfect Gadget For The Inebriated

Need a Christmas gift for that friend who drinks a little too much at parties, and then wants to drive? Or maybe you're even distrustful of your own driving after a rocking New Year's Eve? Then David Steele Enterprises just may have ...READ»