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Alcohol

Feni

This triple-distilled cashew fruit liquor is a source of Goan pride.

Flämmli

After a long day of skiing, you deserve caffeine, fire, and alcohol—at the same time.

Kopstootje

The Dutch drinking ritual begins with a glass of genever and ends with a “little head-butt.”

Dark brown bread and dark brown ale.

Whistle-Belly Vengeance

Colonial Americans would try anything to revive bad beer.

Kali

Beer meets soda in this refreshing Estonian brew.

Snake Wine

The traditional Chinese medicine can also be deadly.

The "Six O'Clock Swill" at a bar in Victoria, Australia.

The ‘Six O’Clock Swill’ Was an Hour of Drunken Anarchy

How Australia and New Zealand’s restrictive alcohol laws fostered a culture of binge drinking.

Natasha Frost April 4, 2018

Ika Tokkuri

A squid's body becomes an edible sake decanter.

Pilsner poured mlíko style.

Mlíko

In Czechia, a foamy beer is a sweet and creamy treat.

The King's Ginger

The liqueur was created “to stimulate and revivify His Majesty” while he was driving.

Who'd miss a chance to party with Stephen?

When Stephen Hawking Threw a Cocktail Party for Time Travelers

No one showed up.

Anne Ewbank March 14, 2018

Mezcal de Pechuga

For a meaty essence, producers dangle raw chicken breast over their stills.

A debaucherous night at The Mirage.

How a Chicago Dive Bar Exposed Corruption and Changed Journalism

In the 1970s, the Chicago Sun-Times used the Mirage as a front.

Paula Mejia March 8, 2018

A bottle of Angostura bitters.

How a Tiny Wisconsin Island Became the World’s Biggest Consumer of Bitters

On Washington Island, drinking Angostura shots is the rule, not the exception.

Leigh Kunkel March 5, 2018

A cup of masato de yuca.

Masato de Yuca

A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.

Once a florist in Utah, Victor V. Morris lived half his life in Peru and opened a famous bar.

How a Mining Boom Led a Mormon Florist to Invent the Pisco Sour

The unorthodox backstory of Peru's signature cocktail.

Saxon Baird March 1, 2018

Mamajuana for sale in Punta Cana.

Mamajuana

This alcoholic drink has medicinal properties (and sometimes contains turtle penis).

A line forms on the left for the King Lud pub in Ludgate Circus, London, c 1890.

Remembering When London's Pubs Were Full at 7 a.m.

Drinking eight pints of beer a day was once routine.

Jessica Furseth February 22, 2018