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Alcohol

Širvenos

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.

Ice Wine

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Why So Many Bars Are Named After Cocks

Londoners once loved an ale whose key ingredient was a rooster.

Kathleen Crowther January 29, 2019

Bento Gonçalves, Brazil

Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves

After a terrible drought, townspeople used wine to build this church.

How a Group of Daring Bootleggers Created NASCAR

Moonshine money fueled the sport's rise.

Tove Danovich January 23, 2019

Prickly Pear Liqueur

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

Leidse Koffie

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.

Why Cider Means Something Completely Different in America and Europe

FBI agents, Prohibition, and beer made American cider sweet and sober.

Siddhi Lama January 7, 2019

Hriatô

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

15 Glorious Hangover 'Cures' From Around the World

Atlas Obscura readers share their tried-and-true favorites.

Eric Grundhauser December 31, 2018

Toasting Your Friends Once Involved Actual Toast

As in crispy bread.

Anne Ewbank December 26, 2018

Pasita

A small cantina is home to a sweet-and-salty shot of raisin liqueur with a cheese cube chaser.

Five Siblings Run the U.S.'s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom's Backyard

Only in Portland.

Anne Ewbank December 17, 2018

Tell Us About the Best Hangover 'Cures' You've Discovered on Your Travels

What do you eat or drink when the good times turn ugly?

Eric Grundhauser December 14, 2018

Rompope

Not even the 17th-century nuns behind this Mexican eggnog could resist drinking it.

Strawberry Tree Fruit

The lychee-looking fruit appears in everything from jam and liqueur to the Aeneid and Madrid's flag.

Savannah, Georgia

American Prohibition Museum

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

Joe Froggers

The legend of these rum-and-molasses cookies leads to a New England tavern owned by a Black Revolutionary War veteran.