Tag: alcohol

Alcohol inequality

the top 10% of drinkers account for well over 50% of the alcohol consumed in any given year. On the other hand, people in the bottom 30% don’t drink at all, and even the median consumption among those who do drink is just 3 beverages per week.

Drinking Is Healthy

thanks, puritans.

Even as the CDC now recognizes the decisive benefits from moderate drinking, each such announcement is met by an onslaught of opposition and criticism. Noting that even drinking at non-pathological levels above recommended moderate limits gives you a better chance of a longer life than abstaining draws louder protests still. Yet that’s exactly what the evidence tells us.

‘Craft’ Whiskey Is From a Factory Distillery

The artisan whiskey industry has a big secret—many of the ‘small-batch’ distillers are actually buying their product from a large factory in Indiana.

reminds me of “artisanal” domino’s pizza.

Auto-Brewery Syndrome

a syndrome whereby patients become intoxicated without ingesting alcohol. The underlying mechanism is thought to be an overgrowth of yeast in the gut whereby the yeast ferments carbohydrates into ethanol.

Château Sucker

so it’s not just me, rare wines really are a douche magnet. best to stick to beer.

Rare-wine collectors are savvy, competitive guys with a taste for impossible finds. The biggest hoax in history took place right under their noses.

Whiskey Snob

Kings County Distillery

the first new distillery in nyc since prohibition, located in the brooklyn navy yards.

Laws a la carte

you can opt out of various laws for religious reasons. why not opting out of liquor laws by being born in a country with sane ones?

it’s ok officer, where i come from, i am old enough to drink

Second Cheapest Wine

this is why i became a beer snob.

Tuthilltown Spirits

this looks lovely. i especially liked how he out-maneuvered his NIMBY neighbors:

the “Right to Farm” meant that as long as he was producing agricultural products, nobody, not even the neighbors, could stop him. Even more interesting was that “agriculture” included alcohol production. Wine didn’t interest him, especially with the high competition, but whiskey did.