“Here we have a Canadian walking into an English bar to talk about American gin…”

It makes sense that Napa Valley has a Wine Train that’s been chugging through California’s hills and vineyards since 1864. But sipping wine while scenic views slip by isn’t everyone’s thing. Beer, however—beer is more intriguing.

If the thought of alcohol in a box conjures fuzzy memories of college dorm rooms and games of “slap the bag,” the vintners at Black Box Wines might have triggered more than a few flashbacks with their latest announcement: Boxed whiskey, boxed vodka, and boxed tequila have hit shelves in several states, with many more to come.

In July 1969, astronaut Neil Armstrong went to the moon with a Buzz. And pretty soon, so can you.

Strap in for this pintful of bad news….

This recipe, made from blended avocados, vodka, a syrup made from kale, and served with a toasted rim of spiced breadcrumbs and chilis for heat, sounds like it could almost be healthy—if it weren’t an alcoholic beverage.

Spice up your life.

Over the central plaza of Chihuahua City, the capital of the Mexican border state of Chihuahua, someone has painted a brightly colored mural of—what else?—a chihuahua.

Whisky snobs be damned.

We all have that friend who gets belligerent when wasted, screaming at a trash can that it doesn’t understand the finer points of modern architecture or Al Pacino’s acting. Or the one friend who gets so giggly that even the lamest joke sends her into fits.