Unless you're a straight-edge teetotaler, odds are you're going to have a few drinks at least a few times a year. To help keep you from feeling like hell the next day, drink some Mercy ($12). Unlike normal sports drinks, Mercy offers up a specific, unique blend of amino acids, antioxidants and vitamins to help boost your body's natural defenses,... [More]

Absolut's well-known bottle is one of the most iconic shapes in the liquor business, and this holiday season it's getting the recognition it deserves. Designed by the celebrated Swedish pair Magnus Skogsberg and Mimmi Smart, the Absolut Crystal Pinstripe Bottle ($1,500) is hand-blown, -cut, and -engraved using high-quality crystal from the Reijmyre glassworks, limited to just 800 individually numbered and... [More]

Named after the super treacherous strait formed by Washington Island, WI and the Door Peninsula, Death's Door Spirits ($30-$36) have both a literal and poetic connection to the location. The company's gin is made from organic wheat and wild juniper berries harvested from the island, while the vodka is made with an organic wheat grown only on Washington Island. Death's... [More]

Normally when the words "burn" and "liquor" are used together, it isn't a good thing — but Southern Comfort Fiery Pepper ($17) is here to challenge that notion. By mixing the well-known lime partner with Tabasco chilies and other natural pepper flavors, SoCo has created a literally intoxicating mixture of bite and smooth drinkability that's sure to demand a new... [More]

While the larger spirit companies are busy inventing new flavors, plenty of smaller shops are busy resurrecting classic recipes in small batches. Take Brooklyn Gin ($40) for example. Created at Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery — New York's first licensed distillery since Prohibition — this crisp, smooth gin is the first Brooklyn Distilling Company product in over 100 years, and... [More]

You could buy yourself a reusable, stainless steel bottle for your water-holding needs. Or you could just buy a bottle of KRU 82 Vodka ($TBA). Imported from Holland and bottled in a handsome, reusable, recyclable, and shatterproof stainless steel container, it offers up a clean taste with an unusually smooth finish, which is fitting for a vodka that comes with... [More]

Isn't it nice to know that on the day you become an octogenarian, you'll still be able to drink a scotch that's as old as you are? Distilled in 1883 and bottled in 1931, this incredibly rare bottle of The Glenlivet 80 Year Old Whisky (£15,000-£20,000; roughly $24,000-$32,000) was owned by Captain William Smith Grant — the great grandson of... [More]

Growing tired of the same old reds and whites? Want to find a wine that will pop perfectly alongside your famous BBQ? The Gary Vaynerchuk Wine Experience ($50) is a good place to start working. This sampler set includes six 50ml bottles of various vintages hand-picked by Gary V. specifically for guys, and a $30 gift card you can use... [More]

Iced coffee is a great way to cool down in the heat of the summer, but if you'd tried making it, you know it's a little more complicated than brewing a normal pot and waiting on it to cool down. Grady's Cold Brew ($15) is an iced coffee concentrate that comes ready to mix with your choice of milk, cold... [More]

And you thought your watch was blingin'. Medea Vodka ($40) is the world's first spirit to arrive in a programmable bottle that lets you display messages up to 255 characters in length across the "label", and thanks to a distillation process that pairs pure artesian water with centuries-old techniques, the vodka inside will be just as smooth as that "drink... [More]

It's one thing to drink wine that's been aged for decades, and quite another to drink a spirit born from water that dates back millennia. Isfjord Vodka + Gin ($TBA) are hand-distilled five times with the world's purest natural water — sourced from the fjord of Ilulissat in Greenland — and mixed with juniper berries, bergamot, orange, angelica root, and... [More]

If you're an ardent HBO viewer, you might think this is a True Blood tie-in — and while that's not nearly as far fetched as we'd like to believe, it's still not the case. Newcastle Werewolf Beer ($9/6-pack) is instead one of four Newcastle Limited Edition brews, and features an appropriate blood red color, sweet berry overtones, and just a... [More]

Your average Red Bull mixing shot maker it is not. Painstakingly handcrafted in small volumes, Absolut Elyx ($TBA) is a new super-premium vodka from the Swedish spirit maker, distilled in a vintage rectification still, with columns, pumps and hand-forged pipes all in copper, with additional copper packets which are used to purify the vodka, and made from the finest Råbelöf-sourced... [More]

Prefer your home brews to be a little less alcoholic and a little more kid-friendly? This Root Beer Brewing Kit ($27) can get you on your way. It includes two packets of flavor crystals, one bottle of root beer mix, a packet of no-rinse cleanser, one packet of yeast, four plastic one-liter bottles, four bottle caps and gaskets, four labels... [More]

Made by the good folks at Heineken, Kalik ($8-$10/6-pack) is an amazing, award-winning Caribbean beer that's brewed only in Nassau. Up until recently, the only way you could enjoy this perfect-for-the-heat-of-summer brew was by visiting the Bahamas (we first indulged at Atlantis) and packing your suitcase full on your way back. If you can bear to pay the crazy prices... [More]

The words "devil" and "bourbon" do have many connections — especially to those who've felt like hell after a night of drinking the brown stuff, or for those old enough to remember prohibition — but never have they been paired quite so well. Jim Beam Devil's Cut ($24) is made by taking the bourbon trapped inside the wood of an... [More]

Long hailed for the quality of their craft beers, Sixpoint's offerings have, up until now, only been available in draft-only form to those lucky enough to live close to a bar where they were being served. But no longer. The full line of Sixpoint Craft Ales ($TBA) is now available in four-packs of 16-ounce cans — chosen due to their... [More]

Unless you're a design geek or a Coca-Cola fanatic, odds are you don't realize that the fizzy stuff's iconic contoured bottle wasn't released until 1916, over twenty years after it first appeared in bottles. The Original Coca-Cola Hutchinson Bottle (£2, roughly $3) celebrates the drink's 125th anniversary by bringing it to you in its original bottle, complete with a special... [More]

There's a reason why flasks are the most popular alcohol transportation system for outdoorsy-types: bottles and cans simply aren't much fun to carry. Pouches, on the other hand, aren't too bad. Which is why we're digging Climber Pouch Wines ($17). Available in surprisingly tasty Cabernet or Chardonnay varieties, these affordable wines arrive in imminently portable 1.5L resealable pouches with an... [More]

Not content to simply release a "special edition" brew for the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, BrewDog has gone one better and created Royal Virility Performance Beer (£10; roughly $17). Limited to just 1,000 330ml bottles, this 7.5% ABV India Pale Ale is infused with natural aphrodisiacs like herbal viagra, chocolate, and Goat Weed, as well... [More]