Tag: alcohol

We all have friends who swear they feel differently when drinking different types of alcohol. But can different drinks really influence your mood in different ways?

Don’t remember what happened last night, or the night before? Or the night before that? Drinking in London is a nightly affair rather than a weekend pastime, which makes attempts to sober up even more difficult.

From the workplace to the pub, wild parties to family gatherings – Brits and Aussies both love a drink. But how much is too much, and are stricter laws and restrictions, such as Lloyd’s of London’s new alcohol ban, necessary?

Some tips on how to continue to indulge your traveller's liquid courage cravings, whilst also preventing the inevitable bar fight caused by the button on your jeans bursting off under the pressure of your growing gut.

Minister of Indigenous Affairs is pushing to limit the sales of Vegemite, saying it only leads to misery.

In your travels, how many of the world's beers have you tasted or are planning on tasting? Try completing this travellers' beers bucketlist.

Beer, red wine and now tequila… look folks, as with eveything else, when done with healthy caution it could be quite beneficial.

Australians spend more on beer than anyone else in the world. Seriously mate, we love the stuff... and with good reason.

1,560 beers from all over the world were sampled and judged by 40 international beer experts for the Australian International Beer Awards and Aussies won almost half of the overall awards.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a report showing that Aussies consume higher levels of alcohol than most other countries in Western Pacific Region, but lower than those in Europe — or should we say Russia?

Two men have died and two remain in a critical condition after drinking a bad batch of home brew grappa in rural Queensland, with the government saying that it will investigate the incident in order to determine whether steps must be taken to prevent the same thing happening again.

ASTUTE AUSSIE IN LONDON | Recent revelations of drug use in Australian sport have prompted a reflection on the prevalence of drugs in society. In the UK, Australians have been questioned about their reputation as the “great sporting nation”. If our revered sporting profession is not immune to the effects ...

LIFE AFTER LONDON | When I moved to the UK my alcohol intake dramatically increased. In turn, my consumption of late-night kebabs also skyrocketed, while the number of workouts I did each week plummeted to an all time low.