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Europe is known for making some of the best beers on the planet. The tradition of making beer goes back for many centuries in this region, with many recipes still honored in authenticity today. While many of the most popular beers of Europe are ...

Beers of Europe
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Admin
2011-06-30

Many people have been at a restaurant or bar and have seen the bright blue colored tropical drinks that are offered that contain Blue Curacao. They may have seen it sitting on the shelf at the bar, standing out from all the other dull colored bottles around it, or may have tried a drink that contains it as one of the ingredients. There are ...

Blue Curacao history
History
Admin
2011-04-29

For years grenadine syrup has been used for mix drinks and cocktails. Some drinks only add this syrup in for color while most of the time it is to add some different flavor. The original grenadine was ....

Grenadine Syrup
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Admin
2011-04-08

Brewing apple cider and apple juice is a very old tradition and there are traces from it as early as the 700's. The distillation process is however ....

Calvados
History
Emma
2011-03-15

The author Ernst Hemingway, who spent some time in Cuba and Key West is said to have had a Mojito as one of his favorite drinks. Many agree with him that the mixture of ....

The Mojito
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Emma
2011-03-04

Rum is the world's most common liquor and is made from sugarcane juice. Rum originated in the Caribbean, where sugar production in the 1500s was an important industry. 

It was discovered fairly quickly that ....

Rum - worlds most common liquor
History
Emma
2011-02-18

The oldest and most popular alcoholic beverage in the world, and also the third most popular overall after water and tea. Beer is made by brewing and fermentation of starches, which commonly is derived from ....

Beer
History
Admin
2011-02-14

Puerto Rico is a popular tourist destination and has been ever since the Americans began traveling for pleasure. Tourism is and was already in the 50's one of the country's ....

Emergency solution turned success
History
Emma
2011-02-13

Blended whiskey is created when different types of whiskeys are combined into one. It is typically done by combining a pure malt whiskey with another type of whiskey that has been made using different types of grains and ingredients than the....

Blended Whiskey
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Admin
2010-10-04