Why Is NA Wine So Far Behind NA Beer?

At approximately 11 p.m. on Dec. 13, 2025, I thought I’d lost it all. I found myself at the Williamsburg location of Barcade—a combination bar and vintage arcade—for my J-school’s end-of-semester party. No particular part of me wanted to spend the night in Williamsburg or at an arcade, let alone both at once. But I needed to make more friends at school. Recently, after a professor offered me some…

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El precio de una copa: retratos del alcoholismo en la pantalla grande

Entre el placer momentáneo y la dependencia, estas películas muestran cómo el alcohol puede transformar una vida

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“That’s the Way Life Goes”: Trump Brushes Off Skyrocketing Costs

President Donald Trump doesn’t care that Americans are struggling to pay the surging costs to see their favorite sports teams.

Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday, Trump defended his planned trip to New York City’s Madison Square Garden to watch the third game of the NBA playoffs, where tickets are prohibitively expensive.

“They could watch it on television. It’s sort of semi-free to…

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Zebra striping can cut hangovers, with one important catch

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Zebra striping, the practice of alternating each alcoholic drink with a non-alcoholic one, is catching on: 34 percent of UK adults reported trying it in 2025. The strategy does help. Just not quite in the way people think it does. The actual mechanism: total consumption The body processes alcohol […]

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These Are the Best Canned Cocktails to Drink This Summer

We’re going to be drinking a lot of canned boozy drinks in the near future. A few years back, Grand View Research, Inc. predicted the global canned alcoholic beverages market would reach $13.4 billion by 2028, with an annual growth rate of 13.3%. “Canned alcoholic beverages are gaining popularity among consumers since cans are more convenient, portable and […]

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Por qué el alcohol nos hace sentir felices y tristes a la vez, y qué otros efectos tiene en nuestro cuerpo

Nos hace dormir y nos despierta por la noche, nos anima y nos deprime, nos da confianza en un momento y ansiedad al siguiente. ¿Cómo es posible que esta droga tan compleja tenga tanto poder?

Pienses lo que pienses del alcohol, hay que reconocer que es muy versátil. Desde que los primeros humanos empezaron a machacar fruta y a dejarla reposar en vasijas para bebérsela unos días después,…

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“Alarming” discovery of illicit alcohol in licenced venues prompts call for action

“The way the tax system applies to spirits creates the conditions for all sorts of opportunistic behaviour," says Steven Fanner of Spirits and Cocktails Australia.

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Japan’s izakaya pubs closing at record pace, failing to attract foreign tourists

Combination of factors is dimming the shine of one of the stars of Japanese restaurant culture. Izakaya are a unique part of Japanese food culture. Their closest analogy would be pubs, since izakaya serve a wide variety of alcoholic drinks and food meant to be paired with such beverages. Their menus are much more extensive […]

The rise of alcohol-free entertaining: Gen Z’s are setting the sober trend

Gen Zers might be in the limelight again, but they’ve slowly been building the sober trend for years. Since the early 2000s, Gen Zers have been experimenting with alcohol moderation, abstention, low- or no-alcohol alternatives, turning away from the common high-drinking trends set by Generation X and Millennials. This group’s growing interest and movement towards [...]

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Kash Patel Flies Off the Handle When Asked About Drinking on the Job

FBI Director Kash Patel’s appearance before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday fell apart as soon as he was asked about his widely reported drinking habits.

It was the bureau chief’s first time back on Capitol Hill since The Atlantic published multiple bombshell reports detailing how Patel’s alleged substance abuse and his unexplained absences had alarmed officials in and out of the…

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“Sh*tshow”: Kash Patel Freaked Out Over Missing Bourbon Bottle

FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly had a major meltdown when he lost one of his personalized bottles of bourbon.

The Atlantic reported Wednesday that Patel typically travels with a supply of personalized bottles of Woodford Reserve bourbon, branded with the words “Kash Patel FBI Director,” and a rendering of the FBI shield, surrounded by a band that features his favored spelling of his first…

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Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa’s bar pops up in real-world Tokyo, and we stop by for drinks[Photos]

Seventh Heaven arrives in Roppongi with a twist on its name and another for its cocktails. In addition to being a loyal friend and skilled martial artist, Final Fantasy VII’s Tifa is a bartender, serving up drinks at the bar Seventh Heaven, which also serves as the initial base of operations for Cloud and rest […]

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FBI Launches Probe Into Reporter Who Covered Kash Patel’s Drinking

The FBI has launched a criminal leak investigation into the _Atlantic_ reporter who reported on Kash Patel’s excessive drinking and unexplained absences.

The FBI’s probe is focused on journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick, who reported last month that Patel was known to drink in excess, routinely delayed meetings and time-sensitive operations, and was often unreachable, two people familiar with the…

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Are Republicans Really Quitting Booze?

It only took a brief aside between a right-wing pundit and a sitting governor to reveal the newest, weirdest front in America’s long simmering “war on alcohol.” The comment generated scant coverage from mainstream media outlets and went largely unremarked upon by the nation’s pundits. But when, on a podcast last March, the late Charlie Kirk told California’s Gavin Newsom that he no longer drank,…

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Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth finds happiness in a canned cocktail[Video]

Hero-turned-villain enters the celebrity endorser stage of his character arc. Over the course of Final Fantasy VII and its associated spinoffs, Sephiroth goes on one of video gaming’s most iconic hero-to-villain arcs. He starts off as the most powerful and accomplished member of the organization Soldier, dispatched to cull dangerous monsters and idolized by the […]

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Kash Patel’s Atlantic Lawsuit Is Already Biting Him in the Butt

It looks like Kash Patel’s major meltdown over _The Atlantic_ ’s humiliating report on his excessive drinking and unexplained absences has only made things worse for the embattled FBI director.

Last weekend, _The Atlantic_ ’s Sarah Fitzpatrick reported that Patel was known to drink in excess, routinely delayed meetings and time-sensitive operations, and was often unreachable, raising concerns…

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Pook-Emu Bee: Links For 04-23-26

Delayed by work, but not denied, The drags on, Pook-Emu Bee links for April 23, 2026. 1. Hochul’s Fast-Track Booze Permit Sets Stage for World Cup Street Parties Across New York (Reid Carlisle for Hoodline. April 22, 2026.) Their desperation to pretend that the World Cup is happening in New York City continues to lead to […]

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