Nothing gets a girl hotter than a sharp, trendsetter in the know on the latest Hip Sips . . .ok maybe a set of washboard abs and a Black Amex Card, but neither of those is readily available for under $50 bucks at the local corner liquor shop. So when you’re done cranking out crunches, and listing the bullsh*t jobs (ahem) I mean – “Valuable Work Experience” on your resume, run down to your nearest booze peddler, hold him down and force him to order these brands for your home bar. (more…)

Palinka – the Hungarian brandy. For a spirit to be classified as palinka, it must be made from a fruit based brandy – and it has to be damn strong. According to European Union official definitions, real palinka must be made in Hungary from ingredients grown in Hungary, and MUST be between 37.5-percent and 86-percent alcohol content.  (more…)

For the next couple of weeks, we will be featuring a badass spirit from Europe that you might not know about. First up the big daddy of them all, Spirytus! There is a reason this stuff is barely legal anywhere but Poland…it has a whopping 96% (192 proof) alcohol content. (more…)

The holiday season is up ahead and if your like us, so are many nights of boozing it up with the friends and family.  Sure it my be hard on the liver, but what better way to deal with that creepy Uncle and those nagging parents than with a little extra nog in your eggnog?  There isn’t one.

But as necessary as alcohol may be for maintaining holiday sanity, have you ever wondered how much effect drinking has on your holiday waistline? Well wonder no more.  The folks at BBC Radio 1 have put together an awesome new website that does just that.  Be ready to be horrified.  Be ready to be amazed.  Oh, and be ready to wonder WTF a Jaffa Cake is.

Check Out The Alcohol Experiment Here.