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A not-so-old-fashioned Old Fashioned.

5 Classic Cocktails That Changed When They Crossed Borders

Around the world in mutant drinks, via your liquor cabinet.

Anne Ewbank September 2, 2020

These woodcuts are from the <em>Decameron</em>, a collection of novellas in which young people fleeing plague-ridden Florence tell stories that often provide accounts of life during the pandemic.

In 14th-Century Florence, Some Residents Socially Distanced While Others Hit the Bars

A contemporary debate would feel familiar to Europeans alive when the Bubonic plague arrived.

Rachel Ashcroft August 19, 2020

A Grasshopper, Brandy Alexander, and Pink Squirrel at the Del-Bar in Lake Delton, Wisconsin.

How to Make Ice-Cream Cocktails Like a True Wisconsinite

Turn your home into a supper club with these 6 recipes.

Jeanette Hurt August 17, 2020

The full auction lot includes original bricks from the ship and a diving helmet.

For Sale: Shipwrecked Whisky That Spent Decades Underwater

Winning bidder take note: It is not safe to drink.

Matthew Taub August 5, 2020

The 5.5% ABV beer is made with peanut butter, lactose, and vanilla.

Why America’s Craft Brewers All Love a Vintage Candy

The sweet fuels the country's breweries.

Bailey Berg July 21, 2020

Theresa McCulla of the American Brewing History Initiative with a collection of historic beer-advertisement posters at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in 2018.

How a Beer Historian Is Documenting COVID-19's Impact on Brewing

The biggest blow to beer since Prohibition.

Courtney Iseman June 5, 2020

The debate over which is Britain’s oldest pub is fueled by the impossibility of a definitive ruling.

How the Black Death Gave Rise to British Pub Culture

For centuries-old bars, a pandemic is nothing new.

Richard Collett May 22, 2020

Plastic bottles are a must to avoid potentially dangerous explosions.

Under Pandemic Prohibition, South Africans Resort to Pineapples

A strict lockdown has meant a spike in homebrewing.

Nick Dall May 20, 2020

The wine cellar of the Johannisberg Castle, in Germany's Rhine Valley.

Tips for Responsible Drinking, From 16th-Century Germany

The writer was concerned about the rise of binge-drinking bros.

Matthew Taub May 13, 2020

Charles and Betty at home with their collection.

The Teetotaling Couple Who Filled Their Home With Novelty Whiskey Containers

For decades, Jim Beam made decanters shaped like Elvis, the Mount St. Helens eruption, and more.

Bailey Berg May 5, 2020

Drače, Croatia

Edivo Vina Winery

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

objects of intrigue

During the Renaissance, Drinking Wine Was a Fight Against Physics

Successful sips were signs of nobility.

Amelia Soth April 28, 2020

A bartender serves pear ratafia, inspired by an early-modern European recipe, at Tattersall's 2019 event.

The 1700s Plague Cure That Inspired an Uncannily Contemporary Cocktail

An art historian, a culinary researcher, and a Twin Cities distillery teamed up to recreate the herbaceous drink.

Reina Gattuso April 3, 2020

Dirty Water is one of hundreds of distilleries across the United States in manufacturing hand sanitizer.

Inside One Distillery’s Pivot to Hand Sanitizer

The small Massachusetts outfit supplies local police, firefighters, and hospitals.

Luke Fater March 26, 2020

TMK Creamery

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Whisky writer Davin de Kergommeaux at the Highlander Pub in Ottawa.

Why the World Overlooked Canadian Whisky

A preference for blending put the Great White North on the wrong side of industry standards.

Dan Nosowitz March 23, 2020

The situation in Castelvetro di Modena looked like this staged shot.

In an Italian Town, Red Wine Briefly Flowed From Faucets and Taps

A mishap turned water into Lambrusco.

Eric J. Wallace March 11, 2020

Baltimore, Maryland

Ministry of Brewing

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.