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7 Green Drink Recipes for Your St. Patrick’s Day Bender


Doesn't a Green Tea Mint Julep sound better than Green Budweiser?  More »

6 Things to Know Before Ordering Sake

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Ordering Nigori will instantly put you in many Japanese drinkers’ good graces as it is considered very high-quality and isn’t exported in vast qua  More »

How to Make the Perfect Bloody Mary

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A staple of Sunday morning brunch, the Bloody Mary can help cure the worst of what's hanging over from your Saturday night.   More »

What Happens When You Microwave a Box of Wine?

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Box of wine. Microwave. Four minutes. Boom.  More »

A Whole Wide World of Potent Alcohol

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Warning: Imbibe in these ten forms of potent alcohol from around the world and you'll speak the international language of Drunk.   More »

Instant Satisfaction Meets Desperate Need to Relax in Mary Jane’s

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Maybe you already have to be high to get how "natural spring water" might be produced in a solid or gas - or perhaps you only need to be California na  More »

How to Make the Perfect Caipirinha

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Once a boozy secret for South American travelers, Brazil’s potent cocktail has become “the new mojito”. Here’s how to make one in the privacy  More »

Boozing Through 5 Whisky Distillery Tours In Scotland

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Scotland's contributions to modern society are storied and numerous: great thinkers like Adam Smith and David Hume, sports like golf and shinty (you k  More »

Downing Budweiser’s Unfathomable Tomato, Beer and Clam Chelada

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Budweiser has, in this case, mixed Clamato with their patented brew to create this evil can of whoopass. Just really thing about it - beer mixed with  More »

“Space Barley” Used in Japanese Beer Going for $150 a Six Pack

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If, in what may be the 11,000 years of beer making the world has seen, brewing a purely barley beer is a proposition that has been overlooked, I can o  More »

Austria’s Bierschwimmbad Helps You Absorb Beer in a New Way: Through Your Pores

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"Enjoy the wonderful and cosy ambiance and savor the impressing wall paintings, a highlight of the Starkenberger Biermythos!"  More »

Kaffir Lime, Candy Canes & Almond Joy: 10 Alternative Martinis

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The martini might be the most loosely defined drink in the world. Here are ten recipes that show just how diverse a cocktail it has become.  More »

Six Reasons to Keep the Booze in Flights

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If booze in-flight is really such a big problem for so many people, airlines should enforce tighter alcohol regulations. If someone is leaning into th  More »

How To Make Your Own Flavored Vodka

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The act of flavoring or "infusing" vodka yourself is not difficult and can be done with ingredients already on your shopping list. Like bacon.  More »

Queimada: Galicia’s Alcohol-Fueled, Devil-Be-Gone Ritual

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Made from a recipe that’s been handed down from generation to generation, this fiery liquid is still made today as a way to drive out evil spirits w  More »

Alcoholism is no Laughing Matter – Except When it Is

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We do a lot of features here on Matador Nights about how, where, and what to drink. Now for the other side of the coin.  More »

Pink Capes Suck (by The Real Gay Matador)

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“I'm glad to be the first person (in bullfighting) whom the gay community will take as an icon." Girlfriend thinks he's Madonna and he's really jus  More »

Chile Gears Up for its Alcohol-Infused National Holiday

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Eileen Smith gives you the grand tour of Chile's Independence Day(s) and the alcoholic beverages that make this a holiday to remember - or not.  More »

S’Ardia – A Race Between Danger and Faith

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Sedilo is a characteristic farmer’s hamlet, quiet except during the three days devoted to St. Constantine, when riders take on one of the most dange  More »

Russian Stunt Drinking -You Can’t do it if You’re Drunk.

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You'd have to be sober do do this. Wouldn't you?  More »

You Gonna Drink That? 5 Odd Libations from Around the World

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...it seems more like a digestion preventative than a digestion aide. I guess if it can make it through the pipes - what doesn't kill you makes you s  More »

La Dorada – The Big Red of Argentina

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Moments later, my friend and I were drinking this. It looks like Mountain Dew but tastes like the trashiest, low-rent soft drink of the Southern Stat  More »

A Young Traveler’s Guide To Drinking on the Cheap in Prague

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If you're on or planning on a trip to Prague, here is a list of cheap places to get your drink on with a couple to splurge on thrown in for good measu  More »

10 Spots in Chicago for BYOB Dining – Eat Well and Save

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Thanks to Chicago’s quirky liquor laws, you can cut down on dining expenses at BYOB – bring your own beer and wine - restaurants all around the ci  More »

10 of the World’s Best Beer Festivals in May

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Ahhh...spring. Love is in the air, and what better way to urge along your loving instincts than by downing a pint or two of the good stuff?  More »

Calcutta Nights: Your Music and Club Scene Guide

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Your field guide to beats, bars, and clubs in Calcutta.   More »

International Guide for Making Hot Drinks

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Mexican Hot Chocolate, Glühwein, Irish Coffee, Glögg, Wassail, and more. Here are recipes for classic hot drinks from around the world.  More »

The Top Dive Bars In Las Vegas

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Places to go to watch (or start) fights, listen to old junkies play the sickest blues/jazz/funk, or just stare into the void.   More »

A First Timer’s Guide to Oktoberfest

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Everything from tent selection, where to go and stay, plus key Oktoberfest phraseology.  More »

Beer Quest 2008: The Search for America’s Best Microbrew

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Two thirsty friends head out on a nationwide quest for the holy grail of microbrews.   More »

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