Practical info for the smarter drinker
Cheers To Your Health? The short story is that drinking is bad for you. Despite the squawking in the press that a glass of red wine a day will be the key to seeing your 200th birthday, alcohol is just not that healthy. It depletes nutrients and offers none in return. In fact, alcohol can …
We know it’s more expensive and almost always tastes better than factory-made swill, but is craft beer actually healthier than the assembly line offerings of the big-box breweries? It depends on how you define “healthy.” Beer in any form is a drink made up of little more than calories. There are no vitamins or nutrients …
Rum History, a Rum Cocktail Recipe & Pirates 4 Rum is unique among liquor choices for its flavor, composition and legendary history. It is a spirit of tropical origins and has been at the heart of many tales involving bootlegging, the Royal Navy and piracy. The liquor is made by distilling fermented sugarcane juice or …
Alcohol and the Food Pyramid If we were to insert an alcoholic drink into the Food Pyramid, where would it go? Most alcohols are either grain- or fruit-based, so perhaps drinks are not as unhealthy as it seems. Maybe, just maybe, drinking is actually healthy. Of course, like most everything else in this world, it’s …
Does Hard Alcohol Get You More Drunk Than Beer?