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Living

Places you'll be able to find cannabis by 2030

The market for cannabis is exploding. You'll be able to do much more than smoke it over the next decade.

Living

The Glenlivet ditches glasses and bottles for edible capsules

It means nothing wasted or even recycled, while saving water that would usually be used to wash up too.

Russia

Russia alcohol consumption drops, boosting life expectancy — WHO

A new report from the World Health Organisation has found a correlation between decreasing alcohol consumption in Russia and lengthier life expectancies.

Germany

Oktoberfest: What's it like to don a dirndl and work as a waitress?

Of course, there are times when the wait staff at Oktoberfest have to deal with difficult customers. "I think if you just have good banter, or a 'mouth like a sword' as they say in Bavaria, you can actually get by quite well with that."

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Taste

Oysters and sake - a perfect match

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Sake is a great alternative to wine to accompany seafood dishes

United Kingdom

Cocktails and dreams: Industry innovations go on show in Glasgow

The future involves drinks imprinted with selfies and recipes based on the brain's individual response to smells. Bartenders also used machines such as centrifuges and rotavaps to extract flavours.

Taste

European chefs discover the delight of Japanese sake

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Sake, a complex drink from Japan is gaining popularity among cooks and wine enthusiasts in Europe especially as an accompaniment to seafood dishes

Taste

Langoustine carpaccio marries perfectly with Japanese sake

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Sake specialists are trying their best to introduce the unique characteristics of this complex fermented drink to the greatest number of people outside Japan

Taste

An expert reveals how best to drink Japanese sake

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In Japan, there are not many rules for drinking sake, but one fundamental rule is that you never serve yourself

Taste

Sake and Seafood, the perfect combination

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Japan’s iconic drink, sake, is still little known outside the country. But that could be about to change.

Taste

The secret of making Sake

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In this exclusive video we show you each step in the sake production process

Ireland

Watch: Irish alcohol consumption 'drops by almost a quarter'

Alcohol-free beer is now the fastest growing product in the Irish drinks industry and Ireland's first alcohol-free bar – The Virgin Mary – opened in Dublin earlier this year.

World News

What is the most expensive country in Europe for alcohol?

And where is it cheapest?

United Kingdom

Passion killer as Marks & Spencer calls time on Porn Star Martini

What do you prefer: Porn Star Martini or Passion Star Martini?

Sweden

Automated sobriety check installed at Gothenburg port's ferry terminal

Drivers selected at random will have to submit to the test. If they fail, the gate remains closed and police is alerted.

Ukraine

Vodka made in Chernobyl exclusion zone aims to boost economic recovery

Vodka made with grain and water from the Chernobyl exclusion zone has been described by one of its creators as “the most important bottle of spirit in the world.”

United Kingdom

Could an artificial tongue scotch the fake whisky trade?

Scottish engineers built a tiny taster that, like a human tongue, is able to distinguish between subtle differences in taste.

Latvia

On the frontline of the Estonia-Latvia booze tax war

A booze tax war has broken out between Estonia and Latvia, but, at a border town on the frontline, there is little sign it’s had much impact.

World News

International Beer Day: Germany king of beer in the EU

Germany produced 21% of the total EU beer production in 2018.

Estonia

Will the Latvia-Estonia booze tax war leave them with a bad hangover?

A booze tax war has broken out between Baltic neighbours Latvia and Estonia, who are among the EU’s biggest consumers of alcohol.