With unseasonably warm autumn temperatures casting a balmy breeze over green suburbs, it’s as though nature herself decided to give us a few extra weeks of summer. And with this perpetual summer – extra baseball games, shorts season projected to…
Wine may prevent Alzheimer’s disease
It comes in many forms – red, white, sweet, sour, aged, fresh. Who doesn’t like to recline with a glass of wine after a hard day? Humans have been brewing and drinking alcohol for thousands of years, and you don’t…
6 literal party animals that get higher than you do on a Friday night
BY: GREG GANDZA It’s Friday afternoon around 4 o’clock. Just one more dreadful hour until the weekend begins. You’re unsure of what you’re doing this weekend, but at this point anything beats the tan you’re getting from the computer screen,…
The Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas board game is played with real drugs
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… and also a…
Beer yoga is a thing now and it’s the only meditation you’ll ever need
BY: SAMANTHA TAPP Photos via BIERYOGA/FACEBOOK What better way to relax and reminisce on the hard week that has passed than with a cold beer in hand. Maybe your first beer of the night is after you’ve indulged your mind and…
The truth behind Hemingway’s advice to “write drunk, edit sober”
Ernest Hemingway’s famous advice was to “write drunk, edit sober”. Although there is a lot of debate as to whether he actually said this, the question remains: does alcohol help with the writing process? Many brilliant writers were also heavy…
New micro-winery continuously makes wine and saves it from the effects of climate change
By: Jocelyn Schwalm “I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.” – W.C. Fields The prestige of wine has always been within the elaborate process it takes to get the fermentation just right.The process of winemaking has been perfected…
These untold stories will give you a glimpse into the secret and crazy world of the service industry
BY: EMILY PLEASANCE It was quarter to 10 on a Wednesday night when I found myself sitting alone in a booth at the back of a Golden Griddle. The lights were dimmed to a comforting glow and the only other…
Decades ago, the Alcoholics Anonymous founder believed LSD could be the 13th step to sobriety
BY: DANIEL WATERBORNE Over a decade before Woodstock and seven years before the Merry Pranksters, the founder of Alcoholics Anonymous took his first liquid hit of acid. It was Aug. 29, 1956 and among the beige walls and flower print…
Research proves that getting cancer isn’t just “bad luck”
There’s no more kidding yourself; you can’t hide behind the notion that getting cancer is simply “bad luck”. A study from the Cancer Research Center at Stony Brook University has found evidence proving that extrinsic factors — like smoking, sun…
The “Indiana Jones of alcohol” is resurrecting long-lost beers with the help of this brewery
BY TREVOR HEWITT Humans love getting drunk – in fact, we’ve been doing it for around 12,000 years. Now Patrick McGovern, one of the foremost authorities on early beer and the ancient art of getting wasted, is taking our infatuation…
I got trashed with a room of writers to see if booze actually improves writing
BY: LISA CUMMING The decade between someone’s late teens and their late twenties is one that is often looked back on nostalgically as a period of great sex and even greater parties. We can drink vodka like it’s water, and…
The WCRF determines the exact number of drinks a day that causes cancer.
BY: JESSICA BEUKER The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has pinpointed the exact level of drinking that is associated with liver cancer. According to The Guardian, the WCRF said this has been the biggest review so far of the evidence…
In Dawson City, enjoy a Sourtoe Cocktail, a shot of Yukon Jack garnished with an amputated toe
BY: SINEAD MULHERN Nestled on the bank of the Yukon River in Canada’s north, Dawson City is home to a population of 1,319. The subarctic town fosters a culture that’s influenced by First Nations, artists and the Klondike Gold Rush,…
Anti-alcoholic pill: A new medication literally takes the fun out of drinking
BY: TED BARNABY Imagine your drinking partner is a sober and disapproving elderly nun, and you’ve still only come close to the dissatisfaction of taking the recently released drug in the U.K. prescribed to take all the fun out of…
Introducing Raw Chicken Alcohol… And You Thought Bacon Vodka Was Disgusting?
BY: SINÉAD MULHERN Prepare your stomachs: Pechuga Mezcal is giving meat lovers and tequila worm warriors a whole new kind of party-challenge. This Mexican spirit is somewhat similar to tequila in that the agave plant is a primary ingredient in…
Could alcohol abuse and sleep deprivation be the keys to creativity?
BY: PILGRIM For some reason, exceptional creativity seems to gravitate towards the minds of the sleepless and the alcohol-abusive. The question has always been that of the chicken and the egg: did the booze inspire the genius, or did the…