Come winter, the mood changes. It is as if someone has issued a decree regarding the rules of living. People wrap themselves up in furs and wools; birds and insects look askance. Indeed keeping warm is not a luxury it is a necessity. So let us throw back a cocktail or two while we discuss it. There are two varieties ...

When you are feeling like a million dollars, having tucked in a couple of rounds of your favourite tipple, you probably smell like an overused pub during a busy weekday. The alcohol seeps into the blood, the brain and the digestive system and seeps out through the nostrils, the urine and the sweat. It takes time for the alcohol to ...

Getting on intimate terms with Cocktails Cocktail is drink of any alcoholic beverage usually chilled mixed in a predefined proportion with other alcohols and sweetened by an additive such as vermouth or fruit juices. It is like the smile of any pretty woman who has come dressed for an occasion. This is the reason many insist that the cocktail should ...

Bachelor parties and bachelorette parties are hilarious occasions. These spots of refreshing greenery and amusement often accompany a landmark event in life. Usually it is a wedding, but it may be a graduation or a birthday. Turning 19 or 25 is as disastrous as being hitched. Always prepared is the trumpet call and as the curtains open, we see the ...

Wine is a fermented grape drink with good alcohol content. The color of the wines depends on the process of fermentation. Wines made from dark skinned grapes have color and tannins. When the fruit begins fermentation, the color from the skins seeps into the wine. By leaving the skins longer in the wine, we get deep red colors. However, the ...

White wines exquisitely elegant, like the sunshine of the day, diffuses its magnificence to all who see it, let alone taste it. Distinct from their red cousins, these are made for the opening of the meal and for some light snack times. In order to understand your white wine basics, you have to understand wines first. First let us learn ...

  Celebrate in various colors and modes, a beautiful day with friends and colleagues, everyone is shouting something about the clouds in the sky and the sunshine that is keeping things dry. Indeed every celebration needs something special, some sweets some music, the things we do not have on a routine day. Drinks and cocktails are like the choice in ...

A Green Eyed Monster or an Apple Pie Punch could begin the evening well for you but there are those who like Rum drinks over grain alcohol drinks. It follows the golden shoreline of uncaring bliss and more uncaring company. Redbull and Jager Bourbon Whiskey and water Rum and Coke Screwdriver Jungle Juice When there is enough wine the ship ...

Understanding What is Alcohol The tippler with his eye on getting intoxicated would refer to alcohol as booze or hooch. Any drink containing ethanol obtained through the fermentation and distillation of grains and fruits is termed as alcohol. Liquor, spirits, strong drink, bottle and moonshine also refer to the same thing in different places. Origins of The Use of Alcohol ...

Feasting and rejoicing accompany every celebration of man. For the feast to be a success, the food has to be good, the drink has to be excellent and the dishware must be in keeping with the style of the occasion. The best food must have the best wines and the matching of the food with the wine is an art ...