Cocktails & Alcohol
The Chivas Brotherhood 1801 Club, A Different Kind of Night Out + Cocktail Attire
Categories: Live, Spend
6 Delicious Champagne Cocktails
Categories: Learn
Drinking a flute of bubbly on a romantic night may seem stuffy. Instead mix up one of these delicious and rare cocktails with sparkling wine as a base. Guaranteed to impress.
The Getup: Whisky Tasting
Categories: Spend
An Introduction to Irish Whiskey
Categories: Learn, Live, Spend
Booze Like Bond: 007′s Other Drinks
Categories: Learn
In the films, Bond is known for his martinis with a precise mixing method, but in the novels he imbibes in more than one libation.
James Bond and the Martini
Categories: Learn, Live
Primer’s Interactive Visual Guide to Beer Types
Categories: Learn
There are lots of beers out there. It is intimidating, but don’t just close your eyes and pick one off the menu. Our interactive visual guide will help you choose a brew perfect for your personal tastes.
The Great American Beer Festival: A Survivor’s Guide
Categories: Live
580 breweries. Over 2,700 different beers. Heaven? Nope. It’s the Great American Beer Festival.
An Easy Guide to Beer: Styles, Terms, History
Categories: Learn
The Daiquiri: The Origins and Evolution of a Classic Rum Cocktail
Categories: Learn
The Daiquiri has gotten a bad rap by chain restaurants slinging neon sugar shakes. Over a hundred years old, the rum drink – the real Daiquiri – is a delicious cocktail perfect for summer.
An Introduction to Sour Beers + 5 to Get You Started
Categories: Learn
Popular in Belgium for hundreds of years, sour beers have recently become popular in the States. We’ll give you the lowdown and five options for your first.
Five Tips for Improvising Great Cocktails
Categories: Learn
Ready to try your hand at inventing your own drinks? Just remember these handy rules of thumb.
10 Light Beers That Still Pack a Flavor Punch
Categories: Learn
Many beer novices hear “light beer” and assume Coors, Miller, or Bud Light. When, in fact, these beers fall into only one or two categories of the nearly 140 beer styles. If you don’t want to be reminded of Beer Pong the next time you opt for a light beer, check out one (or all!) of our 10 picks.
Hophead Novice: An Introduction to IPAs With Our Picks
Categories: Learn
Branching out from the selection of college beer choices can be intimidating if you don’t know where to look. We’ll get you started with India Pale Ales and offer a few brews to try first.
Your First Fancy Pants New Year’s Champagne
Categories: Spend
This year, don’t blow a bunch of money on Jack & Coke’s. Spend the same amount but buy yourself, and some special company, a nice bottle of bubbly. We’ve got just the bottle.
A Guide to Wine Vintages
Categories: Learn
“Aged liked a fine wine,” is a popular adage, but not all wine gets better with age, and the best wines aren’t all old. No need to be embarrassed when you’re drinking that fine bottle of 2009 vino, we break the concept of wine vintages down in our practical guide.
A Visual Guide to the Common Glasses of Wine, Spirits, Beer and Cocktails
Categories: Learn, Spend
This glass for this type of drink, that glass for something else: it can all be hard to keep track of. Check out our visual guide to the common types of glasses for wine, beer, spirits and cocktails.
The 10 Minute Guide to Port
Categories: Learn
You know what’s more impressive than serving a woman wine during dinner? Serving her a glass of port afterward. (And it tastes pretty damn good, too.) We’ll teach you everything you need to get started.
A Visual Guide to Wine Types as They Relate to Red, White, Sweet, and Dry
Categories: Learn
When you’re new to wine, one of the hardest things about choosing a bottle is remembering if a type is sweet, dry, light, bold, or somewhere in between. Use this handy chart anytime you need to remember that you’re looking for a “Pinot Gris” not a “Pinot Noir”.
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