Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. Fruit liqueurs don’t have the best reputation.

Ute Londrigan grew up in Germany, helping her grandmother Maria Clancet make homemade fruit liqueurs. When she and her family moved to Westchester, NY, she started making them for family and friends. ...

Brewing beer and making wine at home are popular (and fairly simple) hobbies. But making your own spirits at home is much more difficult, not to mention a federal offense if you don't have a distiller ...

Arriving just in time for your summer pool party, the liqueur maker Chinola has unveiled a new variety, mango, that goes great with cool water, shady trees and lazy afternoons. The new bottle is the ...