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“Lost Alcoholic Recipes — Part 1: Vin Mariani”: Есть русская версия Lost Alcoholic Recipes Part 1: Vin Mariani I decided to publish a series of stories about alcoholic beverages that were once wildly popular but have since vanished from the market, their original recipes seemingly lost forever… In the late 19th century, an era defined… →

A Shot of Memory: Soviet Life Between Cognac, Spirits, and Champagne *this article is also available in Russian “The USSR was a country where vodka was currency, Soviet Champagne was the symbol of celebration and aspiration, beer chased vodka (‘beer without vodka is money wasted’), and industrial alcohol was a matter of engineering ingenuity. We… →