Did you know that Inbev owned Labatt USA? Yeah, me neither. I’m not saying I’m surprised. It’s just that that little factoid hadn’t floated my way.
Now we all know that Labatt is Canadian. This is something that its marketers are determined not to let us forget. Labatt USA is the […]
Filed under: Beer, inbev, anheuser-busch on February 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
I recently toured O’Fallon Brewery near St. Louis, MO. Previously I’d have called them a regional brewer but with a distribution that now includes Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin and Kentucky I guess I’d have to call them a small growing brewery.
Most of their beer doesn’t really do it for me. It tends […]
Filed under: Beer on February 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
I think it was George Carlin who neatly divided all other drivers on the road between idiots and morons. The idiots are anyone who is driving faster than you as in “Would you look at that idiot go?” Morons are anyone who is driving slower than you, especially if they are in your […]
Filed under: whisky, scotch on February 24th, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Could be or at least one might be able to achieve nirvana from within a million and a half empty beer bottles.
Here’s what I’m talking about. Buddhist monks in Thailand have constructed a temple out of 1.5 million green Heineken and brown Chang bottles. It’s known as Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew or […]
Filed under: Beer on February 22nd, 2009 | No Comments »
The beauty of vodka is that it is largely a blank slate. Mix it with any other liquid and you have a drink that tastes of the mixer and a bit of alcohol. Drop any sort of herb, spice, flavoring or even, urp, skittles and you have a beautifully clean infusion.
Given this I’m […]
Filed under: Vodka on February 21st, 2009 | 2 Comments »