Happy final weekend of 2017 and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple yet delicious libations. Everything about New Year's Eve should be beautiful and sparkly, so this week we're sipping on the dangerously beautiful Elizabeth Taylor, named after the violet-eyed starlet for its pleasing purple hue.

Greetings everyone, and welcome back to 3-Ingredient Happy Hour, the weekly drink column featuring super simple, yet delicious libations. This week we'll be drinking a Pimm's Royale, because I just got back from the United Kingdom, and am still on a bit of a holiday high.

I don't always stay up until the stroke of midnight on New Year's, but you can bet your buns I am this year, if only to watch 2016 die (and make sure it stays dead). I assume most of you will be doing the same, so why not do so in style, with a fancy, festive champagne bar?

When building a home bar, it's hard to know exactly which pieces of glassware are necessary, and which you can skip. Turns out, fancy sparkling wine glasses are something you can skip.

Sabrage, the process of opening a bottle of champagne with a saber, is a fun ceremonial tradition that's great for impressing party guests. You don't necessarily need a saber for this party trick, however.

I know only losers end up with this thing called "leftover champagne," but -- if due to extreme circumstances, you find yourself with some "bonus" bubbly, you can make it into a very refreshing and tasty granita.

When it comes to celebrating the new year, champagne is almost a requirement. This handy guide to building a champagne tower can help you take your party, and your champagne consumption, to the next level.