drinking

Cheers... to Drinking Songs

by R. Eric Tippin

Drinking songs have been pervasive in human history, but profoundly divided between those framing drink as a divine gift ordered by ritual and those concerned with a party. 

The Hard Seltzer Trend Echoes the 19th Century Craze for Lager

"Lagers were introduced by a wave of German immigrants pouring in from Europe. To uninitiated Americans, lager was simply weird. But for Germans-turned-German-Americans, the beer was inseparable from the culture of its consumption."

America Has a Drinking Problem

The shifting social setting of American alcohol consumption, as much as its volume, is cause for concern. 

Prohibition began 100 years ago, and its legacy remains

Featuring Harvard history professor Lisa McGirr, whose 2015 book “The War on Alcohol” examines Prohibition’s political and social repercussions.

A Bloody Mary Bar and a Barroom Full of Fun

by Bruce Chadwick

The story includes the history of the Bloody Mary, Irish Coffee. Champagne and the Bellini, brunch drinks, told in spirited, light hearted songs presented by a seasoned and a deliciously giddy cast.

How To Drink Like A President

The drinking habits of presidents past and present. 

The Prohibition-era origins of the modern craft cocktail movement

by Jeffrey Miller

For better or worse, Prohibition changed the way Americans drank, and its cultural impact has never really gone away.