PUNCH City Guides: Come Drink Your Way Around the World
Take a sneak peek at the trailer for PUNCH City Guides, our brand new city-by-city guide to drinking around the world.
- story: Fatstache
- story: Punch Staff
- photo: Fatstache
The Beer Cocktail Stealing American Hearts
The recent cult success of Stiegl's grapefruit radler has inspired countless riffs, a website and even a Twitter rally cry. Roger Kamholz on how this shandy-like blend of citrus soda…
- story: Roger Kamholz
- photo: The Radler
Masculinity, Hipsters and the Miller High Life Man
Between 1998 and 2005, director Errol Morris created over 100 ads for Miller High Life aimed at rebranding the beer as a symbol of American masculinity. Adam Houghtaling on the…
- story: Adam Houghtaling
- photo: Allan Holmes
How Beer Went from Frat House to Auction House
Beer has long been seen as the everyman's beverage. But in recent years, the rise of collectible, limited-edition bottlings has created a new luxury market. Charles Antin on beer's unlikely…
- story: Charles Antin
- photo: Allagash
Fast Booze Nation
From Sonic to Chipotle to Starbucks, fast food restaurants are more frequently adding alcoholic beverages to their menus. Will it catch on? Sarah Baird examines the new fast booze landscape.
- story: Sarah Baird
- illustration: Jen Kruch
The Ever-Evolving Texas Icehouse
Once pre-refrigeration outposts for ice sales, South Texas's historic "icehouses" transitioned into bars and community centers in the '40s and '50s. Today, a handful remain in Houston as evolving bastions…
- story: Nicholas Hall
- photo: Cowgirl Zen
The Hotel Minibar Is Not Dead
A recent study showed a decline in hotel minibar sales across the country, a sure sign for many that the in-room service might be taking its last breath just four…
- story: Nevin Martell
- photo: Lisa Larson-Walker
The Ads That Shaped American Beer Marketing
Adam Houghtaling explores the post-WWII marketing campaign "Beer Belongs" and the influence it still extends over modern beer advertising—from Anheuser-Busch's “Know When to Say When” to Heineken's recent "Dance More,…
- story: Adam Houghtaling
- photo: John Falter
Cold Beer, Fast Cars: Drinking at the Daytona 500
Amidst hot dogs, race cars and cans of Coors Banquet, Steven Grubbs questions his ideas about the word "authenticity" as it applies to drink, experience and the merit of both.
- story: Steven Grubbs
- photo: Steven Grubbs
The Secret World of Cocktail Rituals
Jesse Simon explores why the unseen ingredients and rituals involved in the making of drinks are often the most important factors in our enjoyment of them.
- story: Jesse Simon
- photo: Ed Anderson
40 Ounces to Freedom
The one bottle that taught an entire generation how to drink, and how not to drink. Besha Rodell explores the 40’s strange cultural impact and appeal.
- story: Besha Rodell
- photo: PUNCH
