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”.
One of the original cocktails alongside our beloved Old Fashioned, the Sazerac is a flavorful drink with a rich tradition in New Orleans. One thing the Old Fashioned ain’t got? Absinthe.
Whether you’re sharing some wine with friends over a home-cooked meal or celebrating with a bottle of champagne with your girlfriend’s parents, getting the details right not only allows everyone to enjoy the experience, but it shows you know what’s up. Don’t worry though, our breakdown of how to serve wine is easy to remember, with all the tricks of the trade.
Do you know what you’re supposed to do when the server shows you the wine bottle at a restaurant? Or how to read a wine list? If you’re like most guys, you probably don’t, because no one ever teaches this stuff. Check out our easy guide for the how’s and why’s and it’ll be smooth sailing right to the goodnight kiss.
After reading through this guide, you should have a working knowledge of the different types of wine and enough vocabulary to set out and buy your first serious bottle. (And maybe impress your girlfriend with a thing or two.)
This classic cocktail has equal parts class and American swagger. Oh, and its weapon of choice is scotch. What more do you need?
Red goes with what? Fish? You can’t serve what in what glass? Wine can be damn intimidating. We proudly introduce a new series that will give every beer and whiskey drinker out there an excellent primer to the world of wine.
Strong but refreshing, these drinks are designed to be served chilled on the rocks and shared with good friends.
Tried scotch but couldn’t get it down? Check out this single malt, so smooth you can drink it without ice.
I know what you’re thinking: Margaritas are girl’s drinks. And you are right, for the most part. What passes for a margarita in most bars is neon-green, over salted, heartburn-inducing garbage. But a margarita, when done right, can be not only a delicious, but classy (and even manly) drink.
Tequila isn’t just for shots and blacking out. It can be as fine a spirit as scotch or bourbon when enjoyed correctly. We show you what to look for in a tequila, how to drink it, and offer a few recommendations.
Not too sweet and not too strong, these cocktails are sophisticated, smart and sexy, just like the ladies to whom you’ll want to serve them.
If you’re like us, you’re in an awkward in-between when it comes to ordering drinks at a bar: you make enough money that you don’t want to order a “rail drink” but you’re too frugal to order something off of the top shelf. Allow us to reintroduce an often overlooked category of spirits: the middle shelf.
Since you no longer sit at the kiddy table during Thanksgiving, you can’t just show up empty handed. Avoid the difficult (baking!) and the stale (more casseroles!) and spice things up with a delicious alcoholic beverage this year.
The best part about the weather getting colder? An excuse to make some classic drinks to keep you warm, of course.
We sit down with the Godfather of Whisky and talk the Mad Men drink of choice – because if you can’t be Don Draper, you can at least drink like him.
Fall brings many changes — the crisp weather, the autumn leaves, pumpkins and the new seasonal varieties of beer on the shelves. With so much going on, you’d be hard pressed to taste all of the fall beers, so we stepped up to the challenge, threw a party and put twelve different fall varietals to the test to find a champion and weed out the riffraff.
Drinking after college can be hard: you’re no longer trying to drink as much as possible for as cheap as possible, but you also don’t want to look like a pretentious jerk who’s trying too hard. We break it down for you.
If you’ve grown up hearing scotch whisky is a gentleman’s drink but still know nothing about the subject, don’t worry you’re not alone. Let our guide to scotch demystify the fundamentals and get your evening started with four introductory selections.
It’s been featured in one hit summer comedy and thousands of college parties across the world. The mere mention of its name, the slightest whiff of its scent, is enough to send shivers down the uninitiated’s spine. Jägermeister is a drink with a reputation for erasing minds and ending nights. But can it be enjoyed?
So either you or your girlfriend has decided it’s time to stop ordering something that tastes like a fraternity’s keg spout every time you go out for dinner. Avoid switching to diet cran-cocktails by learning how the brewing process works, how those variables affect taste, and how to discover new favorites without blowing $8 on something you don’t like.
If the Great American Beer Festival in Denver, Colorado just whet your whistle rather than quenched your thirst for the brewed beverage, perhaps its time to take a road trip – errr, flight – to the mecca of beer: Belgium. Try some true holy water, brewed by the Belgium monks themselves.
