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Artisanal Beverages

Cardamom and Dark Chocolate Swirl Whisky Milkshake

Does a milkshake with whisky really need any introduction? Take everyone's childhood favorite quick dessert and spike it and what else does adult life really need? A swirl of this decadent dark …

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4 Vodka of the Month Clubs You Won't Want to Miss + Bonus Vodka Gift Baskets

Vodka has been a well-loved spirit since the 14th Century, where it first originated in Russia. Originally made from potatoes, vodka has evolved over the centuries, can now be found fermented from a …

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The Best Brandy For Sangrias

The sangria is a unique cocktail right off the bat. Instead of a distilled spirit base, it uses wine. While many bars and restaurants serve up fancy, beautiful, premium sangrias, they’re pretty easy …

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Scotch Whisky vs. Irish Whiskey

Whiskey comes in many different varieties. This is because grain mash, the main component of any whiskey, can be made up of different grains, with either a focus on one grain or a mixture of a few. …

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The Best Blueberry Vodka

Though blueberries are easy to obtain and native to North America, they still have an exotic feel to them. They’re a deep, dark blue color, their flavor is strong, sweet, and slightly tart, and …

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The Best Gin For Martinis

While bartenders and spirit enthusiasts everywhere are constantly coming up with new and exciting (or sometimes terrible) mixed drinks and tasty recipes, some will never go out of style. Enter the …

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The Best Organic Vodka

It’s no secret that the world is moving in a more organic direction. This applies to food, clothing, even packaging. You can even find organic subscriptions for baby food and meals, with more options …

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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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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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Top 19 Gin Mixers For Fast, Easy And Delicious Drinks

The mixers featured on this list can all be combined with gin to create a simple and delicious drink. All you need is the mixer and the gin. That’s it. Two ingredients.

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Is Yerba Mate Good For You?

Herbal teas are popular and have many potential benefits, but let’s face it, they’re pretty similar to one another and aren’t normally that exciting. Yerba mate is the exception to that pattern. The …

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30 Healthy Herbal Teas That Will Refresh And Relax

What you drink can influence your health just as much as the foods that you choose. While there are many different hot drinks out there, finding good healthy herbal teas is one of the most powerful …

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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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Is Tequila Good For You?

Tequila is often seen as a party drink, one that you down shot after shot of when you’re looking for a good time or want to drown your sorrows. However, tequila is much more than that. It can also be …

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5 Best Plant-Based Coffee Creamer Brands

Coffee is an absolute staple in so many people’s lives. Some grab it from their favorite shop on the way to work, others love making it at home. Some prefer a nice latte while others like it jet …

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The Best Way to Store Vodka

There are many reasons to keep vodka on hand at home. Perhaps you like hosting parties, or maybe you like making new and interesting cocktails regularly. Or, maybe you just like a good old-fashioned …

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What Is A Growler And Why You Need One For Your Beer

Growlers are popular for transporting beer, particularly if you want to enjoy a draft beer in the comfort of your home.Yet, as popular as they are, many people haven’t heard of a growler and certainly …

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The Best Pear Brandy

The most popular type of pear brandy comes from areas in Europe with cooler climates and an abundance of Williams varietal pears – the most commonly used pear for brandy. Here, it’s common …

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9 Types Of Gin Plus Exciting Gin Variations

Gin is famous as a juniper-focused spirit. It’s often served as a simple gin and tonic, but features in many more complex cocktails as well. One of the exciting features is the botanicals, which …

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The Best Reposado Tequila For Every Budget

Made from a special species of agave plants, tequila is a bright and versatile spirit that can be enjoyed in many ways. While tequila is often associated with shots and cocktails, many make great …

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The Best Mid-Range Vodka

Vodka is such a fun, versatile drink that’s always evolving. For ages, it’s been strictly a neutral spirit, often meant solely for cocktails. This is still a frequent and prevalent use for the spirit, …

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25 Of The Best Tequila Cocktails To Enjoy At Home Or At The Bar

Tequila doesn’t have the same refined ring to it that you find with spirits like whiskey, rum, or gin. Instead, it is often thought as of a party drink, one that has a distinctive flavor. Even so, …

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Best Russian Vodka

When you want vodka, looking for the best Russian vodka is a logical approach. After all, vodka is strongly associated with Russia. It’s even said that the word “vodka” comes from the Russian word …

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25 Foods With Tannins And Their Health Effects

You’ve heard about tannins, right? The plant-based compounds are most commonly associated with red wine and black tea. However, those aren’t the only sources of tannins. There are plenty of other …

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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 Chasers For Tequila

Tequila is a fascinating spirit. For something that must contain a specific ingredient and can only be made in one place, it’s wildly popular with thousands of types and variations coming from …

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The Best Blackberry Brandy

In its original form, brandy was invented as a way to preserve wine. The name brandy comes from a Dutch word that literally means “burnt wine.” Dutch traders distilled wine in the 17th century to …

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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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Is Black Tea Good For You?

You’ve almost certainly heard about the benefits of green tea, including its antioxidant content, ability to decrease disease risk, and much more. Humble black tea often seems to pale in comparison. …

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6 Types of Tea with 24 Different Varieties to Choose From

Whether you like it hot or cold, it would seem that tea is very much a part of the beverage choices you have in mind. And not surprisingly so, with so many types of tea out there, black tea and green …

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The Best Spanish Brandy

Spirits in general have a long history in our culture, from being enjoyed in social settings to classing up an event and even providing healing and medicinal uses. Spanish brandy, in particular, goes …

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The Best Tonics For Gin

You can’t really get more classic than a good, old-fashioned gin and tonic. Although it may seem like you’re mixing a couple of simple ingredients, there’s a whole world of flavors to experience when …

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The Best Vodka For Jello Shots

Colorful, sweet, and full of sugar, jello shots just scream “party.” They’re easy to make and don’t usually contain too much alcohol so you can play plenty of drinking games without going too far. …

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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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The Best Tequila For a Tequila Sunrise

Bright and delicious, the tequila sunrise is a fun, fruity drink that’s perfect for a day on the beach and works well to drum up some tropical vibes if you can’t take a proper vacation. Compared to …

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Lager Vs Ale: How Do The Styles Differ?

Beer is confusing. There’s really no denying that. Seriously, there are more than 100 different styles of beer and that doesn’t count all the unusual substyles or unique craft beers on the market. The …

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Tequila Worms And Other Creatures You Can Drink

Tequila worms are famous, partly because the idea is strange and really kind of gross. Honestly, who in their right mind wants a bug in their booze? You’d probably need a decent amount of tequila …

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The Best Skyy Vodka Flavors

Skyy Vodka doesn’t have deep, centuries-old roots like some of your favorite vodka companies and other distillers, but that doesn’t mean they haven’t made an impact in their comparatively shorter time …

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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 Cheap Tequila For Margaritas

The margarita is a fun, easy drink that’s popular in bars and at parties. It features lime juice and sugar, meaning it’s pretty sweet right from the get-go. This means that you don’t have to be too …

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The Best Anejo Tequila For Every Budget

There are three main types of tequila, each with distinct characteristics and unique purposes. While any type of tequila can work well sometimes, other times you'll want something more specific, like …

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The Best Vodka For Every Budget

Vodka is an old spirit with a long history and it’s the base of many popular cocktails. Cheap vodka is cheap and always great for parties where shots and cocktails are made and downed in abundance. …

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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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How To Make Herbal Tea From Fresh Herbs

It’s easy to see why herbal tea is so popular. It’s often delicious, relaxing, caffeine free, and may offer considerable health benefits. There are also many types of tea, including products we buy at …

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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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14 Flower-Based Teas That Offer Delicious Variety

If you want to get technical about it, tea comes exclusively from the Camellia sinensis plant. This is what gives us the classics, including oolong, black tea, white tea, green tea, and matcha. …

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How To Make Brandy

Brandy is often seen as a sophisticated spirit, one that most often consumed in the evening as a digestif. However, brandy is now seeing some increases in popularity, with more drinkers interested in …

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What’s The Difference Between Whiskey And Bourbon?

Whiskey and Bourbon are distilled spirits that are great for a lot of occasions. Be it at parties, dinners, or just a night out with friends, these two beverages can really lighten up the “spirits” of …

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