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After Hours: Best Cocktail And Bar Apps

Cupboard full of booze but no cocktail ideas? Planning a party but can’t get the mix right? These handy apps will turn your phone into an instant cocktail recipe guide.


Happy Hour: The Brunch Cocktail That Puts Bloody Marys To Shame

It’s the weekend. People are smiling, showing a little more skin, and your favourite brunch spot has opened its outdoor seating area. But don’t reflexively reach for that Bloody Mary. It’s a new year. It deserves a new cocktail.


What If Buying Hard Cider Was Like Buying An Apple Product

Somersby Cider in the UK created a cheeky commercial that pokes fun at Apple product launches by imagining a world where buying hard cider is like getting a new iPhone. The Genius Bar would be a real bar, and workers would talk about how many cores inside the apple, how many pits and how to use the “in to face” and dock the glass of hard cider.


Death Wish Coffee Has Three Times The Caffeine Of Regular Coffee

Here’s something super bitter for you coffee fiends: Death Wish Coffee. It’s the world’s strongest coffee, because it has 200 per cent more caffeine than your normal cup of joe. That’s, um, a lot of caffeine in one drink. But, then again, for those who pour multiple brews down your throat every morning, it shouldn’t be a problem.


Red Bull Editions Review: Sweet Energy Drink, Dude!

Red Bull has always tasted suspiciously like found bubble gum — whatever, you don’t drink it for the taste, you drink it for the pulse-racing amounts of caffeine and B vitamins stored in each can. Until now, that is. Red Bull’s just rolled out three new flavour editions of its energy drink, and we’ve got to warn you, they’re delicious. At least, compared to what you’re used to.


Blackmailers Are Threatening Red Bull With Poop-Tainted Cans

Downing an ice cold Red Bull for your morning pick-me-up? Swallow now. Because, apparently, your energy drink of choice has found itself the victim of some good, old-fashioned poop extortion.


In Japan, You Sculpt Blocks Of Ice Into Diamonds For Drinks

Here’s Hidetsugo Ueno, a barman from Bar High Five, Tokyo, hand-cutting ice in the shape of a giant diamond. Why? You don’t need a why. It’s not a perfect sphere, but it sure looks a lot cooler.


Study: Diet Mixers Get You Drunk Faster

You might think that if you’re mixing a cocktail it’s only the liquor you should worry about. But new research suggests that the type of mixer you use also plays a role in how the booze affects your body.


Skull Ice Mould Chills Your Drinks To The Bone

These skull ice moulds are awesome. How better can you say danger than skulls and alcohol? Add a gang of smoking, unsupervised tweens who text while riding motorcycles? Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.


The Best Ways To Keep Your Drinks Ice Cold

The thermometer might sail past the 40-degree mark this summer, but the last place you want to be in the beautiful Australian summer is indoors. Even if it’s refreshingly air conditioned in there.


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