cocktail history

  • Hump Day Liquor Links

    Random drinking links? Yep, we got that.

      The Famous Grouse becomes a bit more famous. Eatocracy shares its guide to stocking your bar for a happy, sane holiday. Flying is getting boozier at the airport and in the air. Tipsy Wine Testing Glass. The stories behind 11 famous cocktails. A gift guide for the serious imbiber from, well, Serious Eats. More random drinking facts from Alcademics. Alcoholic whipped cream. What can we say? What? Anyone?
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  • International Cachaca Day

    Today June 12th, marks the anniversary of a tragedy committed over 250 years ago.

    In 1744, the Portuguese Crown declared that the production, distribution, and sale of cachaça, Brazil’s noble spirit, would be illegal in the Portuguese Colony of Brazil. Fortunately for us all, the Brazilians rebelled and the virtues of cachaça won.

    Still over 250 years later, cachaça, is still being tortured. Why, in many countries, including here in the United States, cachaça is … Read more