Want to feel relaxed over the holidays? Maybe choose red wine over shots.

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You are what you eat — and drink — to some extent. So during the Thanksgiving holiday when family tensions are running high, it can’t hurt to be mindful of what you’re sipping on.

A new study from Public Health Wales looked at about 30,000 responses from 18- to 34-year-olds from 21 different countries to a survey about drinking habits and emotions.  

The survey asked about beer, hard liquor (or spirits), and red and white wine. Participants were asked what feelings they associated with the different beverages, including these emotions: energized, relaxed, sexy, confident, tired, aggressive, ill, restless, and tearful. Read more…

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Capri Sun-style pouches of whisky are the best thing to happen since whisky

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Forget wine of the month clubs — what we truly need are whisky of the month clubs.

A new subscription service called Whisky Me recently launched in the U.K., and while the idea of subscription boxes with booze is nothing new, the company’s packaging is pretty neat.

Each month, a new whisky will arrive in the mail in a little pouch, sort of like those Capri Sun pouches you used to drink as a kid. Thankfully, these have a twist-off top, so you won’t get an eyeful of whiskey trying to poke through the pouch with a straw.  Read more…

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If you wanted to cheat your WWII rations, you went to the ‘Wide Boys’

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The ‘Wide Boy’ was the guy to know if you were caught in London in WW2 and needed to skirt government rationing

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