Over a delicious craft-tail, Singapore bartender Zac Mirza talks about his experience in Europe - never ask for a shamrock in your Guinness - and of his return to the city state's coming-of-age bar scene.

Q&A with Garrett Oliver, brewmaster at Brooklyn Brewery, who began creating beer in his home in New York City before microbrew was even a term, let alone a trend

Shaking things up, 6,000 miles away from home is this rosy-cheeked bartender Ryan Rhodes, 26, from Aberdeen, Scotland.

If it's neither Sweet, Sour, Bitter, or Salty, it's "Umami" - the fifth human taste. Some say it serves a vital evolutionary purpose, but here at Parched, we are concerned about the bigger picture; where is its place in drinks?

You'd assume that by the 6th Beerfest Asia, the opening day curtain-raiser would be Beer effervescent tablets and door-gifts would include bacon-flavoured hangover-cure pizza. But hang on to your stubbys, what we saw, did not disappoint either.

If the word "cocktail" is not already funny enough, here is a list of 11 cocktail names that prove the opposite of creativity is not-enough-cocktails.

If you can't read this, you might have had one too many glass of whisky... or is it whiskey? 'e' or no 'e', I need to pee. hic. Or mayhaps you've had just enough to start writing poetry; poetry that unravels the mysteries of etymology.

A new cocktail bar in The Kong's got our writer using words like "love" and "pandan" in the same sentence.

"Why Whiskey?" some silly folk ask. "Why Not?" comes the indisputable answer, accompanied with a face that says "duh". But for those of you seeking variety in your replies, allow us to present you some beautiful, even if far-fetched "because(s)"

In which our writer spends a hazy afternoon musing about life, the universe and winning the lottery after experiencing Suntory’s “No Age Statement” Distiller’s Reserve.