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In this file photo, an employee takes a sample from a storage cylinder of Turkey's popular alcoholic drink rakı at the Infotex Alkollu Icecekler plant in the town of Dinar, Turkey, Nov. 30, 2017.

Pandemic’s deadly side effect: Global rise in bootleg alcohol poisonings

Health & Medicine

With a tanking economy and public health woes, Turkey sees a major uptick in the ingestion of methyl alcohol, which can cause severe injury or death.

A man drinks beer at a restaurant in Hanoi, July 20, 2009. In smaller markets in Southeast Asia such as Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, drinking beer is becoming a popular pastime due to rising disposable income and relatively young populations who are e

In Thailand, posting a selfie with a beer is a potential crime

Free speech
a man in the ocean drinks straight whisky from the bottle

Counterfeit alcohol, sometimes containing jet fuel or embalming fluid, is a growing concern for tourists abroad

Health
Although there are several drinks based on bourbon, many enthusiasts prefer the alcohol straight in a glass on the rocks.

Master distiller provides insight into the ‘Old Fashioned’ science of making bourbon

Food
A man passes a shelf of beers on sale in a supermarket in Helsinki.

Finland’s change in alcohol policy puts it out of step with other Nordic countries

Culture
Ibrahim Noel reopened his liquor store in Qaraqosh, northern Iraq, after he said ISIS demolished it.

An Iraqi liquor store has quietly reopened after ISIS

Economics

Just down the road from Mosul, Iraq, life is slowly trickling back to the Christian town of Qaraqosh. And so is the booze.

In an experiment that explored the fluid physics of foam, Guinness emerged the clear winner as the beer least likely to spill when jostled.

The marvelously stabilizing power of beer foam

Science

The beer you order doesn’t just make a difference in terms of taste. A group of Princeton researchers has found how different beers are more spill-resistant than others thanks to their layers of foam — and even crowned a winner.

Single malt whisky is seen in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This country has passed Scotland in the world whisky ranks. Can you name it?

Geo Quiz

The country we want you to name for this week’s Geo Quiz has produced a single malt that beat Scotland in the unofficial world whisky ranks.

At the Shanghai Beer Fest, a waiter for a local brewer sports lederhosen. China is becoming more of an international beer market.

China is getting a taste for craft beers, but not for craft brewing

Culture

Long the home of watery lagers, China is becoming a big, new market for craft brews. But thanks to red tape and government restrictions, it is foreign breweries instead of local beer makers who are filling the demand for China’s beer lovers.

A worker pours manzanilla wine into a wine taster from a oak barrel in the wine cellar "La Guita" in Sanlucar de Barrameda, southern Spain

For this wine expert, sherry is a ‘celebration of leisure’

Food

Talia Baiocchi used to hate sherry — now, she’s an expert on what she says is the most underrepresented variety of wine.

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