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What Will Be the Next Hipster Beer?
With PBR’s popularity slowing, the battle is on for the hipster beer market. Jennifer Fiedler on the path to becoming the symbolic brew of the alternative set, and which brand…
- story: Jennifer Fiedler
- photo: Diesel Demon
The Enduring Allure of the Shower Beer
Though its true origins remain unknown, the phenomenon known as the shower beer was likely invented not long after the shower. Jessica Lee on the appeal of this drinking rite,…
- story: Jessica Lee
- photo: Lizzie Munro
When Nude Magazines Met Booze: A Love Story
Since the dawn of porn magazines in America, booze and nudity have been presented as the most amicable combination of vice-on-vice. Rachel Barth surveys the intersection of the two from…
- story: Rachel Barth
- photos: Jim Linderman
A Brief History of the Binge Drinking PSA
Since the post-WWII years, binge drinking PSAs have focused on the destruction of gender norms, not health issues, as a dominant risk factor. Shockingly, more than 50 years later, very…
- story: Rachel Barth
- photo: The Sphere
Diagnosing the Tiki Psyche
With its windowless bars, secret recipes and tropically dressed devotees, tiki culture's escapist mindset is not unlike that of science fiction's.
- story: Christopher Ross
- photo: Sam Horowitz
Your Beer Choice Is a Lifestyle Choice
According to PR Newswire, in a recent study by Mintel of drinkers between the ages of 24 and 35, "70% say that the brand of beer says a lot about you and 66%…
- story: Punch Staff
A Handy Guide to Drinking in Prison
How accurate are the pop cultural notions of prison drinking? Jennifer Cacicio reports on just how much modern prisoners are drinking and how they're doing it.
- story: Jennifer Cacicio
- illustration: James Carpenter
Sex, Sexism and the Natural Wine Label
Images of naked women and references to everything from ejaculation to getting a woman drunk and into bed have become increasingly common on French natural wine labels. Why? Rémy Charest…
- story: Rémy Charest
- illustration: James Carpenter
What’s Bugging Unicorn Somm?
The anonymous Twitter personality "Unicorn Somm" has made a career out of lambasting famous wine professionals. But what's behind it? Steven Grubbs contemplates the impact of social media on wine…
- story: Steven Grubbs
- illustration: James Carpenter
Coupe d’État: The Rise and Fall of the Champagne Flute
What the evolution of Champagne's drinking vessel—from coupe to flute to wine glass—says, not only about how the wine has changed, but how we, the drinkers, have changed.
- story: Regan Hofmann
- illustration: James Carpenter
