Untoxicating Drinks for Sober October

“There’s a whole thing of just having something in your hand when you’re in a social setting.” The owner of a nonalcoholic beverage shop on ditching booze.

Can Drinking Alcohol Raise Your Heart Rate?

Drinking can elevate your pulse, which isn’t a concern for most healthy adults, though those with heart rhythm problems should use caution.

Can I Drink Alcohol While Taking Antibiotics? (Published 2018)

Some antibiotics can make you violently ill if you drink.

How Alcohol Affects the Heart

A new study has found that even moderate drinking can increase the risk of A-fib, a heart rhythm abnormality that afflicts some 3 million Americans.

Are There Benefits to Drinking Kombucha? (Published 2019)

If by “benefits” you mean being wildly popular and sometimes unpredictably alcoholic, then yes.

The Abrupt Halt of To-Go Cocktails Leaves New York Bars Reeling

Owners, who relied on the drinks to stay afloat during the pandemic, are unloading cocktails and wondering what to do with all the packaging equipment that is now useless as an alcohol sales loophole is closed.

The Best Cocktail Is the One You Know by Heart

Committing just a few key ratios to memory can make at-home mixology a breeze.

N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race: Could the Top 3 Change Places?

Eric Adams is leading the race, but the standings could change as ranked-choice votes are tabulated — though a turnaround would be tough.

N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race: Could the Top 3 Change Places?

Eric Adams is leading the race, but the standings could change as ranked-choice votes are tabulated — though a turnaround would be tough.

New York’s state of emergency will end Thursday. Takeout alcohol will end along with it.

With most restrictions already relaxed and fewer new coronavirus cases being detected in the state, “the emergency is over,” Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said.

George Stranahan, Benefactor of Physicists and Bar Flies, Dies at 89

A venturesome millionaire, he forged an only-in-America career in fields ranging from craft beer to free speech activism to scientific research.

A History of Getting Hammered, and Why Some of Us Should Keep Doing It

In “Drunk,” Edward Slingerland plays devil’s advocate for the pleasure and utility of Dionysian abandon.

‘It’s Going to Be a Big Summer for Hard Seltzer’

Sales exploded to $4 billion last year, from about $500 million in 2018. Dozens of brands will compete to be the boozy, bubbly drink of the season.

2 Airlines Will Postpone Serving Alcohol Amid Surge of In-Flight Violence

American and Southwest announced the policies after the latest assault was captured on a widely watched video that showed a woman punching a flight attendant in the face.

Do You Like Piña Coladas? Meet the Hard Seltzer Smoothie.

Breweries and beverage companies have invented several new genres of summer drinks, both nonalcoholic and spiked, to keep up with changing tastes.

Pandemic Relief That’s Here to Stay: The To-Go Cocktail

Many states relaxed restrictions on the sale of mixed drinks in order to help struggling businesses. Some of those changes are now being made permanent.