How Much Do You Drink Compared To The Rest of America?
Turns out, the majority of Americans don’t actually drink that much. In fact, up to 60 percent of people report having less than one drink per week, reads a chart…
- story: Stephen Praetorius
Turns out, the majority of Americans don’t actually drink that much. In fact, up to 60 percent of people report having less than one drink per week, reads a chart…
From layers of red, white and blue to Italian-American shandies to rebel-spirited punches, these drinks are what classic American ingenuity is all about.
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Jungle juice has many names, but only one common language: extreme intoxication. Kenzi Wilbur digs into the crooked oral tradition that has led America's firewater from the jungles of the…
From I Love Lucy to Cheers to It's Always Sunny, Jennifer Cacicio pieces together 75 years of small-screen drinking to find out what the bar on television says about America's…
The U.S. has become an unlikely homebase for absinthe's new avant-garde. Mixing a distinct sense of American innovation with tradition, the country's distillers are shaping the modern identity of this…
The reinvention of the wine professional has resulted in a new brand of next-gen swagger, complete with a revamped lexicon and liberal arts degree.
It's that time of year again. Roundup season continues with San Francisco Chronicle wine editor Jon Bonné's annual list of his top wines of 2013. Last year he concluded that we…
(n.) Rye whiskey must be made from a grain bill of at least 51-percent rye, with the rest comprised of a mix of wheat, corn and malted barley. When aged…
(n.) Many governments have enacted periods of prohibition, a law that forbids alcohol. In the United States, the term is most commonly associated with the period from 1920 to 1933…