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Easy Reader Contest: Win an official “Boardwalk Empire” flask (CLOSED)

March 7, 2012 5 Comments

Share your favorite mafia quote

Filed Under: Easy Reader Contests, Television Tagged With: "boardwalk empire", alcohol, drinking, flask, HBO, prohibition

Sip these festive Thanksgiving cocktails

By Shannon O'Neill

Nov. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment

Bonus cranberry sauce recipe inside!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: alcohol, averna, cocktails, Drambuie, drink recipes, hendrick's gin, holiday, madeira, milagro anejo, sailor jerry spiced rum, thanksgiving

How to drink Scotch like your dad

By John M. Guilfoil

Nov. 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

Drink it like your dad does

Filed Under: Food and Drink, The Issue Tagged With: alcohol, booze, drink, scotch, the Macallan, whiskey

Wine Riot: New York

By Pamela Ross and Sara Karwacki

Oct. 19, 2011 1 Comment

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Fun and accessible

Filed Under: Eating in New York, Life in New York Tagged With: alcohol, wine, wine riot

The Balvenie Tun 1401 review

By John M. Guilfoil

Oct. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

Drink it with the best steak you can buy

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: alcohol, liquor, scotch, the balvenie, the balvenie tun 1401, whiskey

Learn to make your own wine

By Andrew Castronovo

Oct. 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

Frank Zoll at work. (Courtesy of Zoll Cellars.)

BCAE offering classes

Filed Under: Eating in Boston, Food and Drink Tagged With: alcohol, boston, Boston center for adult education, shrewsbury, wine, winemaker, winemaking

Living room bar made easy and affordable

By John M. Guilfoil

Sept. 30, 2011 Leave a Comment

Ikea can

Filed Under: How to's Tagged With: alcohol, bar, home bar, ikea, sharespace

BPA-free plastic bags in boxed wines?

By E - The Environmental Magazine

Aug. 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

Boxed wines have many environmental advantages over bottled, but some of the plastic bags inside the boxes contain BPA, a synthetic chemical that has been linked to a range of human health problems. Bota Box, pictured here, and many other box wines come in BPA-free packaging. The simple way to know is to read the labels when you’re wine shopping. (Peter Knocke via Flickr)

Maybe not…

Filed Under: Food and Drink Tagged With: alcohol, boxed wine, bpa, earthtalk, environment, plastic, wine

Amy Winehouse: Death by alcohol withdrawal?

By Ashley D'Hooge

Aug. 3, 2011 1 Comment

Amy Winehouse at Kalemegdan Park in Belgrade, Serbia. This was the singer's last live concert performance before her death on July 23, 2011.

Her last live performance was in Belgrade, Serbia.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: alcohol, amy winehouse, death, drugs

Kings of Leon urge Caleb to enter rehab

By Ashley D'Hooge

Aug. 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

Caleb Followill at the 10th anniversary party of TAO New York at on October 16, 2010. (WireImage)

Cancelled tour and alcohol problems

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: alcohol, Cancelled U.S. tour, kings of leon

Lindsay Lohan tests positive for alcohol — back to jail?

By Blast West

June 23, 2011 1 Comment

LOS ANGELES — From her big house to THE big house? Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will be in court today, and judge may just send her to jail if it is determined that she broke her probation. Lohan, 24, under house arrest for theft, tested positive for alcohol earlier this month after a barbeque hosted [...]

Filed Under: Sky: Celebrity Gossip Tagged With: alcohol, house arrest, lindsay lohan, probation

Cool down from royal wedding fever with a Pimm’s Cup cocktail

By Shannon O'Neill

April 26, 2011 Leave a Comment

Love it or hate hearing about it, the royal wedding is an excuse to drink!

Filed Under: Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: alcohol, cocktails, kate middleton, pimm's cup, prince william, royal wedding

Forget eggnog! We’ve got the perfect cocktails for your holiday party

By Casey Nilsson

Dec. 20, 2010 Leave a Comment

Media Credit/Igor Giamoniano via stock.xchng

Owner of Trina’s Starlite Lounge in Somerville shares some of her favorites

Filed Under: Blast Boston, Eating in Boston, Food and Drink, Life Tagged With: alcohol, cocktails, holidays, party, recipes, somerville

Eat, drink, and be merry at the 15th annual J Ball on Christmas Eve

By Shannon O'Neill

Dec. 17, 2010 Leave a Comment

Boston professionals of all religious persuasions can come together for cocktails and dancing

Filed Under: Blast Boston, Life, Life in Boston Tagged With: alcohol, Boston events, Christmas Eve, J Ball, J Connection, kiki lounge, party, The Estate

The Embassy Cables: Saudi youth party hard

By John M. Guilfoil

Dec. 7, 2010 1 Comment

According to a November 2009 cable from the American Consulate in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, put online by Wikileaks on Tuesday, the elite young people there “party like the rest of the world.” “Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah’s elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range [...]