Drinks

..You Must Taste Before You Die features the best Scotches, Ryes and Bourbons, as selected by former Whisky Magazine editor Dominic Roskrow and a team of conoisseurs from around the world.

“Lemmy get you a glass of nice red wine.” That’s what you’ll say when you pop open this Australian shiraz, with “fruity aroma with flavours of vanilla, blackberries, plums, eucalyptus and liquorice.”

Throw a lifeline into your favorite beverage with this silicon ice tray which makes ice rings in the shape of tiny life preservers. Probably would look even better using frozen milk instead of water.

While carrying a Walkman nowadays might inadvertently call attention to yourself, the Drinkman still looks good enough to look forward to taking it out for a jog when it comes out in May.

With looks derived from the classic Illy X1 espresso machine, this model accepts the neat and tidy iperEspresso capsules with self-contained doses of espresso or coffee with no grinding or tamping.

We’re so sorry we weren’t able to scout this out for you in time for the Holidays. Then again, any day’s a good day for a drink (and a mustache.) Its bottom is made of felt. Only holds 5oz. though.

Dragging butt? Squirt this tasty zero-calorie stuff in your water, and zip through the day. Contains caffeine, guarana and ginseng, in Black Cherry and “Green Thunder” (tastes like apple to us).

Combining the flavors of Voodoo Doughnut’s bacon and maple fried pastry with an ale seems like either the best or worst idea in the history of brewing, depending on your perspective.

Let your houseguests know their fate if they so much as let their glass sweat on your coffee table without one of these. Complete the effect by lining your living room with plastic tarps.

Cozy or koozie? In any case, keep your fingers warm and your drink cool with a little more class thanks to the original Sküüzi. Each one is handmade with 100% Merino sheep’s wool.

The latest in personalization – user-generated soft drinks. Pick your flavors, upload your label, and share. For now, you have to go with pre-mixed sodas, but come 2012, you can choose your own.

A great gift for kids and kids at heart. Let your creative juice flow and make straws that let you share a drink, or even better, straws that let you sip from more than one beverage at once.

Created in St. Petersburg with 100% Russian ingredients, including Siberian ginseng, this smooth vodka is quadruple-distilled. Packaged in an elegant ornamental box, it’s perfect for gift-giving.

The right container for the prescription that handles all sorts of ailments. Whether physical, emotional, real, imagined, positive or negative – just take Boozemin. Moderately. Cocktail shaker here.

A truly unique beverage, this liquor is made from fermented black tea, herbs and alcohol, ranging from a mild 32% booze (64 proof) up to a gut-burning 72% (144 proof). Review here.

If there’s one thing we know about dogs – it’s that they like to fetch stuff. This man has harnessed this innate canine ability and put it to good use – to retrieve his beloved vodka.

There are ways to cool drinks without using ice. But if you don’t want to put anything else in your drink, these stainless steel glasses can do the job too, keeping drinks chilled 45-105 minutes longer.

Named after the mobile nuclear attack briefcase, The Football has all you need to get bombed (a bottle of vodka and tequila) and recover (Advil, Altoids, eye drops), and also a pair of handcuffs.

Etsy seller CosmicFirefly makes beautiful flasks from silver or chrome-plated stainless steel, with a silver or bronze figurine and an embossed pattern. Available in different shapes and volumes.