It might not be the most obvious combination. When a lot of people think of jazz they think of the bebop era in the ’50’s or the swing period of the ’40’s, a low point for American beer. In these decades the beer industry was dominated by just a few companies and one […]
Filed under: Beer, jazz on August 31st, 2009 | No Comments »
This comes from Canada where the marketing geniuses at Molson Coors got in some hot water over their cold beer campaign. They’ve been promoting the coldness of their beer – a claim that is completely puzzling to anyone with half a brain – and thought that it would be fun poke some fun at […]
Filed under: Beer, marketing, coors on August 28th, 2009 | No Comments »
The recent so-called beer summit had a lot of people talking about beer in public. This is really kind of unusual in the US where we love beer but we’re supposed to be a bit ashamed of it. Whenever we do talk about beer in public we are required to make nervous little […]
Filed under: Beer on August 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
I love Knob Creek. I’m by no means an expert in whiskey but I know what I like and Knob Creek is easily my favorite bourbon. That’s not to say that I won’t drink other whiskeys - I will and here lately I’ve had to do a lot more of that.
It hadn’t really […]
Filed under: whiskey, whisky on August 7th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
There seems to be a growing trend in looking for health benefits in booze. I first really noticed it probably around fifteen years ago when studies were showing that drinking wine might be good for the heart and in preventing cancer. Suddenly people were dedicated to their nightly glass of Cab Sauv with […]
Filed under: Beer, Vodka, Wine on August 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »