Thanks to World War I veterans, a French liqueur has become the toast of a Lancashire town.

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Slovakian winters call for a honey-and-bacon hot brandy cocktail.

A distillery's abandoned barrels of cinnamon liqueur led to this new Dutch tradition.

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.

The rare remaining bottles of the British Navy's rum rations can be yours for $1,000 each.

Ground nuts provide the base for this warm, caffeine-free drink.

Welcome fall in Germany with this fizzy, refreshing young wine and a slice of savory onion tart.

An obscure Italian amaro became the pride of Pittsburgh.

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Teething babies and royalty were fans of this British city's signature sherry.

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.

Residents of this Greek island distill mastic sap, the "tears of Chios," into a piney-sweet liqueur.

Developed by Spain's elite military unit in the 1920s, this cocktail is a favorite among Barcelona's college students.

Make like Jane Austen and sip from the fountain in this famed Pump Room.

At an abbey in the Tuscan countryside, monks specialize in a curative, flower-based liqueur.

Only two silent monks know all 130 plants that go into this herbal liqueur.

Costa Rica's iconic ice cream tub contains indescribably addictive cookies.

This 50-ingredient salad is for both the living and the dead.