Salt, for rimming the glass (optional)
Ice
1 1/2 ounces tequila (blanco, 100 percent agave)
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 ounce Cointreau (not Triple Sec)

1 1/4 pounds frozen sliced peaches
10 ounces reposado tequila, such as El Espolòn or Cazadores
4 ounces Domaine de Canton ginger liqueur
3 ounces freshly squeezed lime juice (from about 6 medium limes)
2 ounces peach liqueur
2 ounces Simple Syrup
3 cups ice

Jay-Z continues to prove that he's not a businessman, he's a business, man. At a party last night in New York City, he launched his very own line of cognac through Bacardi called D'usse. Apparently a 750ml bottle of the brown stuff will run you $44.99, a pretty fair price for this particular liquor. You can get an idea of what the bottle looks like in the above photo.

Interesting brief on "night" cities from economic point of view

"The 49-year-old Southport woman had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.425 -- one of the highest readings recorded in the country. [...]

Police don't know how much alcohol she had consumed, or how long she had been drinking, but estimated it would take at least 23 standard drinks to register that reading.
The woman had been to a nearby convenience store for snacks and was so intoxicated, staff called police. [...]

The woman was driving a Mitsubishi family wagon but was the sole occupant at the time.
Medical studies show that a person with a BAC of .25 to .34 would suffer impaired consciousness, slurred speech and would be unable to talk or move.
The study found drivers over 0.35 would be non-responsive and in danger of falling into a coma with drastically slowed heartbeat and respiration.
'At 0.425, she should be dead,' police said."

"Alcohol is a prime target for taxation. It's a good source of government revenue; it allows governments to recoup costs for providing services to drinkers (such as accident and emergency care and policing); it provides a mechanism for drinkers to pay for the harm they impose on others as a consequence of their drinking; it helps discourage excessive drinking due to information failure (not all drinkers are aware of all the risks of drinking and some harms are not yet understood) and drinkers' tendency to discount the long-term harms of alcohol; and reduced consumption of alcohol has known public health benefits."

"Children are the victims of alcohol-related harm in more than a fifth of Australian households, a study has found, adding weight to calls for the price of alcohol sold in bottle shops to be increased to discourage high quantities being consumed in homes."

Torani Amer is a liqueur made in a similar style to Amer Picon, a French aperitif with notes of bitter orange, cinchona bark and gentian. It's almost impossible to find Amer Picon -- a key ingredient in the Basque cocktail Picon Punch -- in the States these days, but fortunately the South San Francisco-based Torani syrup company has filled the cocktail gap with this version. This is a very sophisticated liqueur, and probably not to everyone's taste, but people who enjoy Italian bitters such as Fratelli Averna will likely love Torani Amer, and some folk who usually shun such products might just enjoy it in the Hoskins Cocktail.

On May 8 Fosters lager brand launched an online Good Call Centre to complement their Good Call TV advertising campaign, featuring helpful Australians Brad and Dan. The site gives consumers the chance to share their friends’ problems, from a list of options, in order to receive humorous advice from Brad and Dan. The game has been publicised on Fosters’ YouTube channel and Facebook page, with responses to the campaign highly positive.

"Stained Yoga Pants: Will be carrying a screaming child.
Stained Gymboree Pants: Will be a screaming child.
Leather Pants: Did not pay for own flight.
Pants with Underwear Sticking Out: Did not pay for own flight."

In a bit of news that may not come as much of a surprise to anybody, it turns out that people who work very long hours at their jobs (50+ hours per week) are more likely to develop alcohol abuse than people who work less hours. Drinking may be a form of stress relief for some people, or it may be part of a greater party culture at a particular workplace that works long hours. Either of these reasons could contribute to a drinking problem. The interesting part is that studies have shown that alcohol doesn't actually relieve stress anyways. A study out of the University of Chicago found that people who drank after a stressful situation were actually more anxious than people who stayed sober.