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This Is What 200-Year-Old Beer and Champagne Tastes Like
If you find a bunch of early 19th-century beer and Champagne in a shipwreck off the coast of Finland, you can bet that a lot of people are going to want to try it.
Icelandic Vikings Were Less Plundering, More Drunken Feasting
Vikings have the reputation of being ruthless warriors that took land and power by force, but the historical reality was that in Iceland, they were mostly flexing by feasting.
Illegal Beer Is Brewing a Massive Following in Venezuela
Small-batch artisanal Venezuelan craft breweries are on the rise and trying to meet demand for their illegal beers. Prohibition-era laws and black-market economics, be damned.
The Mick Jagger of Whisky Wants You to Drink It Your Way
Opinions on whisky are like assholes—everyone has one. Next time a barmen gives you the stink eye for adding water (or even Coca-Cola) to your single malt, though, tell them that one of Scotland's top distillers says you should drink it just how you...
The Man Who Brings Ancient Beers to Life
Dr. Patrick McGovern knows everything about the history of beer drinking—apparently fruit flies, owls, and monkeys have been getting tanked for centuries.