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Cocktails

What Would You Pay for a True Taste of Cocktail History?

Bartenders are using vintage spirits to recreate classic drinks as they would have tasted in decades past. Christopher Ross on the new boom of vintage cocktails, from Mai Tais made…

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  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: Daniel Krieger
Spirits Proof
Spirits

Why One Spirit Can Have Many Different ABVs

Why does a bottle of whiskey or rum or even Campari have a different ABV in America than it does in, say, Australia or the UK? Bryce T. Bauer on…

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  • story: Bryce T. Bauer
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Martini Glass
Cocktails

The Life and Death of the Martini Glass

Perhaps the most iconic glass shape in the history of cocktails, the angular Martini glass has deep roots in the American imagination—despite being widely loathed by today's bartenders. Lizzie Munro…

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  • story: Lizzie Munro
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Bloody Mary
Cocktails

How the Bloody Mary Lost Its Mind

Over the course of a century, the Bloody Mary has gone from urbane to mainstream to outsized social media fodder. Christopher Ross tracks the evolution of the drink—and its garnish…

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  • story: Christopher Ross
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
Smithsonian Beer
Beer

Why Is the Smithsonian Collecting 50 Years’ Worth of Beer Artifacts?

Earlier this month, the Smithsonian announced an ambitious new research project aimed at retracing 50 years of American beer and brewing. Megan Krigbaum talks to the museum's Director of Food…

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  • story: Megan Krigbaum
  • photo: Smithsonian Institution
pousse cafe cocktail
Cocktails

Who Orders a Pousse Café, Anyway?

Difficult to make and not terribly pleasing to the palate, the multi-tiered Pousse Café has, for more than 100 years, been a universal emblem of insufferable customers.

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  • story: Chloe Frechette
  • photo: Lizzie Munro
fernet miliatary challenge coins
Beer

Meet the Secret Barroom Handshake That Is the “Challenge Coin”

Challenge coins have a storied history within the military as a badge of honor—and as a communal drinking game. In the latest "House Rules," Drew Lazor looks at the evolution…

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  • story: Drew Lazor
  • illustration: Liz Noftle
alcohol and jazz musicians
Spirits

How Booze Became the Life and Death of Jazz

With music legends like Charlie Parker, Chet Baker and Billie Holiday all succumbing to alcohol- and drug-related illness, it’s no secret that jazz has long had a tragic connection to…

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  • story: Matt Stieb
  • photo: Tom Marcello
kings drinking game
Beer

House Rules: The Ultimate Guide to Kings

For ages the drinking game has united humans in riotous, often misguided consumption. In our new monthly column "House Rules," Drew Lazor explores the history and pleasures of drinking games…

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  • story: Drew Lazor
  • illustration: Liz Noftle
best jukeboxes in america
Places

15 of the Best Bar Jukeboxes in America

A bar's soundtrack is as much a part of a drinker's experience as the type of whiskey on the shelf. In a time when auto-generated Spotify playlists rule, a few…

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  • story: Kenny Herzog
  • photo: Lou Murrey
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