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My Resolution: Stay Up Late and Drink More Alcohol hurtingbombz/flickr

My Resolution: Stay Up Late and Drink More Alcohol

To usher in the new year, our bartender offers concrete proof that it's good to be a night owl—and not a teetotaler

An Expert's Top 5 Cocktail Experiences of 2010 Derek Brown

An Expert's Top 5 Cocktail Experiences of 2010

As interest in mixology has surged, it has only become harder to distinguish oneself as a bartender. These 5 pros succeeded.

Rude, Pointless Questions: A Bartender's Frequent Nightmare Wikimedia Commons

Rude, Pointless Questions: A Bartender's Frequent Nightmare

Our mixologist rails against his least favorite customers: pretentious, persnickety drinkers who can't make up their minds

Classic Cocktails for Thanksgiving Tamara Burross/flickr

Classic Cocktails for Thanksgiving

Traditional mulled cider, apples or pears with sparkling wine and herbs, and a little-known drink that sounds like a summer beverage but is good year-round: the Sangaree

The Stephen Colbert Drinking Contest That Never Was The Passenger

The Stephen Colbert Drinking Contest That Never Was

Eleanor Holmes Norton 1, Stephen Colbert 0. How the TV personality missed his chance to taste the fire known as Norton's Revenge.

Sweet Cocktail Drinkers of the World, Unite! TheCulinaryGeek/flickr

Sweet Cocktail Drinkers of the World, Unite!

A study suggests that a preference for sweet wine and Appletinis is genetic—and that fans shouldn't be discriminated against

Applejack and Calvados: Fall's Signature Spirits amandabhslater/flickr

Applejack and Calvados: Fall's Signature Spirits

An ode to the elegance and versatility of apple brandy, from a bartender who has been longing for the return of its season

Your Favorite Cocktail Bars re-ality/flickr

Your Favorite Cocktail Bars

Trendy cocktail bars are okay, but the best places for cocktails are just neighborhood joints that have been making them for years. So which spots are your favorites?

Don't Let iPhones and BlackBerrys Kill Bar Debates magerleagues/flickr

Don't Let iPhones and BlackBerrys Kill Bar Debates

Bartenders don't just mix drinks. They also settle intellectual disputes—or at least they did before smartphones.

The Author Who Brought Us 'The Joy of Drinking': A Tribute Mel Crown

The Author Who Brought Us 'The Joy of Drinking': A Tribute

Barbara Holland was an inspiring writer. Now that she is gone, raise a glass—with friends, as she taught her readers to do.

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