Via the Atlantic: The Era of Copyrighted Cocktails. Oh, my. Everyone is talking about this. The most interesting point I'm drawing from this is: at what point can a drink be said to be a new, discrete drink?
Via the Awl: Heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers, and, Why you pour 88% more alcohol into a short glass than a tall one. I've linked to the Daily Mail. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Via Edible Geography: Gilpin Family Whisky. Once you get past the "Eew" factor of whisky made from the urine of Type 2 diabetes sufferers, there's an interesting point in there. I'm pretty sure you can't actually buy it.
Via Edible Geography: Spaces of Prohibition. Which has pretty much sold me on Daniel Okrent's Last Call.
Via the Atlantic: Which came first, the brewpub or deregulation? Or, was Jimmy Carter the father of America's craft brewing scene?
Via Google News: Here's to the genius who created the Treacle; How Erik Lorincz became a winning mixologist.