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A Texas Vodka Tycoon Is The Father Of American Craft Distilling

Tito Beveridge makes that vodka called Tito's

Feb 14, 2013 11:02 am

“All I was trying to do was meet some girls,” admits Tito Beveridge on the phone from his distillery outside Austin. “I just thought that if I could do that, I was a genius.” Indeed, Beveridge is a genius — and we aren’t taking about with the UT co-eds when he launched his vodka company, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, in 1995.

Sports Crossovers

Shaquille O'Neal Launching Vodka Called Luv Shaq, To The Horror Of B-52s Fans

You better watch your back, Diddy

Dec 19, 2012 4:31 pm

In news that will surprise precisely no one who knows him, Shaquille O’Neal will launch his own brand of vodka called "Luv Shaq" early next year. Included on each bottle: An image of the big man with wings. Read on.

Gift Guide

16 Bottles To Buy: Vodka & Gin

Gift something stiff this holiday season

Dec 10, 2012 3:01 pm

Anyone who has every participated in a Secret Santa exchange knows one simple truth about gift giving: you cannot go wrong with booze. So, to ensure that you’re everyone’s favorite person at the holiday party this year, best to stock up on a few choice bottles. Sure, it’s a safe bet. But it’s also pretty darn smooth, if you’re looking to win points with the recipient. If you’re lucky, you might even get a sip as a thank you.

Spirited Travel

How I learned To Appreciate Vodka While Hanging Out In A Swedish Castle

1. Vodka is cool. 2. Leave the U.S. to find out why

Nov 29, 2012 2:02 pm

Writer David Farley heads to Sweden to figure out why it’s OK, and actually pretty amazing, to drink vodka neat. That’s without ice cubes. Straight.

Belly Up

Global James Bond Day Cocktails

Classic dry gin, Vesper and...whiskey?

Oct 5, 2012 5:01 pm

According to Simon Ford's recent column, "So You Want To Drink Like James Bond? Of Course You Do," throughout the course of the books, Bond drinks 35 martinis, 19 vodka and 16 gin. Bonus points to the first person who can tell us how many he's drunk over the course of the movies. To commemorate many great martinis, a few of our great ones.

Drink Better

8 Things You Might Not Know About Your Favorite Booze Brands

This history of Patrón, Campari and moonshine

Sep 19, 2012 2:01 pm

If you’re the type of drinker who is brand loyal, rarely deviating from your Maker’s or your Grey Goose, listen up. There are secrets your favorite brand might be keeping from you. Lucky for you, we tapped Mark Spivak, author of the forthcoming book Iconic Spirits: An Intoxicating Story, to help us uncover some of the fun (and scandalous) facts about the world’s best-known tipples. Here are eight you should probably know...

Design Finds

Absolut Unique Is An Acid Trip With More Booze

Absolut Vodka creates 4 million unique bottles

Sep 15, 2012 2:01 pm

The Swedish vodka company has managed to create a colorful line of limited edition bottles where every single bottle is different! The Absolute Unique range was produced using splash guns and contains 38 colors and 51 pattern types. A computerized algorithm was created to ensure that no two bottles are the same.

Drink Better

Cherry Slice Vodka Cocktail Recipe

Make Grey Goose's U.S. Open cocktail at home

Aug 31, 2012 2:01 pm

There's lots of intrigue going on right now during the U.S. Open, but we were more interested in another quandary the other night when we were making our way toward Arthur Ashe Stadium — namely, what were all those people waiting in line for at the Grey Goose bars? We asked, and Grey Goose answered, providing us (and you) with their Cherry Slice Recipe.

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