Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain,
With grammar, and nonsense, and learning,
Good liquor, I stoutly maintain,
Gives genius a better discerning.
Oliver Goldsmith
Whether your pleasure is a cup of tea, a fine cabernet, or an ice cold mug of beer, this category has it all. You can find info about coffees and teas, beer and wines, scotches and other alcoholic beverages, as well as your favorite cola.
Consider this site your online bartender. Contains an exhaustive index of mixed drink recipes available in a searchable database by drink name or type of liquor. Learn the tools of the trade and check out postings for employment opportunities. Visit Jim's Saloon for some humorous barkeep stories.
http://www.bmh-club.com/jul_beers.html
Site that provides members monthly sampler packs of all-natural craft-brewed beers.
http://www.aardvark.ie/beamish/
Brewing Beamish Genuine Irish Stout in Cork for more than 200 years. Contains a movie file about the brewery.
Offers online ordering, beer specials, recipes, newsletters, beer chat, and more.
Equipment, supplies, information, and recipes for the making of beer, wine, mead and cider. Their motto is "Beer, we like making it, drinking it and talking about it."
Europe's largest beer and brewing site. Beer, brewing, organizations, breweries, publications and much more.
A colorful, innovative site from Budweiser, the King of Beers. Features information on the history of beer and how Budweiser is improving the quality of beer. Order Budweiser paraphernalia, check out the latest Budweiser sponsored/endorsed events and download the Budweiser screensaver.
http://alpha.rollanet.org/cm3/recs/
The quintessential site for home brewers and micro-breweries alike. Hundreds of recipes ranging from traditional lagers to herb and spiced beers. Recipes dating from the 1500's to the present day are classified and well-organized in an exhaustive index. The site also contains detailed information for the first-time brewer, as well as links for Beer recipe formulating software for most operating systems and platforms. If you consider yourself a beer aficionado, be sure to bookmark this site—you'll be returning frequently.
http://www.odyssee.net/~lasskhar/biere.html
Provides links to the beer sites from all around the world.
Provides history of the Heineken brewery and offers a virtual tour. Send customized e-mail postcards and participate in Heineken's online game to win prizes. As a service, Heineken provides a running clock displayed in all time zones—worth a bookmark just for this fact.
http://www.kingandbarnes.co.uk/
The site provides the following information: Descriptions of the history of the brewery and its beers, a listing of all the pubs in the UK that serve King & Barnes beers, a listing of the latest brands and any seasonal beers currently being offered, a listing of the bars and pubs in the USA that serve the beers, An email page for contacting King & Barnes directly, and an order form for ordering beer-related memorabilia.
An online magazine to complement Michael Jackson's Beer Hunter and World Beer Hunter CD-ROMs, featuring Mr. Jackson, the world's foremost beer journalist. New articles every Thursday, including news, events, in-depth features, homebrewing (with recipes!), and more, from the best beer writers around the globe.
http://www.communicata.co.uk/broonale/
Provides information about "The One and Only" Nut Brown Ale developed in 1927 at Newcastle Breweries on the Tyne. Offers a brewery tour, heritage of the product, and a downloadable screen saver.
http://www.wolfenet.com/~nwbrew
The essential newsletter for the beer enthusiast. Reviews of breweries, beers, pubs and alehouses throughout the northwest region. Pocket beer guide, jokes, trivia, and more.
http://shell.idt.net/~ericm9/oxford/
Mid-Atlantic company that combines the British brewing heritage and American micro-brewing process to produce new, flavorful brews. Links to ordering brewing information and clothing.
http://realbeer.com/rbp/rbp.html
The quintessential site for beer enthusiasts provides a microbrewery tour, tips about brewing, brews-papers and brew magazines, drinking games, and fellow beer drinkers' audio submissions on the Burp Me page.
Provides information on the Washington state-based microbrewery that has begun to make its existence known nation-wide for its diversity and excellence. Take a virtual tour of the brewery. Evaluate the stock value of this up-and-coming brewery.
http://www.beerstuff.com/index.htm
A visually impressive site presenting an online catalog of homebrewing equipment and supplies. The catalog includes over 100 varieties of malt extracts from around the world. Also includes some brewing recipes from visitors. The site for homebrewers.
http://lager.geo.brown.edu:8080/virtual-pub/
An award-winning Web site where beer aficionados exchange information on their favorite brews. Also contains an eclectic collection of information on beer with a healthy representation of links to other beer-related sites.
http://www.geocities.com/southbeach/4769
Come to the Top ten page that let's you be the judge. Submit your vote on The Top Ten Beers Of The Month. No preselected lists, just you and your vote.
http://www.mauigateway.com/~coffee
Offers types of gourmet coffee from Hawaii's volcanic soil. Order via the Web.
http://www.cyberusa.net/baronet/
Shop on-line or receive their mail order catalog. Gift baskets, rare coffees, coffee clubs, coffee supplies, and much more.
Discusses beer, wine, whiskey, sake, brewing, and cigars in Hawaii, the Pacific, and Asia. Features a guide to beer etiquette.
http://mmink.cts.com/mmink/dossiers/cafemam.html
An environmentally conscious and socially responsible Mayan cooperative with a wide variety of fine coffee roasts and blends and other Cafe MAM paraphernalia available for online ordering.
Offers a traditionally dried 100% natural jungle coffee grown on Mexico's Pacific coast. Proceeds from the sale of Capulin benefit a conservation project, which grows and harvests these beans.
Retail store over the Internet that offers many types of teas.
Retailer of gourmet wood roasted organic Brazilian coffee. Will ship US orders within 24 hours of roasting.
Features concentrated, cold filtered, gourmet coffee extract.
The Ultimate tea site. Offers 100 percent Pure Ceylon Teas, information on tea growing, cultivating, and Sri Lanka. Everything you wanted to know, but were afraid to ask.
Hipberry Tea carries over one hundred specialty teas and exotic herbal blends from around the world.
http://www.webelegance.com/infinitea/index.html
Offers natural medicinal herbal-blend teas. Also offers individual custom-crafted blends.
Offers whole bean and ground coffee. They guarantee you'll love their coffee and prices! Visit to win free coffee and gifts.
Supplier of "Purple Sand" and gold plated tea equipage and infusers, and provide information on the history of tea, how to make tea, and the benefits of tea for your health.
http://www.halcyon.com/zipgun/mothercity/mothercity.html
Provides a guide to the culture of Seattle coffee houses with reviews of the best and worst bean roasters and coffee house environments. Contains addresses and telephone numbers to order from with a 20 percent discount.
http://www.xensei.com/users/iraseski/
Learn all there is to know about the first soft drink, which was endorsed by Ted Williams and remains a staple in most New England refrigerators. The only commercial product to become synonymous with a personal attribute, Moxie even played a role in history. Download rare movie footage of an alien drinking Moxie.
Gourmet coffee from the heart of the French Quarter. They offer a free pound of java with your first order.
Lets you express your personal opinions about a good cup of joe. Read the opinions of your fellow coffee lovers, or access other coffee-related sites on the Internet. You know, coffee talk! No big whoop.
http://www.webbranch.com/coffee/index.html
Provides information about their story of growing coffee in Kona, Hawaii, an overview of the coffee process, an up-to-date product listing (including their famous Kona coffee), and an online order form for direct purchasing. Wholesale inquiries welcome.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/the_best_tea_in_america
Offers 100% natural and preservative-free teas and unique accessories. They offer tea from India, China, Ceylon and Europe.
Teas from around the world. The best place to get a wide variety of teas and tea accessories. They have just about everything that deals with tea!
Offers information about Becherovka, a liqueur dating back to 1805 that has reigned as Czech's foremost alcoholic beverage for generations.
Another cyberbar beautifully presented. Test your drink knowledge with a quick quiz, brush up on some cocktail alchemy, see what drinks are in season, jump to other mixology sites, and stimulate your brain with Dr. Pseudocryptogram's list of literary interests.
http://www.csh.rit.edu/~tward/vrbar.html
A listing of drinks submitted by the general public. A virtual bar where people can share and exchange recipes for alcoholic beverages.
http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/jhb/whisky/
The definitive guide to malt whisky. Provides information about the history and manufacturing of malt whisky in Scotland. Contains an image map to Scotland's malt distilleries. Also categorizes and rates various whisky brands and distilleries.
http://www.mcp.com/people/ericg/ferment.html
Contains detailed information about making ciders, meads, and fruit wines out of ingredients from the grocery store.
http://medianet.nbnet.nb.ca/medianet/atlantic/rosswog/rosswog.htm
Provides information on the traditional schnapps, as well as the blueberry and maple liqueurs, made by the Rosswogs. Also offers some schnapps recipes.
http://www.kiva.net/~mesh/scotch.html
This Web site is a site describing and rating approximately 30 different single malt scotches. It includes a brief history of the people and their organization. Also, several anecdotes about their experiences and words of wisdom to those first-time scotch drinkers or experienced imbibers!
Stolichnaya, synonymous with vodka, provides a well-designed site for those seeking information about premium liquor of the world via Carillon importers. Visit England for gin, Mexico for tequila, and of course, Russia for vodka. Download Stoli's artistic ads. Online ordering is available for self-indulgent or generosity to a friend.
http://www.geocities.com/capecanaveral/1743/coke.htm
Information on the world's leading soft drink manufacturer. Cool pics and great info.
Provides information about the most renowned soft drink company. Buy, sell, and trade Coca-Cola paraphernalia online. Check out Coca-Cola—sponsored sporting events. See how Coca-Cola is doing in the business world before you decide to buy some stock in soft drinks.
Arguably one of the best sites on the Web now. With the advantage of having a computer-oriented core audience, Jolt presents a Java-powered site featuring information on the beverage of choice of hackers and college students. Test your vital signs on the Jolt-o-meter. See the impact Jolt has had on the entertainment industry. Get a glimpse of Jolt culture. A good site for pure entertainment value.
The first Pepsi site in Russia with links to Pepsi new and the history of Pepsi in Russia. You can even see your name appear in Russian atop the Kremlin wall.
Nature's original beverage refresher in bottled form. Perrier's site provides information about the company and offers a restaurant guide to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New Orleans. View Perrier's past, present, and future advertising artwork. Enter the bottle art contest or order some Perrier apparel and paraphernalia.
Made from the best stuff on earth, Snapple's site offers information on its current and future flavored beverages—Vote for your favorite! Enter the Snapple-a-day sweepstakes and win free Snapple products.
http://www.calweb.com/~starajd/pop.html
Carbonating your own soft drinks at home can be fun and economical. Complete instructions to make your own soda pop.
http://members.gnn.com/jtoto/frey.htm
About Wines is a Wine Course that provides info on wines, champagnes, organic wines, sulfite free wines, how to buy wines and wine enjoyment.
http://www.princetonol.com/biz/wine
An independent non-commercial page that recommends current wines, instructs in wine tasting methods, and provides links to other valuable wine pages.
Specializes in fine and rare wines from California and a few other places. Most of these wines are limited and sold on a first-come-first-serve basis.
http://www.deltanet.com/intersphere/cv
Offers custom-labeled champagne and sparkling cider table favors for weddings and other special occasions.
http://www.chateau-select-wines.com
The Chateau Select gift catalog features exquisite all occasion packaged wine gifts.
http://www.galleria.net/corknbeans//
Cork n' Beans is a specialty retailer in fine wines, gourmet coffee, and custom gift baskets. The home page includes a monthly newsletter, info on free wine tastings, and details on their exclusive wine club. They also are associated with Luau Florist (FTD).
http://www.terra.net/grapevine
An Internet e-zine that provides reviews and information on international wines and vineyards.
Become a member of the International Wine Society and order wine & spirits with the Wine of the Month Club. This club offers wine connoisseurs the chance to taste wines from the best vineyards the wine country has to offer. Your Wine Club Membership will also open the door to a world of wine accessories and gourmet foods.
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/d_muir
Wine, wine recipes, and wine tips galore in this straight forward site. No Wine snobbery on this wine-making page; just wine, wine, and more wine.
Site that enables you to search the database for the wine(s) of your choice. Offers Wines, ports, cigars, cognacs, dining, health, specialties, scotch, single malt, gifts, parties, humidors, beverage, antique, vodka, and brandy.
http://www.microsoft.com/wineguide/
The Microsoft Network presents Microsoft Wine Guide, a fun, informative guide for wine lovers offering an extensive wine database, practical information on how to choose the right wine, news about the world of wine, and tips from the world's leading wine experts.
http://www.freerun.com/cgi-bin/home.o
Explore various Napa Valley wineries or purchase wines and wine management software. This site provides sightseeing, dining, and catering ideas, as well as current events. If you're looking to make a "real" visit, check out the information on accommodations. Also contains links to other Valley sites.
Claiming to be the largest wine-related site on the Web, SmartWine Online provides links to a variety of sites devoted to wine. Peruse some wine tasting notes before you imbibe, select the best wine to complement your meal, glean some health facts about wine, and find out all about the wine industry, all with the click of your mouse.
http://www.southern-wine-calif.com/subber.htm
Offers a plethora of information about wine, spirits, beer, or cigars.
This page is dedicated to discussing affordable wines. Generally, the selections highlighted will range from $10 to $20 a bottle.
City Wine, a storefront, sells and ships wines from around the world.
http://www.io-online.com/ilna/index.htm
This is a wine site dedicated to German fine wines. It has information on German wine labels, estates, selecting wines, and pairing the wines with food.
Caters to the needs of restaurants, connoisseurs, and just the average wine drinker.
http://www.silcom.com/~wdiary/
A wine-lovers paradise. The wine guide to France with all the best vineyards highlighted.
Gives current price information on more than 50,000 wines. From auctions to retail, find what that special wine should cost you!
VineHouse provide bulk cases of quality wines, not available in shops in the UK.
http://www.virtualvin.com/vvdata/620506318/main.html
Your one-stop wine shop provides online shopping for regional California wines by varietals, wineries, and vineyards. Also provides a section that pairs food with the appropriate wine accompaniment. Be sure to check out What's New at Virtual Vineyards.
http://www.edition-digital.com/wine.price
The new Wine & Price Yearbook covers all relevant wine auctions worldwide, comprehensively listing all auction results to provide 100,000 prices of over 15,000 wines from 1000 wine regions located throughout the world, as achieved in 150 international wine auctions in 1995/96.
A complete guide for all wine lovers. Extensive information highlighted by a wine selection tool. Designed for everyone from the experienced collector to the interested beginner.
http://www.netaccess.on.ca/entrepr/winetime
Established in 1963, Wine-Time is a manufacturer and wholesaler of quality wine and beer making supplies. Also offers a wide selection of award winning wine kits.
The Wine home page of the Department of Viticulture & Enology at UC Davis, the oldest wine and grape research institution in the world, offers information about wine science, home wine making, wine extension classes, wine literature, wine weather, wine aroma, wine URLs, wine & health, and wine travel.
A provocative resource for wine-related topics. Provides links to online wineries and vineyards, features a "virtual" tasting room, online wine shopping, and other notes of interest for the connoisseur and novice wine drinker alike. Also details upcoming events for wine enthusiasts.
http://www.uidaho.edu/~stevep/wine/winehome.html
Provides recipes and information on making your own wine. Also provides links to suppliers, other recipe pages, downloadable software to make your own wine labels, and other wine-related sites
Contains most of what there is to know about Zima Clearmalt. Most impressive is the collection of bar/restaurant reviews categorized geographically—a useful tool when out and about.
