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Tony Gurdian, at Imperial in Portland, Oregon, uses his homemade switchel to make a drink called The Haymaker's Revival.
Food
A colonial-era drink called switchel is making a 21st century comeback
A liquor store on Saadoun Street in downtown Baghdad. The biggest sellers are beer and "Chivas 18 and [Johnny Walker} Black."
Business
Beer and Chivas fly off the shelves as Baghdad’s liquor stores reopen after Ramadan
Bottles of Moutai baijiu on sale at a supermarket in Xuchang, China. Baijiu is a popular Chinese liquor distilled from fermented sorghum and rice.
Lifestyle & Belief
Baijiu is coming to America, but will the popular Chinese liquor go down smooth?
Bokha
Lifestyle & Belief
Libyans risk poisoning for a sip of illegal hooch in their dry nation
A Quebec City carnival-goer warms up with a cold one – Caribou on ice. Quebec consumes up to 5,000 cases of Caribou yearly, nearly all of it during the winter carnival, and most of that outdoors.
Lifestyle & Belief
Quebec’s secret recipe for beating the cold? It’s Caribou.
Global Scan
Want to pronounce Sochi like a native?
Nif Vineyards
Arts, Culture & Media
Is the new booze ad ban in Turkey good for health … or Islam?
Arts, Culture & Media
Study: People Living Longer, But Not Necessarily Healthier
Conflict & Justice
Russia Bans Alcohol Advertising in all Media
Global Politics
As Economic Sanctions Bite, Iranians Knock Back Another Drink
Arts, Culture & Media
Pakistan’s Murree Brewery Thrives Despite Muslim Laws
Conflict & Justice
Raising the Drinking Age in India
Lifestyle & Belief
Trying to stay sober in Russia
Commodified Oxygen
Commodified Oxygen
Health Note/Alcohol & Dementia
Arts, Culture & Media
At New Year, Medvedev resolves: no more cheap vodka
Global Politics
Maine minors banned from drinking British lemonade
Lifestyle & Belief
Binge drinking in France
Arts, Culture & Media
The science of beer goggles
Development & Education
No booze on London subway