What do you look for in Valentine’s Day cocktails? All that really matters is that the person drinking it likes it. But a romantic name or a red, pink or even violet color can add novelty to your cocktail. So can rich, delicious flavors like coffee and chocolate. We'll share the first ten, then head over to MixThatDrink.com for the other 20!
What makes a drink manly? Which drinks require that you turn in your man card if you’re caught dead with it? It’s a highly debated topic. Interestingly enough there are plenty of factors that go into making manly drinks. The first cardinal rule of all manly drinks is that it can’t be sweet.
It’s moving day, and you’re finally scrubbing every nook and cranny that you’ve routinely neglected on cleaning day, because surface cleaning is “good enough.” As you rummage through your kitchen, you find a half bottle of cheap vodka that somehow got shoved aside during a party from over 6 months ago, left to be abandoned like patchwork denim. Not wanting to be wasteful you wonder, “Does vodka go bad?” It’s a question most of us adults have pondered at some point.
More than any other holiday, it seems, Christmas songs are just as important as other traditions, such as Santa Claus, presents, and low budget TV movies where it always snows in Florida. After Halloween passes, and we’ve had our fill of Elvira and the Monster Mash, the never ending playlist of Christmas music begins. Even though there have been millions of holiday albums recorded over the years, it can seem like we hear the same Christmas song list everywhere we go.
There are countless urban legends about drinking, from supposed wisdom about what gets you drunk the quickest, to tips on how to avoid a hangover, to rules of thumb for how you should buy and serve a fine wine. Many of them, however, aren’t rooted in science or data, but rather are elucidated from always-reliable field tests that tend to include several rounds of tequila shots. Passed down for years by elder fraternity brothers, teens sneaking their parents’ hooch, and other tipsy teachers, these myths are as stubborn as they are baseless.