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3 In-Flight Cocktail Hacks for Making Plane Rides That Much Better - Bon Appétit

Andrew Knowlton's best tips for improving your in-flight cocktail.

This seems like a lot of work. I'll just drink at the airport beforehand and sleep on the plane.

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WhichBeers Wants To Help You Find The Right Beer | TechCrunch

At our TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon today, Andrew Kae and Xiaoan Yan presented one of the most useful hacks of the day: a new way to find good beer...

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16 Beer Quotes Worthy of a Toast

From Shakespeare to Homer Simpson, these profound beer quotes prove that great minds drink alike.

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This Wine Calculator Tells You How Many Bottles to Buy for Your Party

If you're hosting a dinner party (or any party) and want a few bottles of wine on-hand, this calculator from VinePair tells you how many bottles to buy based on the number of people coming and whether you'll have other drinks available.

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No, There Was Never A Kitchen Device That Turned Water Into Wine

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This prank video asks: What if you bartender treated your beer like a bank treats your money?

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Time lapse of beer fermenting.

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Start Your Weekend Right With This DIY Drink Mixing Arduino Project | TechCrunch

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I’ll Miss How I Met Your Mother, but I Won’t Miss Its Stupid Fake Scotch

As the series finale of How I Met Your Mother approaches, most viewers will say goodbye to Barney, Robin, and the rest of the MacLaren’s crew. But I’ll be saying good riddance to Glen McKenna, the Scotch whisky brand often ordered by the show’s characters.

I actually love the use of fake brands as plot devices/MacGuffins in TV & film. I think it adds to the richness of the world a show inhabits.

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Who Are We To Argue With Chemists Advocating Meat Marinated In Beer?

Listen, when science tells you to do something, I'm not going to argue. And so if chemists says marinating meat in beer before you cook it to help kill potentially scary carcinogens...

Beer is good for you, reason #389.

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Alcohol Unfairly Blamed For Local Man’s Impaired Judgment

MATTOON, IL—Soon after the 28-year-old leapt off the lid of a dumpster and sprained his ankle Tuesday night, friends of area man Jesse Willard unjustly placed the blame for his questionable behavior on alcohol, sources confirmed.

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Charting the Many Varieties of Whiskey on One Giant Poster

Over 200 kinds of whiskey are mapped by origin and style in this striking new poster from Pop Chart Lab. The levels of complexity inherent in the history of drink become apparent as American whiskey is whittled down to Jim Beam Bourbon and Scottish Whiskey distills into The Glenlivet.

Gift idea!

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Fake App Intended to Fool Media, Creators Say

Two friends designed a fake app to prank the media and start up industry.

The fake app Livr encouraged drinking to connect with other drinkers.

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Texas Distillers Ride the Bourbon Boom

With the rising global demand for bourbon, large producers face a shortage—an opportunity Texas distilleries are keen to take advantage of.

Bourbon boom!

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Jack Daniel's In Fight Over What It Takes To Earn The Tennessee Whiskey Name

For whiskey to call itself "Tennessee whiskey," it's not like booze can just sit around in the state and slap a label on touting its heritage.

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The FAA Says It Has the Authority to Regulate Drones. It Might Be Wrong.

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Have you had this yet? Thoughts?