Bubbles are amazing. They seem to make any drink (or bath) more fun, more refreshing. Ever wish you could carbonate your whiskey, or wine, or mixed drink without diluting it with watery, zero-percent-alcohol liquid? The Perlini System by Perlage was built to do just that. Oh hell yes. Read More >

If something's worth doing, it's usually worth over-doing. And nowhere is that mantra more apropos than when it comes to mixing up drinks. A cocktail shaker might give you the opportunity to show off your bartending skills, but this hand-cranked shaking contraption just looks altogether more entertaining. Read More >

I don't know when the WA|HH Quantum Sensations spray is coming to the UK, but it's not coming soon enough. Created by the French-American scientist David Edwards, it gets you drunk for a few seconds with no aftereffects. Why? I don't know why, but I want to try it anyway. Read More >

In what is truly a stroke of pure genius, this simple birthday card will turn the last minute bottle of hooch you picked up at the corner store into the most thoughtful birthday gift you can give someone. Read More >

I’m not sure about you, but I find the idea of having an effigy of Sir Richard Branson floating in my beverage a tad creepy. The fancy new ice cubes, shaped like the British entrepreneur’s severed head, will adorn the drinks upper class customers of Virgin Atlantic so that Sir Richard can “travel with you in spirit.” Read More >

If you're hung up on a brain-twizzling problem, crack a brew. A new study from the University of Illinois suggest that, contrary to common belief, alcohol's buzz might actually improve your problem-solving skills. Read More >

You're already spending a small fortune on tuition, so forget paying to stay at your university's expensive dorm and just set up this Brew Cave walk-in cooler in the quad. Who needs a bed when you've got 30 cases of beer? Read More >

Chapel Down vineyard in Kent has felt the wrath of the EU over Britain’s first ever Malbec wine. The problem is the vineyard didn’t grow the grapes on British soil; it imported them from Argentina to make the Malbec, and the EU was having none of it. Chapel Down can’t call it wine, and won’t even be able to sell it either. Read More >

What’s better than a fine single malt? How about one that’s been matured in zero g? Space whisky is here, thanks to a Scottish distillery that decided to blast a barrel up to the ISS for a bit of out-of-this world maturing. Read More >

What is a bottle of wine, really? Four glasses of the good stuff. But unless you're drinking wine in your house or at a fancy restaurant, chances are you don't have a corkscrew or stemware on you. Read More >

You're getting classy. You've served your guests enough Miller High Life. When you entertain, you want to do it with style. You want to set up a proper home bar. Read More >

Alcoholism is usually viewed as a binary: Either you're addicted to alcohol or you're not. Now psychologists are starting to consider the possibility that there are legions of "almost alcoholics" out there who are quietly afflicted but don't know what to do about it. And from the looks of it, this group could include everyone you know. Read More >

Whaddya mean it's against the law to get drunk and joyride a shopping cart naked through a car wash, eh? Read More >

We all know that a little alcohol (or a lot), helps the less-than-gorgeous find a little love – now researchers have figured out why, and it seems women are the most affected. Alcohol, the saviour of the nerd population everywhere, really does work. Read More >

Companies like Apple have made a push towards minimising the packaging for their products. But apparently that ethos simply doesn't exist for makers of high-end Vodka, like Belvedere, who packaged its hooch in a box that looks like a photographer's studio flash. Read More >