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How To Fix Your Post-Grand-Final Hangover

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Whether your favoured team suffers an epic victory or a shameful defeat, large amounts of drinking often follow the grand final. Ensure you’re vaguely functional come Saturday and Sunday morning with our hangover minimisation tips.


August 18, 2011
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Carve A Bottle Opener Into Your House Key For Pocket-Friendly Drink Liberation

Carrying a bottle opener on your keychain has obviously useful applications, but it also means adding considerable bulk to your keychain and pocket. A user at DIY site Instructables solves this dilemma like some sort of thirst-quenching beverage god by carving a bottle opener directly into his house key.


August 5, 2011
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Debunking Five Myths About Drinking Sake

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Think sake is a spirit or a kind of wine? Think it has to be drunk warm? Think again. Educate yourself as we demolish five myths about the Japanese alcoholic drink with the help of an Australian sake expert.


July 7, 2011
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Waterlogged Reminds You To Drink More Water, Helps You Avoid Overeating

iOS: Water can help curb your appetite and is vital for your health, so you want to make sure you get enough. Waterlogged is an iPhone app that can help you track your intake with minimal effort and analyse past data for an accurate look at your water consumption.


June 12, 2011
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Learn What Bad Wine Smells Like To Stop Drinking Swill

You don’t have to be a licensed sommelier to know a spoiled bottle of wine from a perfectly good one, but many of us wouldn’t know what a “corked” bottle smells like if it were staring us in the face. Here’s how to identify when the bottle you’ve been served has seen better days.


June 5, 2011
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Have Miso Soup And Eggs For Breakfast To Beat Back A Hangover

Home-remedies for a hangover abound, but some are better than others, especially when there’s at least some science behind them. According to Good Magazine, a Japanese-inspired breakfast of miso soup and eggs can help soothe a bad hangover by replenishing some of the nutrients you lost while drinking.


May 26, 2011
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Are You Drinking Less Australian Wine?

Looks like cheaper imports aren’t just affecting our gadget-buying habits. Quarterly data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show that shipments of locally-produced wine have declined, while imports of wine have risen.


January 17, 2011
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How To Properly Stir A Cocktail Drink

If your delivery on a request for “stirred, not shaken” leaves a bit to be desired, this guide will help you brush up on your cocktail stirring skills (as well as highlight when and why you should stir instead of shake).


September 28, 2010
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Use Tall Narrow Glasses To Cut Down On Drinking

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Whether it’s alcohol or soft drink, drinking too much of anything other than water can play havoc with your weight. Trick yourself into drinking less by using taller, narrower glasses.


September 5, 2010
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Make Your Own Infused Cocktail With A Cream Whipper

Infusing flavours with liquor can often be complicated and time-consuming, but the French Culinary Institute discovered that you can create infused cocktails with nothing but an N2O-powered cream whipper.