Drinks
Samichlaus
This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.
Foods I've tried
Foods this traveler has tried.
Drinks
This lager, once considered the strongest beer in the world, is brewed only on Saint Nicholas's Day.
Ingredients & Condiments
Real maraschinos were born more than a century ago in an Italian distillery.
Drinks
A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.
Drinks
This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
Sweets
This tasty Czech pastry is now a Texan tradition.
Drinks
The unique style born out of the California Gold Rush blends the crispness of a lager with the flavor of an ale.
Drinks
Only a few breweries still make smoky beer in this classic German style.
Drinks
These seasonal brews gets made with an ephemeral ingredient.
Drinks
When the clock strikes midnight on the third Thursday of November, fans gather to celebrate the release of this fresh, fruity wine.
Sweets
Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.
Gastro
This flat, silver spoon holds an exalted place in the mystery and ritual of absinthe drinking.
Meats & Animal Products
Touted as the original energy bar, the bison-based mixture kept for months.
Ingredients & Condiments
Once described as a “divine elixir,” this Southern sauce typically gets its spunk from coffee.
Drinks
A brewery consulted drinking vessels found in the ancient king’s tomb to recreate a 2,700-year-old elixir.
Sweets
The gummies are taking over Utah.
Sweets
In the 1920s, confectioners thought the public wanted candy that looked like legumes—and they were right.
Prepared Foods
Roadside vendors in the Deep South soften fresh goobers with bubbling brine.
Meats & Animal Products
Baloney's predecessor is sweet, delicately spiced, and bigger than your head.
Drinks
Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.
Prepared Foods
The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
Sweets
The Carnival cake comes with a hidden baby Jesus inside.
Sweets
Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.
Drinks
This cure-all-turned-soda once outsold Coca-Cola.
Drinks
This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.