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The Best Top Shelf Vodka

Vodka is generally quite light and neutral, making it a popular base for many flavorful cocktails. It’s also a popular choice for taking shots, especially when it’s cheap. However, it’s these cheap …

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35 Delicious Tea Subscription Boxes To Choose From

There’s a real joy to sitting yourself down with a cup of tea and just taking a step back from all of the trials and tribulations in your life. Whether it’s a cup in the morning to start your day off …

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Five glasses of gin and tonic with ice and different garnishes

The Best Gin For Cocktails

The idea of cocktails dates back to the 1800s, with the first written recording of the word appearing in a New York newspaper on May 6th, 1806. The history of gin, itself, however, goes back much …

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Two glasses of vodka with peaches as a garnish against a black background

The Best Peach Vodka

Vodka is most often intended to be a neutral drink – clean, crisp, and near flavorless. The less flavor a vodka has, while remaining smooth and clean, the more it tends to be praised. Even when …

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26 Of The Best Vodka Cocktails That You Need To Try

Vodka is a neutral spirit, one that has barely any taste of its own. Instead, it picks up the flavors of other ingredients, making it an ideal spirit for cocktails (or for combining with a mixer). In …

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The Best Gluten Free Beer You Can Buy Today

Beer traditionally uses wheat, barley, or rye as the base ingredients. This makes it a poor choice for anyone who’s even a little gluten sensitive. You can’t simply swap beer types either, as lagers …

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Three glasses of a lemon drop cocktail made with lemon vodka, in front of a vodka bottle on the back wall

The Best Lemon Vodka

The lemon is already a versatile little citrus fruit. Aside from being delicious, it has many health benefits, is very useful in cooking, and even has some medicinal properties. It’s also used as a …

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Three types of alcoholic Irish drinks, including cider and Guinness

12 Authentic Irish Drinks You Can Enjoy At Any Time Of The Year

If you’ve ever searched for Irish drinks before, you’ve probably noticed one odd pattern – many of the drinks featured have very little to do with Ireland at all. Some are similar to regular cocktails …

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The 10 Best Breweries In San Diego

There are few better places for craft beer lovers than San Diego. The county offers a vast number of different breweries – more than 150, according to many estimates! So, whether you want …

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Are Tannins Good For You?

If you’re interested in wine or tea at all, then you’ve probably heard about tannins. These are natural plant compounds that provide the astringency found in these drinks. Tannins are also …

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9 Hop-Infused Gift Ideas

Let’s say that you have a good friend that you’ve known for quite a while now. They’re the type of person who’s just in love with all things alcohol-related. And whether or not they have a problem …

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Glasses of homemade limoncello surrounded by lemon wedges, highlighting the idea of the best vodka for limoncello

The Best Vodka For Limoncello

Limoncello is a unique drink that’s become quite popular in Italy, where it originated. Many places produce their take on the liqueur and sell it as is, but it’s also a common and fairly easy one to …

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Some green tea, black tea, brownies, and shortbread for tea and dessert pairings

Delicious Tea And Dessert Pairings That You’ll Adore

Pairing wine with food, including desserts, is a classic approach. But, did you know that you can do the same thing with tea? Like wine, tea has an interesting and complex flavor profile, so the right …

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Top 14 Tequila Mixers That Are Easy And Taste Fantastic

Tequila can be a little confusing for beginners. The alcohol has a distinctive flavor that combines well with some mixers and poorly with others. So, in this post, we’re looking at the top tequila …

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5 Best Instant Coffee Brands

Many consider coffee to be their life source – especially on a bright and early Monday morning! Coffee is great for an energy boost any time of day, but it always tastes a little extra special …

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Nespresso Vertuo Next Review From A Daily Espresso Drinker

Owning the Nespresso machine has turned me into a daily espresso drinker. I think I always was like this, but never had the opportunity. Now that making an espresso is 3 feet away from me at any time, …

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Two vodka martinis that have been made using the best rye vodka

The Best Rye Vodka

Although vodka is meant to be clean and neutral, that doesn’t mean you won’t find differences. While you can technically make vodka from almost anything, rye, corn, and potatoes are among the most …

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The Best Irish Whiskey For Every Budget

Pretty self-explanatory, Irish whiskey is whiskey that’s made in any part of Ireland, including both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Irish whiskey must contain some amount of malted …

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6 Hop Infused Spirits & Cocktail Recipes

Hops are most commonly associated with cold, clean beer. It’s the key element to modern beer, giving it the distinct flavor that you won’t find in other beverages. Even styles outside the world of …

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The Best Tequila For Palomas

Sweet, salty, bitter, and sour – the Paloma has a little bit of everything, plus some bubbles and alcohol! It doesn’t get much better than that for a fun, refreshing summer drink. Its mysterious …

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Three mugs of coffee, highlighting the question of whether coffee has tannins

Does Coffee Have Tannins?

Tannins are a set of fascinating plant-based compounds. They’re most famously found in tea and red wine, but there are tannins in plenty of other foods and drinks too. So, does coffee have tannins? …

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35 Exciting Coffee Flavor Combinations To Mix Up Your Brew

For many of us, coffee is a daily ritual. It’s how we start the day and offers an energy boost right when we need it the most. It has even been linked to a surprising number of health benefits and …

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21 Manly Vodka Drinks To Bring Out Your Fire

What do you drink when you’re out on the town? What about at home? Many men stick to the classics, like beer or whiskey on the rocks, partly because cocktails seem too girly. That’s a shame, as there …

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The Best Gin For Every Budget

Gin is a complex spirit with several variations and lots of potential for different flavors. One thing all gin have in common, though, is juniper. Regardless of the overall flavor profile, you’ll find …

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Two glasses of a cocktail made with cucumber vodka, with slices of cucumber

The Best Cucumber Vodka

Cucumber vodka is a unique flavor that straddles the line between sweet and savory. Many flavored spirits (including flavored vodka) are sweet and that’s unsurprising, as most people have a sweet …

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Top 19 Vodka Mixers For A Perfect Home Bar

Because vodka is largely flavorless, it can be combined with any number of mixers, especially those with a strong flavor of their own. For example, adding any type of juice or any type of soda to …

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A sex on the beach cocktail on a wooden board, next to orange halves and a measure, highlighting the best vodka for a sex on the beach cocktail

The Best Vodka For a Sex on the Beach

Made with peach schnapps and fruit juice, the sex on the beach cocktail is sweet, fruity, and absolutely delicious. It’s wildly popular at bars, restaurants, clubs – pretty much everywhere. It’s …

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Sous Vide Cantaloupe and Lime Infused Vodka

[adinserter block=”3″] A great way to make the most out of fruits in season. Also perfect to jazz up a cheap bottle of booze! [adinserter block=”4″] Infusing vodka has always …

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The Best Ginger Brandy

Ginger itself dates back to 500 BC in India and China where it was first recorded as an ingredient in both cooking and early medicine. Ginger was first imported to the Roman Empire from India, where …

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A glass containing a pineapple vodka cocktail, with a wedge of pineapple and half a pineapple in the background

The Best Pineapple Vodka

The pineapple is perhaps one of the most iconic symbols of the beach, the ocean, and tropical island getaways. This is because of where the fruit naturally grows and its bright, summery color and …

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15 Craft Gin Of The Month Clubs In The USA & UK

Gin is an unusual spirit and it has never dominated the American market. In fact, it makes up less than 5% of all distilled spirits consumed in the United States. But, times are changing. There is …

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Glasses of sweet tea vodka on a dark wooden table, with a bottle of the vodka in the background

The Best Sweet Tea Vodka

Sweet tea is loved throughout the world, but it’s a particularly popular treat in the Southern United States. It all began in 1795 when a French explorer named Andre Michaux brought tea leaves to …

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The Best American Vodka

Although vodka doesn’t have the deep American roots that bourbon does or the perceived “prestige” of wine, it has captured the hearts of the Western world. We all know vodka began in Russia, and it’s …

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The Best Vodka For Bloody Marys

Unlike the many bright and fruity cocktails out there, the bloody Mary is a hearty, savory drink with a little heat. It’s not surprising then that many people look for the best vodka for bloody …

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21 Brandy Cocktails That Should Be Part Of Your Repertoire

Whiskey may be the go-to spirit in many situations, but brandy has a long history and continues to be a popular choice in all manner of drinks. While brandy is often enjoyed straight, there are also …

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The Best Polish Vodka

The history of vodka in Poland is so deep and rich that it has museums dedicated to it. A vodka museum is a unique experience where you’ll be surrounded by many different vodka bottles of many shapes …

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The Best Grapefruit Vodka

While still part of the citrus family, grapefruit vodka stands out a little because it’s inherently less sweet than other types of citrus vodka. It’s got some sweetness in there, no doubt, but …

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The Best Vodka For Infusing

One of the best things about vodka is how versatile it is. We all know it’s the perfect base for many cocktails, and it mixed well with all kinds of single ingredients as well. Many are also lovely to …

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The Best Vodka for White Russians

Compared to many centuries-old cocktails we still enjoy today, the white Russian is just a baby. You can trace the origins of some drinks back to the 14th and 15th centuries, but the first recorded …

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Is Green Tea Good For You?

Green tea is hard to ignore. It’s often touted as one of the healthiest drinks in the world – and that claim mightn’t be exaggerated. So, why is green tea good for you and does it have any risks that …

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Green tea, black tea, a peach galette and some croissants, all for tea and pastry pairing

Delicious Tea And Pastry Pairings That You Shouldn’t Live Without

Pairing food and wine is a common practice. Matching food with tea instead isn’t done nearly as often, especially not in the West. Yet, tea offers much of the same complexity that you find in wine, …

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A gin and tonic with garnishes and ice next to a cocktail shaker

Top 22 Gin And Tonic Variations To Keep Your Cocktails Interesting

The approaches in this list cover a range of styles. Some of them are simple variations, where you might just be adding a single ingredient or getting creative with garnishing. Others are more complex …

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The Best Orange Vodka

Flavored vodka is a highly sought-after category as these expressions can take cocktails to a whole new level. This type of vodka also makes things a lot easier when a recipe calls for vodka and a …

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The Best American Brandy

Brandy didn’t originate in America but America has certainly made its mark on the world of brandy. The spirit first came to America through the coasts, where people were planing vineyards across the …

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The Best Bottom Shelf Vodka

Vodka is a highly refined and processed spirit that is generally intended to have no strong or distinctive flavor and aroma. That hasn’t stopped some distilleries from going against the grain and …

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Tequila Vs Mezcal: Production, Aging, And Flavor

There’s a classic line that says all tequila is mezcal, but only some mezcal is tequila. In other words, tequila is a type of mezcal, much like bourbon is a type of whiskey. That statement is a useful …

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The Best Vodka For Martinis

There are a few theories floating around about where the martini came from, including an innovative bartender to a simple matter of shortening a brand name and the subsequent evolution into a staple …

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The Best Gin For a Tom Collins

Many of our classic cocktails come with long and illustrious histories or a deep, meaningful story behind them. This is not the case with the sugary sweet gin-based Tom Collins. This drink is, in …

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