Alcohol

Cool Finds

How a Captain Morgan Advertisement Inspired an Emergency Room Technique

Captain Morgan, hip fixer

October 5, 2015

Cool Finds

There’s Now Whiskey On the ISS

(But astronauts can’t drink it)

August 26, 2015

Cool Finds

Carrot Liqueur Could Be Coming to a Cocktail Near You

What’s Next?! Kale?!

July 25, 2015

Cool Finds

Root Beer Is For Adults Again

This is not your soda fountain’s root beer

July 23, 2015

Trending Today

There’s More Bourbon in Kentucky Right now Than any Other Time in the Last 40 Years

Whiskey lovers, take note: the state currently boasts 5.7 million barrels of aging bourbon

July 7, 2015

Cool Finds

Meet the Doctor Who Convinced America to Sober Up

Meet Benjamin Rush, father of the temperance movement, signer of the Declaration of Independence

July 6, 2015

New Research

West African Chimps Regularly Drink Alcoholic Palm Sap

Observations over 17 years show this isn’t just an experiment for the apes

June 11, 2015

Bermuda

There’s Only One Way to Make a Dark ‘n’ Stormy Without Breaking the Law

The cocktail has a surprising, and litigious history

June 8, 2015

What Makes Bourbon Uniquely American?

A new book examines everything that makes the spirit special to the United States

May 12, 2015

Cool Finds

Brewmasters Now Using DNA Techniques to Spot Bad Batches

Instead of waiting for bacteria to grow, a quick genetic test can identify problem brews

April 28, 2015

Trending Today

Busted: A Years-Long Bourbon Conspiracy

Rogue distillery employee suspected to be at the center of a huge bourbon theft ring

April 22, 2015

Cool Finds

How Rum Helped the U.S. Win Its Independence

Rum may was a key player in America’s revolutionary days

April 13, 2015

How the India Pale Ale Got Its Name

A look to the hoppy brew’s past brings us to the revolution in craft beer today

April 7, 2015

Document Deep Dive

This Chart From 1790 Lays Out the Many Dangers of Alcoholism

Founding father Benjamin Rush was greatly concerned with the amount of booze imbibed in post-Revolution America

March 27, 2015

Urban Explorations

Eight Modern Speakeasies With Real Roots in the 1920s

These speakeasies across the United States do justice to the Jazz Age

March 25, 2015

Are We Re-Entering a Golden Age of American Bartending?

At the turn of the century, America was a hotbed of cocktail innovation—then Prohibition happened. Now, bartenders are trying to reclaim the golden age.

March 10, 2015

Can a Gorilla Really Get Drunk From Bamboo?

A photographer was punched by an allegedly drunk gorilla—but wildlife biologists are crying foul

March 3, 2015

New Research

Binge Drinking Suppresses the Immune System

Binge drinking not only makes people more accident-prone, it impairs their ability to recover from those accidents

December 30, 2014

New Research

Bad Hangover? Blame It (Partly) On Your Parents

Susceptibility to hangovers is partly due to genetics

December 12, 2014

Art Meets Science

The Physics of Whisky’s Aesthetically Pleasing Residue

A photographer teamed up with scientists to figure out the fluid dynamics behind patterns left in whisky glasses

November 24, 2014