VinePair tasked me with the arduous assignment of drinking rakia — moonshine brandy — throughout the Balkan Peninsula. Read the results at VinePair!
Tag Archives: alcohol
Asking for a Friend: Does This Slovenian Spirit Actually Exist?
We had ruda in Slovenia, and apparently we’re the only ones. Read it at Roads & Kingdoms 5 O’clock Somewhere!
All Cold Remedies Are Lies But At Least In Ireland You Get Whisky
Hot whiskey is the Irish cure-all, or at leas, the cure for the Irish cold. Were that it worked. Check it out at Roads & Kingdoms.
Albert Camus, Edith Piaf, And Antoine De St-Exupéry Walk Into a Bar
A dispatch from the drinking world in Casablanca. Read it at Roads & Kingdoms!
Too Much Tax-Free Beer In Europe’s Largest Duty-Free Shopping Mall
Andorra has a lot of cheap beer, and so did I. Read it at Roads & Kingdoms.
Finding True Irish Moonshine Is Harder Than You’d Think
Poitin is a nasty Irish liquor that is allegedly available from every hill-cart in Ireland. But not. Read it at Munchies!
A Nuclear Fallout Shelter Stocked With Booze is the Best Place to Be Right Now
Where to have a beer in Geneva? How about your buddy’s personal bomb shelter. Read it at Roads & Kingdoms!
An American-Style Beer That’s Not for Americans
Is barley wine just a bunch of hipster nonsense? Not at Brussels’ best beer bar it isn’t. Read it at Roads & Kingdoms.
Whither Belgian Beer? Rise Of U.S. Brews Hurting Old World Craft
Belgium, once the undisputed beer champion of the world, is facing new challenges. Find out why at Zester.
The Joy of Not-So-Secretly Drinking on Russian Trains
Vodka is banned on the Russian trains, but that didn’t stop us. Read it at VICE!