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A traditional Armagnac alembic is on display.

Château Cugnac cellars

See and taste one of the oldest and rarest collections of Armagnacs in the world.

Thousands of glinting cider bottles.

Árbol de la Sidra

Made up of 3,200 recycled glass bottles, this tree pays homage to Asturia's love of cider.

The Sweeney bowl is five feet tall and 225 pounds.

4 of History's Most Epic Punch Bowls

If your party doesn't feature enough alcohol to float a rowboat, you're doing it wrong.

Sam O'Brien October 3, 2022

A cocktail made with Waldmeister, the "forest master" known in English as sweet woodruff.

Berlin, Germany

Velvet

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

A Carry Nation figure, with hatchet.

6 Surviving Monuments From the Movement That Tried to Ban Booze

As we enter Dry January, check out these reminders of when the teetotalers came for the gin joints.

Diana Hubbell January 3, 2022

Every tour begins in the basement, featuring a bar decorated in Russian vodka labels.

Staten Island, New York

Booze History Museum

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

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

Just when you thought cows could do it all.

The Oregon Creamery Making Vodka From Milk

“It's a tribute to the cows.”

Luke Fater March 19, 2020

A traditional spirit stirs up fresh debate among craft distillers living along the U.S.–Mexico border.

The Uncertain Future of a Border-Straddling Liquor

Sotol could bring Texans and Mexicans together, or divide them.

Luke Fater February 7, 2020

New York, New York

Sakagura

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

A South African Couple Has Turned Elephant Dung Into Award-Winning Gin

Luke Fater November 21, 2019

Black Tot Rum

The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.

Certain ciders might be made from a single type of apple,
but most are made from several varieties.

Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe

FBI agents, Prohibition, and beer made American cider sweet and sober.

Siddhi Lama January 7, 2019

Drink it while it's hot!

Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

La Pasita

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

Pasita

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.

Bottles upon bottles of whiskey, neatly organized and hidden for a century.

For Sale: Pre-Prohibition Whiskey, Once Hidden in a Vault Behind a Bookcase

Sarah Laskow December 3, 2018