What Makes Up an Alcoholic Drink?

When it comes to making an alcoholic beverage, the only thing they all have in common is that they’e fermented, except for Sake, which is a beverage unto its own. But after that, virtually everything else is different.

However, fermentation does not an alcoholic beverage make, because Chinese Dark Tea is also fermented, just like any alcoholic product, and has very little, if any, alcoholic content. That also can be said about other fermented products like Kefir, Kavass and Tepache, which only have about a 1% alcohol content. Good luck catching a buzz on any of those.

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Your 2011 St. Patrick’s Day Playlist

Ah, St. Patrick’s Day, where everyone is Irish for a day. March seems to be full of days like that, since Fat Tuesday is the day where everyone is Catholic for a day.

Since we know many of you will be getting a full-fledged drink on this St. Paddy’s Day, especially since it is also the first day of the NCAA tournament, we have provided a small list of songs about drinking, the effects of drinking, and the vow that many of you will make the following morning. Think of it as the bender that you never took; we love booze as much as the next guys, but sometimes those things are better lived vicariously.

“It’s Time to Party,” Andrew W.K.

With a whopping three songs about partying on his debut album, Andrew W.K. will forever remain our master of ceremonies when it comes to partying. Until we saw the grammar-challenged lyric video, though, we didn’t know this song made a reference to a money shot. Yikes.

“Have a Drink on Me,” AC/DC

The night is young. Everyone is flush with cash and feeling generous. Try and remember this moment when 1:30 rolls around and you’re buying Natural Light pounders. For now, though, you’re living on the top shelf.


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