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Ask a Bartender: What Drink Do You Most Hate to Make?
Welcome to Ask a Bartender, wherein the mysteries of the tavern are explained by the professionals who get us drunk. Today’s query: What drink d...

Instant Booze Review: The Old Pal. Or is it a Boulevardier?
I strolled into the bar in a sour, sour, mood. “I’ve been relatively sober for the last two days,” I said. “I think it’s...

Overheard Customer Interactions: Maybe He Can Use His One Phone Call?
[Observed on a recent chilly evening] BARTENDER: Hey man, what can I get you? PATRON: Dude, my buddy tells me you make an awesome Brandy Alexander her...

Booze News: Beer Sales, Boilermakers, and British Mojitos
SABMiller worldwide beer sales are down, and the megabrewer is blaming bad weather in China. (Sure, everyone’s always blaming China.) I thought ...

Instant Booze Review: Libertine House Manhattan
(Composed on a recent pre-football evening) THE DRINK: The “House Manhattan.” THE PLACE: The Libertine in, lord almighty, Green Bay BACK I...

Drinking in the Funny Pages: That’s Probably an Artisanal Sazerac
Given the hulking barkeep’s old-timey getup, I’m going to go ahead and assume that he’s a master mixologist and that “Arthur...

Wisconsin Tightens Its Grip On New York City
Today’s New York Times offers an update on Wisconsin’s “inordinate influence on New York dining and drinking.” You’ve go...

Serious Booze: The New York Times Looks at Summer Drinks
One of the things I enjoy about the New York Times is its insistence on treating every topic with a certain degree of pompous gravity. As someone pron...

Get Creative With Your Whiskey Drinks
A big thank you to CoolMaterial.com for compiling this list of crazy unique whiskey cocktails from all over the web. Check these out, yo. If I can eve...