“As the world’s leading consumer of hard spirits, South Koreans love to drink. Hard." Therefore it shouldn’t come as a surprise that their national drink, soju—usually distilled from rice but…
The James Bond of public radio on his double life as a vocalist for Pink Martini and drinking on—and off—the Presidential campaign trail.
Lodro Rinzler—Buddhist celeb and author of the best-selling book The Buddha Walks into a Bar—talks about his life with booze and how Buddhism can actually teach us how to be…
(n.) The small amount of spirit or wine that evaporates while the liquid is aging in barrels.
Few, if any, spirits importers are more concerned with the little guy than Nicolas Palazzi, the owner of Paul-Marie Spirits (PM Spirits). He's built his business on trying to expose…
In an industry rife with artifice, Felipe Camarena is working against the tide to preserve true tequila.
Lora Smith grew up in a corner of Kentucky where bootlegging didn’t die with Prohibition. Up until the 2000s it defined their culture of drinking—and fostered a sense of belonging—that,…
(phrase) A drink order requesting that a spirit or cocktail be served over ice cubes (“rocks”).
(n.) A mixture of grains and water heated to encourage the extraction of grains’ fermentable sugars. Cereal grains, including barley, corn, rye and wheat, contain complex carbohydrates that can be…
(v.) The practice of steeping herbs, spices, or fruits in alcohol to transfer flavor to the liquid. There are two basic ways of flavoring alcohol: during the distillation process, in…
