Drink Guides

Learn your way around drinks, from mixology tips and cocktail science to primers on beer styles, wine varietals, and more.

All About Cold Brew Coffee

How to Make Cocktails at Home: The Serious Eats Guide to Essential Cocktail Techniques

A Beginner's Guide to American Beer Styles

The Fastest Way to Chill a Cocktail Glass

Beer Pairings 101: Fruity and Spicy Beers

Homebrewing: A Guide to Essential Hop Varieties

A Beginner's Guide to Belgian Beer Styles

The Drink of the Gods: An Introduction to Pulque

Homebrewing: How to Keg Your Beer

The Best Wine Glasses of 2022

How to Identify Bad Flavors in Your Beer

How to Brew Your Own Belgian Dubbel

Cocktail 101: Troubleshooting Your Boston Shaker

5 Tricks for Better Wine Shopping

Cocktail 101: How to Make Layered Cocktails

Cocktail 101: How to Use Eggs in Cocktails, Part 1

Cocktail 101: Eggs in Cocktails, Part 2

Beer Pairings 101: Sour, Tart, and Funky Beers

Homebrewing: How To Brew an Imperial IPA

A Guide To Cocktail Glassware

Homebrew Troubleshooting: Identifying Off-Aromas

Homebrewing: Essentials for Your First Brew

How to Brew Your Own Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Homebrewing: 3-Vessel Brewing

Homebrewing: How to Brew with Spices

Coffee Tragedies: The Shattered French Press

Homebrewing: How to Make Your Own Crystal Malt

The Best Way to Chill Wine Fast

Cocktail 101: How to Garnish with a Citrus Twist

How to Make Pitcher Drinks Tastier, Less Diluted

How to Keg Your Homebrew: Troubleshooting Tips

How to Pair IPAs and Other Hoppy, Bitter Beers With Food

Back in Black: Why You Should Taste Your Coffee With and Without Milk and Sugar

Homebrewing: How to Make Mead

Coffee Skills: How to Steam Milk at Home

Cocktail 101: How to Crack Ice

Homebrewing Basics: All About Grain

5 Must-Drink Oatmeal Stouts

How to Pair Porters, Stouts, and Other Rich Beers With Food

Homebrewing: How to Brew a Saison

Use A French Press to Add Flavor to Your Beer

Cocktails and Spirits with Paul Clarke: Adding Spice

What Food Goes Best with IPA?

A Beginner's Guide to Spanish Wine

Essential Sodas: Jarritos Tamarindo

The Serious Eats Guide to Cachaça

Beer Pairing: What To Drink With Buffalo Wings

Homebrewing: Base Malt

The Serious Eats Guide to Tennessee Whiskey

The Serious Eats Guide to What's in Your Beer

Txakoli: Spain's Refreshing, Effervescent, Hard-to-Pronounce Wine

Why I Drink ESB

Cocktail 101: Measuring Utensils

Abbott's Bitters: Reintroducing a Classic

Cocktail 101: Tools You Do Not Need

DIY vs. Buy: Cocktail Ingredients You Should Not Make Yourself

Meet Sotol, Tequila's Northern Cousin

Malört: Chicago's Favorite Bitter Liqueur

Spice Hunting: New Things to Do With Rosemary

Homebrewing: Pumpkin Ale

Birch Syrup: A Secret Drink Ingredient You Should Know