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Designer Ross Moody has turned the well-wishing birthday card into something the celebrated can actually use: a shot glass. As the card itself says, " No seriously. This card turns into a shot glass. Get to… read more

It's March 15th, when means you've plenty of time to prep for proper St. Patrick's Day celebrating. And while everyone's gonna show up in thrifted green cardigans and plaid golf pants, Guiness (or, hopefully, Bushmill's) in hand, you can show up in whatever you want, and ain't nobody gonna pinch you:

because you've brought chewable Irish Car Bomb beer bites.

The Irish Car Bomb is a boilermaker cocktail variation, in which Jameson's Irish whiskey and Bailey's Irish Cream are dropped into a nearly full pint of Guiness. The milk solids in the Bailey's will… read more

Originaly, the "shot glass" was a measuring device - a means to figure out a 1.5 oz. serving of a spirit. Nowadays, it's been reduced to a cheesy collectible, or worse, a tacky means of throwing down liquor way faster than necessary.

But that's not the shot glass's fault. Sipping 1.5 oz of a single spirit is a great way to learn about its flavor, aroma, and complexities. Especially if the glass contributes to the experience. So, bring back the shot glass. And, while you're at it, why not make it… read more

When I first saw this picture, I thought, "great...somebody put a gummy brain in a shoot glass and poured some blood-colored syrup on top." But I kept reading, and you should too! 'Cause the results are actually way… read more

The Jell-O shot - creating tiny flavored gelatin cups using vodka, tequila, or rum in the place of water - actually dates farther back than most of us would imagine... i.e. college campuses sometime in the 50s and 60s. The earliest recorded recipe, called "Punch Jelly," is found in the Bon Vivant's Companinion, writted by Jerry Thomas in the early 1860s.

Which means that the straight-up cherry or lime powder mixed with cheap liquor approach is a little antiquated, and could use an update.

Enter My Jello Americans, some youngsters from Philadelphia, who are committed to "the future of the Jello shot."

Featuring recipes like:

Ants on a Log

Horchata

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