It's believed that the Manhattan cocktail originated at the Manhattan Club in New York City in the early 1870s. Since then, it's become a staple in bars and cocktail lounges across the country.

For an easy-to-make at home bourbon cocktail recipe, we turned to the drink masters at Ward III in New York City. Owner and bartender Kenneth McCoy walks us through the "Classic Manhattan." It has minimal ingredients and only a few steps, but the bold flavor is undeniable. 

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The holiday season historically brings peak traffic to online dating sites, as more and more singles turn to the Internet to meet someone new. 

Zoosk and Yelp joined forces to name the best places to bring a first date in 5 major US cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco.  

After analyzing more than 146,000 Zoosk profiles, the team was able to determine where the people with the most popular profiles lived in each city. Yelp then picked the best date spots in each of those neighborhoods. 

They separated the results into two categories based on whether the singles were over or under 35 years old.

Atlanta

With a high concentration of lofts, boutiques, art galleries, and live music venues, Westside Atlanta is one of the most hip parts of town. According to Zoosk's research, you're 6% more likely to meet desirable under-35 singles in Westside than in any other part of Atlanta.

And according to Yelp, JCT Kitchen & Bar is Westside's best place to take a first date. Yelpers rave about the Southern-style restaurant's deviled eggs, "Angry Mussels," and truffle parmesan fries.

If you're over 35, affluent Buckhead is a great place to meet people. According to Zoosk, Atlanta residents are 6% likely to want to date someone from Buckhead than any other part of the city. 

Yelp recommends classic steakhouse Bones for an impressive first date, though entrees are pricey.

Chicago

According to Zoosk's analysis, you're most likely to meet desirable singles under 35 in Chicago's River East neighborhood.

Peruvian restaurant Tanta, known for its pisco sours and fried rice dishes, was Yelp's choice for best date spot in the neighborhood.

Lakeview, on Chicago's North Side, is the best place to date for the over-35 set. 

 Yelpers strongly recommend bringing a date to cozy New American restaurant Home Bistro. You'll find comforting and delicious dishes like artichoke and edam fritters, mushroom risotto, and bread pudding. 

Los Angeles

Westwood is the best neighborhood for under-35 singles, according to Zoosk. 

And Yelpers love Bandera, a New American eatery with a live jazz band performance every night. The Macho salad, prepared with roasted chicken, avocado, dates, goat cheese, and almonds, comes highly recommended.

Beverly Grove has the most desirable singles for daters over 35. According to Zoosk, Angelenos were 36% more likely to want to meet someone from this neighborhood than someone from another area in the city.

The Izaka-ya by Katsuya is a hip sushi spot with a location in Beverly Grove. 

New York

Zoosk's analysis found that Tribeca had the most desirable under-35 singles in New York City.

Yelpers recommend B Flat, a speakeasy-type bar accessed by a discreet flight of stairs. They're known for their stellar cocktails but also have some delicious appetizers. 

If you're over 35, Battery Park City is an ideal place to date. Zoosk found that New Yorkers were 32% more likely to want to meet someone from Battery Park than from any other neighborhood in the city.

Iron Chef winner Marc Forgione's eponymous restaurant is pricey, but Yelpers recommend its trendy ambience and amazing food.

San Francisco

According to Zoosk, San Francisco's most desirable young singles live across the Bay in West Oakland. San Franciscans were 15% more likely to want to date someone from this neighborhood. 

The Beer Shed at the Dock is a casual place that's great for after-work drinks. You could head next door to the more expensive Dock restaurant when you're ready for dinner.

Zoosk found that daters over 35 were 29% more likely to want to meet singles from the Marina than any other San Francisco neighborhood.  

Yelp recommends trying out Marina hot spot Causwells. Highlight dishes include donut bread pudding and house-made ricotta.

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In New York City, things can get old pretty fast. So we've taken it upon ourselves to revamp last year's list of the most obnoxious Wall Street bars. Several have since closed, but many are still kicking and as annoying as ever.

Frequented by financiers, these Manhattan bars are loud, rowdy, and ridiculous. If you're into sweaty crowds, flashing lights, or absurd conversations, it's time to scope some of these out.

Otherwise, we've done the rounds on these bars so you don't have to. You're welcome.

If we left out any of your favorites, let us know in the comments!

230 Fifth

Location: 230 5th Ave, Gramercy

Vibe: Probably the biggest draw about 230 Fifth is that you're going to get a great Instagram photo of the Empire State Building. It's a huge rooftop space that can service a large crowd. The later it gets, the more packed this place gets.

Popular Days: Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Popular Drinks: Raspberry mojitos "in the summer."

Overheard: "Oh my gawd, the Empire State building is so beeaaauuuutiful."

Turtle Bay

Location: 987 2nd Ave, Midtown

Vibe: Turtle Bay is your "typical bar" with beer chuggers, cheerleader look-alikes, and even a handful of Mets fans watching games on the TVs. The front section is supersaturated with summer interns and young professionals. People over the age of 25 should seriously consider the pros and cons before entering.

Popular Days: Thursday

Popular Drinks: Beer

Overheard: "Pound it dude! Three ... Two ... One ..." *erupts in laughter*

Irish Punt

Location: 40 Exchange Place, Financial District

Vibe: The dim Irish bar is calmer during the summer, but come August and September the bar is filled with finance guys who could have come straight out of "The Wolf of Wall Street."

Popular Days: Friday, Saturday

Popular Drinks: Skittle bombs

Overheard: "Shots! Shots! Shots!"

Named after the famous Los Angeles restaurant that opened in 1926, the Brown Derby cocktail brings anyone back to the golden age of Hollywood. 

For an easy-to-make at home bourbon cocktail recipe, we turned to the drink masters at Ward III in New York City where owner and bartender Kenneth McCoy prepared a Brown Derby cocktail. Go Hollywood or go home.

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In 2014, Business Insider named The Dead Rabbit the Best Bar In America, calling it "the place to be after work." 

The Irish-American tavern is a well-kept secret of businessfolk working in the Financial District, although it draws a regular crowd of Irish tourists.

Owners Sean Muldoon and Jack McGarry emigrated from Belfast, Northern Ireland, four years ago with dreams of opening a pub that reminded them of home. You won't find a neon Guinness sign in the window, nor are there shamrock lanyards around bartenders' necks.

The Dead Rabbit serves 145 varieties of Irish whiskey and 100% authenticity.

Buried in the sea of skyscrapers that makes up New York's Financial District, a four-floor brick building on Water Street is home to the best bar in America: The Dead Rabbit.

It's an Irish tavern like few others. In New York, "a sports bar with a Guinness sign in the window calls itself Irish," one bubbly bartender tells me.

Dead Rabbit, which opened its doors just after Hurricane Sandy struck, tells the story of how the Irish integrated into New York in the 1800s. Its no-BS vibe radiates authenticity, from the sawdust on the floor to the stiff Irish-whiskey punch ...

Alex Hope — the young "trader" who infamously dropped over $320,000 on Champagne and Grey Goose at a Liverpool nightclub in 2012 — has been found guilty of fraud in a $7.6 million investment scheme, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority said in a release.

In 2013, the FCA charged Hope and Raj Von Badlo in an unauthorized investment scheme in which they "purported to carry out Forex trading" and took £5 million ($7.6 million) from investors between March 2011 and April 2012. 

"Using fraud and false promises, Hope took in those who trusted him to invest their money. He promised fantastic returns but, as is so often the case with unauthorized investment schemes, those who invested ended up with significant losses and the main beneficiary of the scheme was Hope himself," Georgina Philippou of the FCA said in a statement. 

In April, Hope admitted to operating a collective investment scheme without authorization.

Von Badlo pleaded guilty to recklessly making false representations to investors and promoting a collective investment scheme without authorization back in July.

On Hope's old website, which was taken down back in 2012, he described himself (in the third-person) as a "self-taught trader" and a "name to watch out for" specializing in Forex and "regularly trading millions."

ZeroHedge was able to save a copy of the full bio:

London born and bred, Alex Hope, 22, is a self-taught trader who specialises in the Foreign Exchange Market. Despite his tender years, Alex is a name to watch out for in the city; an expert in the UK economy, he works the currency markets, regularly trading millions.

Alex teaches people how to make money from trading the biggest financial market in the world, the Foreign Exchange. With a trading volume of $4 trillion a day, in his eyes it is undoubtedly the best and most exciting market to be involved in. Another specialist area for this young entrepreneur is Commodities – Gold, Silver, Copper and Platinum; all materials that have great volume and movement on a daily basis and can earn a healthy profit.

Alex knows and loves the FX market. Throughout his youth, his passions were football and…currencies! At the age of 11, Alex had a deep-rooted interest in the different currencies and relished trips across Europe where he could explore this interest first hand.

After school, he spent just over 2 years in the sporting industry as a Football Coach for Charlton Athletic Community Scheme before moving into the hospitality sector. Although he was making a modest salary of £21k, he could not deny his interest in the financial field and set about teaching himself everything he could and should know about the economy. Whilst still living at home and holding down a full time job, Alex started to trade, opening his first account with just £500; in one day he’d more than doubled his money and turned the £500 into £1100 by trading gold.

As his confidence and knowledge grew, Alex knew this was the world for him and at 20 years old he headed for the city and soon found employment at The Forex Academy in early 2010 as a FX & Commodity Trader. In July this year, he stepped into the spotlight when his career was profiled in The Daily Telegraph, subsequently Alex went onto to work at leading Trading and Commodities company, Zone Invest Group. For a career that started out trading on the local market stalls for pocket money, to a modest £21k salary in the hospitality industry, Alex has since followed his dream in the trading world and his basic salary has entered the six figure bracket!

An entrepruenerial spirit through and through, whilst working full time and in his spare time, Alex also offers private teaching for students interested in learning the tricks of the trade (both one-to-one and small groups), helping others to profit from the liquid market. Many of the individuals travel worldwide to meet with him and glean from his experience.

A talented, charismatic and thoroughly likeable man, Alex Hope exudes knowledge and you can’t help but respect and admire this self-taught and self-made young trader. Watch out trading markets, Alex Hope is kicking up a storm!

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Parking yourself on the couch in front of the TV with a cold beer is a fine way to watch the game, but nothing beats the energy and camaraderie of mingling with other sports fans, and maybe a basket of wings.

From Seattle, Washington, to Washington, DC, we searched 19 cities on Yelp for the best in each according to Yelp users.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: Industry Tavern

3280 Peachtree Rd. NE, Ste. 185

Industry Tavern is like the awesome basement bar you always wanted. The comfortable, no-frills bar in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta serves craft beer, cocktails, and great American food.

"Great location in Buckhead for a laid back experience,"wrote Yelp user Eric B. "This is also a good place to watch games and enjoy the atmosphere."

AUSTIN, TEXAS: Cover 3

2700 W. Anderson Ln., Ste. 202

Whether you're a football, basketball, or baseball fan, Cover 3 broadcasts every major sports network in the Austin area so you can get all your games in one place.

"Great food, quick service, quality drinks, a fabulous dining atmosphere and the best part is SPORTS,"Yelp user Charlsie D. wrote. "I recommend just getting a table full of appetizers, that's where they really shine."

BALTIMORE, MARYLAND: Baltimore Tap House

600 S. Potomac St.

Lovers of beer and ball games flock to Baltimore Tap House for the friendly crowds and diverse draft list.

This place has everything Yelp user Justin K. could have asked for: "Want a great corner bar? Want a great corner bar that supplies you with an outstanding tap list? Want a great corner bar that supplies you with an outstanding tap list and all of your local sporting events on tv? You have found it."

Congratulations, you’ve officially succeeded in making a plan for a one-on-one, after-work drink. Let me guess. An old coworker? A high school friend you ran into at Whole Foods? Someone who has the same job as you at another company about whom your old coworker or high school friend has said, “You guys should meet!”

Well, now you have to meet. Most likely, you’ll want that to be somewhere relatively convenient to many Manhattan workplaces, where you can actually get a table and won’t have to stand awkwardly against a wall holding your coat. Here are some places that fit those criteria, as well as some more specific ones. Stuck in midtown? We got you. 

Perfect For When You’re Not Sure If It’s Drinks Or Coffee: Why Not Bistro

14 Christopher St., New York, NY 10014

It’s a coffee shop AND a wine bar. Perfect for when someone (usually like, a relative stranger asking for career advice, an ex, or an old boss who you never really socialized over alcohol with) asks you to meet for coffee at 6:30 pm, and you hope it just turns into drinks.

Perfect For Being Stuck Near Times Square: Lantern’s Keep

49 West 44th St., New York, NY 10036

If you a) really can’t escape Midtown, b) want to make a reservation (you fancy), and c) want to enjoy classy cocktails in a classy environment, Latern’s Keep in the Iroquois Hotel is your spot.

Perfect For Being Stuck Near Wall Street: Dead Rabbit

30 Water St., New York, NY 10004

If the whole M&A team is going out for beers, by all means, do it up at one of the bars on Stone Street. For a catch-up drink, do it at Dead Rabbit.

Perfect For Swanky Underground Vibes Without Overdoing It: The Ship

158 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10013

The Ship, located between Nolita and Chinatown, is designed like – you guessed it – a ship, but think more high-ceilinged cargo than Nantucket sail boat vibes. Great cocktails, nice bartenders, and it’s spacious enough to not ever feel too crowded.

Perfect For Breaking The Boring Cocktail Grind: Sake Bar Decibel

240 E. 9th St., New York, NY 10003

How many jalapeno margaritas and negronis can a person have! Time for a change. Decibel is a little underground sake bar on 9th Street that’s been around forever and has cave-like walls covered in graffiti. Share a bottle of sake, and pretend you’re in Japan… or at least New York in a different decade.

Perfect For People-Watching: Happiest Hour

121 W. 10th Street, New York, NY 10011

A new spot in the space where Kingswood used to be in the West Village. Lively party-time vibes but still appropriate enough for a tete-å-tete with a pal.

Perfect For A Fireplace: Marlton Hotel Bar

5 West 8th Street, New York, NY 10011

Comfortable couches. A fireplace. Art on the walls. Now you know.

Perfect For Silicon Alley Slickers: Bo’s

6 W. 24th St., New York, NY 10010

It’s increasingly hard to find a bar in Flatiron that isn’t hosting an ad tech company’s networking happy hour. The somewhat Southern-inspired Bo’s, on 24th Street, has a great and spacious bar downstairs, as well as a smaller one and a restaurant upstairs.

Perfect For Lots Of Vodka/Willing To Let It Get Weird: Anyway Cafe

34 E. 2nd Street, New York, NY 10003

Anyway Cafe is an old arty Russian bar in the East Village, where you can share a flight of infused vodkas for $18. It’s an incredibly fun place to drink and hang out for hours, but probably don’t bring your old boss or new intern here, unless they really like horseradish vodka.

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"I'm just about to show you the world's dumbest app, are you ready?" asks LookFor creator Logan Riley, before holding up his flashing phone for the cameras to see. "Yep, it's exactly what it looks like ... it's a f------ blinking light."

That's a good way to describe LookFor, the newest dumb app to make waves over at Product Hunt. A more technical description of LookFor would be a "short-range friend finder," but it's literally just an app that blinks to make it easier to spot people in a crowd by giving you a big blinking light to wave around.

The idea is to use LookFor at concerts, movie theaters, sporting events, bars, and other use-cases like catching a cab where you need to stand out.

Riley originally came up with the idea last year when he was attending the music festival Coachella and needed an easy way to be noticed within the teeming crowds. The idea worked, and after a successful Kickstarter, LookFor is officially here.

You can download LookFor for $0.99 on either iOS or Android, or watch Riley's self-depreciating pitch for yourself in the video below.

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For several of the world’s greatest skiers, there was an unwritten challenge (until quite recently) to ski from the world’s 7 highest peaks.

It was an achievement that was finally completed in October 2006. American female freeskier, Kit Deslauriers, became the first person to have skied down from the summits of all seven peaks, only 21 years after all seven had first been climbed by one man.

But there is one record, which as far as I know, is yet to be achieved: Drinking in the world’s 7 highest ski bars.

Just determining where those seven bars are is quite a challenge in itself. Unlike mountain peaks, ski bars tend to come and go, particularly with the advent of the ‘pop up bar.’ What was once the highest bar on one continent may no longer exist, so does the new highest bar still count? And should we care so long as the view and the beer is good?

In any case, the results are quite an eclectic collection. Not all of these are grungy, classic ski bars where you can grab a high altitude beer then ski off. Instead, some include fine dining establishments. One bar is even in an Islamic nation where alcohol isn’t served.

Warning: the challenge shouldn’t be undertaken lightly. Several of these bars and restaurants are at seriously high altitudes, so that one drink will go straight to your head. Others are not so high, but located in extremely cold locations, resulting in a non-sensible combination of snow and alcohol. Only true heroes should apply.

1. La Parva, Chile

With the demise of Chacaltaya, the most reliable, season-long, lift-accessed option in South America appears to be a small café at the top of La Parva’s ski slopes. The café is more modestly situated 3,572m (11,719 feet) up and can be reached by hopping on the Las Agulias chairlift.

2. Alpino Vino, Colorado

North of the equator, it’s no surprise that the highest bars in North America are to be found in Colorado, also home to more of the world’s 20 highest ski lifts than any other country.

At 3,647m (11,966 feet) up above Telluride, Alpino Vino is an upscale, intimate, Alpine-style wooden chalet serving up fine dining and quality wines to those lucky enough to wander in off the See Forever run. Take the Gold Hill Express lift up then turn left, or better still, book an evening visit and arrive in style by snowcat.

3. Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China

Located 4,516m (13,635 feet) up at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, China claims to be home to the world’s highest ski bar. For those that can’t handle the elevation, oxygen tanks are sold at the bottom of the mountain.

4. Gulmarg Ski Resort, India

Looking across the Pacific, a high altitude ski bar can be found at Gulmarg in India, arguably now the world’s highest ‘proper’ ski area. The mid-station restaurant of the gondola is about 3,050m (10,007 feet) up.

5. Knoll Ridge Chalet, New Zealand

New Zealand claims the highest ski bar in the Oceania with the Knoll Ridge Chalet at Whakapapa on Mt Ruapehu.

6. Oukaimeden, Morrocco

Morrocco in the Atlas Mountains has the highest slopes in Africa, with a bar that’s 3,260 m (10,696 feet) up at Oukaimeden. Because it’s an Islamic nation, no alcohol is served.

7. Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, Switzerland

The ski resort with Europe’s highest lifts, Zermatt also has the highest bar at 3,883m (12.740 feet). The restaurant at Matterhorn Glacier Paradise opened in 2009 and can be accessed 365 days a year by ski. It is an ultra, energy-efficient green building, which has won awards for generating more power than it uses.

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London (AFP) - It's Saturday night at a busy pub in north London, and the crowd is packed around the bar cheering and shouting at a large screen. It's not showing sport, but a video game.

There is no telltale sign on the grey front of the building, just its name "Meltdown" and the muffled bass of Bob Marley's "Get up, stand up" which makes the windows vibrate gently.

But inside this "e-sports" bar is a temple of competitive gaming.

Around a table crowded with pints of beer, young people are following a tournament of "League of Legends", one of the most popular online games.

"Go, go for it, come on!" shouts a young woman wearing black stockings, shorts and a striped top, her fingers typing quickly on her phone as she comments on the match on Twitter.

Here customers come to have a drink and watch a video game contest as others would a game of football or rugby.

The menu lists a selection of cocktails referencing the virtual world.

With its fruity blend of rum, lime, mango, raspberry and passion fruit, the "Shoryuken" takes its name from "Street Fighter", one of the most famous games in history.

- 'Gaming Starbucks' -

Meltdown is the only one of its kind in Britain and is an offshoot of a chain of bars launched in France by gaming enthusiasts.

The first opened in Paris in 2012.

"I realised that there were many players who wanted to leave their homes, have a drink and party," said Sophia Metz, one of the founders.

"Six months later, we opened in Berlin, then in London. Today there are nine bars," she said, adding that the United States could be next.

"E-sports is still a niche market, but it's a market that's growing," said Metz, who views Meltdown as a video game "Starbucks".

Her guests also come to play games themselves. 

Consoles are available for their use, as well as five workstations equipped with backlit keyboards and ergonomic chairs to avoid back pain.

This Saturday one player in particular is drawing attention: Ilyes Satouri, who goes by the name "Stephano".

Aged 21, he is one of France's leading e-sports players and has won some $250,000 in just over 80 tournaments of strategy game Starcraft II.

E-sports bars "were missing until now. Before, those interested in video games generally stayed at home," said the curly-haired Satouri, wearing a red shirt.

"It breaks down of the myth of the pimply geek who stays shut up at home."

Another assumption the institutions can help to break down is that they would be mainly frequented by men.

Although women are less numerous at Meltdown on a Saturday night, they are certainly present.

Among them is Bedir Marisa, aka "Ribbons", a bubbly 21-year-old Londoner who works in cancer research.

"I go to Meltdown to relax and see my friends as well as being able to participate in the League of Legends tournaments," said Marisa, who plays at least two hours of the game a day.

"I think that some men assume that because there's not many girls who play games that you are fake and only playing games to get attention," she added.

"Which is quite disheartening considering I've been playing games non-stop since I got my first Game Boy at the age of seven!"

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You don't need to go to Dublin for a true Irish pub experience; it's likely there's already an authentic pub right in your neighborhood. You just need to know where to look.

With St. Patrick's Day coming up, we found the best Irish pubs in 19 big cities around the US, according to Yelp, with the best drinks, the best food, and the best craic (that's Gaelic for "good times").

ATLANTA: Brick Store Pub

125 East Court Sq., Decatur

When three friends searched for a neighborhood pub that poured a great pint and couldn't find one, they decided to open their own. The Brick Store Pub rotates 22 draft beers, and offers another 75 in bottles. The upstairs is devoted exclusively to Belgian beers.

On Saint Patrick's Day the pub will have live music, special beers, and "food features" available for customers.

AUSTIN: Draught House Pub & Brewery

4112 Medical Pkwy.

The Austin, Texas, beer scene is buzzing, and a lot of the action happens at Draught House. With more than 70 beers on draft, many from Texan breweries, Draught House also offers a few home brews of its own.

The food is solid, too — not made in house, but from pub-curated food trucks that park outside ready to serve the regulars.

BALTIMORE: Mick O'Shea's

328 North Charles St.

Mick O'Shea's happily mixes its Irish heritage with a liberal sprinkling of Baltimore pride. Regulars rave about the happy hour deals, as well as the local Maryland crab soup.

On St. Paddy's Day grab yourself a traditional Irish breakfast, starting at 9 a.m., and then come back at 5 p.m. for live music.

San Francisco's annual St. Patrick's Day parade is today. 

Starting at the corner of Market and 2nd Street and running to Civic Center Plaza, the parade calls for an all-day celebration. 

Whether you want to fuel up before the parade or avoid the mayhem somewhere quiet, there are plenty of Irish pubs you can visit to get in the spirit today. 

Our friends at Yelp have helped us round up the best of them. 

Irish Times

500 Sacramento Street, Financial District

Irish Times is a popular FiDi destination, especially during happy hour and sports games. 

According to their Facebook page, they'll be open starting at 9 a.m. the day of the St. Patrick's Day parade.

The Little Shamrock

807 Lincoln Way, Inner Sunset

Dating all the way back to 1863, the Little Shamrock offers a wide selection of beer in a friendly atmosphere.

Cozy up with some board games on the couches, or try a round of darts.

Blackthorn

834 Irving Street, Inner Sunset

This pub is decked out with TVs, which make it a great place to check out the day's sports games.

There's also a bunch of pool tables and a back patio. 

Pappy Van Winkle is an excellent bourbon that is hard to find to low production volume. If you see this "white whale," buy it, Tommy Tardie of the whiskey bar Flatiron Room tells Business Insider Video. He also shared what makes this bourbon so good and what other brands are worth trying.

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Drinking Scotch is easy — but pronouncing the name of the whiskey you're drinking can be challenging. Many brand names use Gaelic, which can be confusing to those unfamiliar with the language's unique set of phonetics.

We asked Heather Greene to help us out.  She's the director of Whiskey Education and sommelier at New York's Flatiron Room, and she also just wrote a book called "Whisk(e)y Distilled" on the subject.

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Campus bars are a fundamental component of the college experience.

Every school has its favorite bar — the one that is as synonymous with a four-year college career as the freshman dorm, quad, or library.

Listed alphabetically by city, we found the best and most beloved college bars in the country.

Mickey's Irish Pub — Ames, Iowa

109 Welch Ave.

Popular with: Iowa State University

Sitting along Ames' stretch of Welch Avenue nightlife, Mickey's is a favorite among Iowa State students. Many stop over on Tuesdays for a boisterous round of karaoke, accompanied by $2.50 Long Island iced teas, $3.50 Bud tallboys, and, on occasion, free pizza.

The bar itself is even a proponent of ISU sports, frequently tweeting and posting on its Facebook page about the school's victories.

Rick's American Cafe — Ann Arbor, Michigan

611 Church St.

Popular with: University of Michigan

In the heart of Ann Arbor, with a second location in East Lansing, Rick's is among U of M students' favorite places to party. Tuesday night is college night, with $1 well drinks all night and no cover when you show your student ID.

The atmosphere is more club-like than cafe-like, so students who arrive at Rick's should be ready for a good time.

Bourbon Street — Athens, Georgia

333 E. Broad St.

Popular with: University of Georgia

In downtown Athens, students point to Bourbon Street as the place to be after sundown. Known for its popularity among UGA freshmen, Bourbon Street's best deals are during its power hours, which tend to inspire some tabletop dancing.

Those who desire a less rowdy crowd can always head to the upstairs area where pool tables and cheap beer await.

Over four seasons of hosting Spike TV's "Bar Rescue," Jon Taffer has seen a lot of things, including someone riding a horse into a bar. He's even gotten into some tussles with angry bar owners.

But beyond the makings of great TV, Taffer has seen some genuine horror stories in his long career in the bar business.

Taffer landed his first bar management job in 1978 and worked his way through America's bar and nightlife industry. He was one of the first inductees into the Nightclub Hall of Fame, is president of the Nightclub & Bar Media Group, and has worked with more than 800 businesses in his career.

He tells Business Insider that there is unfortunately an "ugly side" to the bar and club business, and he's seen plenty of it.

Here are Taffer's top three worst bar horror stories:

The unfortunate football fan

Taffer says that the worst bar or club incidents involve innocent victims. He remembers a particular moment many years ago when he was running a nightclub in Los Angeles and a guy "got hurt through the silliest of things."

The Washington Redskins professional football team had just lost a game that would have put them in the playoffs, and a passionate fan (or someone who bet a good chunk of change) decided to announce his anger as he walked into the venue.

Taffer remembers him screaming, "Those f---ing Redskins!"

And like the punchline to a bad joke, there happened to be a group of Native American patrons within earshot who, thinking his remark was a racist barb aimed at them, decided to beat him up pretty badly.

Taffer remembers the Skins fan as "the most inoffensive, politically correct" man he could have imagined, who just happened to wind up in a jam because of bad luck.

The Peeping Tom

Taffer doesn't share too many details about a time he had to deal with an ambitious pervert, but he shares enough.

"I once had somebody try to get into a ladies' room," Taffer says.

"He climbs up into the ceiling and the entire drop ceiling of the ladies' room crashed with him on the floor. And he's lying on the floor in the middle of the ladies' room and the girls are just kicking the hell out of him."

The opening night tragedy

It's not hard for Taffer to pick the worst thing he's ever seen happen in one of his establishments, since an accident resulted in someone's death.

One of the most successful venues Taffer ever ran was a club called Pulsations in Concord, Pennsylvania. It featured 11 bars, 10 levels, top-level entertainment, and had more than 2,000 patrons on weekend nights for much of the '80s, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.

It almost didn't make it through its first night.

"On opening night, a light fixture fell off the ceiling and somebody got killed," Taffer says. "Nobody could've seen it coming, but it did happen."

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the fixture struck and killed Margaret Jones, 37, and injured five others. The club settled out of court with the Jones family in 1987.

How bar owners recover from disasters

Taffer says that Pulsations went on to thrive for 13 years, bringing in "obscene" revenues, and that disasters don't necessarily mean the end of the business.

The most important thing owners can do is to make customers feel like they will be safe if they return, he says. In the case of Pulsations, inspectors flooded the club in the week after the light fixture tragedy, which he says helped reassure many people.

"The fact of the matter is that the most important responsibility a bar owner has is public safety and the safety of the people in it," Taffer says. "Some operators seem to forget that."

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