Maybe it’s because my approach to the news is booze-oriented, but it seems to me that politicians and lawmakers love to default to overkill when it comes to alcohol. Don’t get me wrong, I think that it’s good to have regulation on drinking age and such, although I may disagree with the current levels. Alcohol [...]
Filed under: Alcohol Law, Beer on July 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
My last post was about a beer commercial. This set me off on a time wasting bit of youtube surfing as I watched a bunch of beer commercials. My default position is to bitch about beer ads. The worst are those that are selling a life-style that in no way is realistic or even possible. [...]
Filed under: Beer, Bourbon on July 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
It all started back in college, as do most stories about beer pong. Apparently, Scott Tipton and Christopher Kolb were pretty good beer pong players. Good enough that a Danish film crew wanted to catch their mad skills on tape and use the footage in a Carlsberg commercial. Tipton and Kolb agreed but only on [...]
Filed under: Beer, beer bong on July 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
I think what I like best about this story is the entrepreneurial spirit of it. Here’s what happened: A homeless man who, apparently had once worked there, learned that the Valencia Club was closing. The Club’s liquor license had come due and, rather than renewing it, the owner decided to close the place and walk [...]
Filed under: Alcohol Law, Beer on July 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
What’s your favorite drinking term? Soused, lit up, smashed, shit-faced, pissed all leap to mind. Of course, around here we’re partial to the classic word booze. It’s concise and works equally well as both a noun and a verb. As a noun it refers to any form of alcohol from cider to rye. Personally, I [...]
Filed under: Beer, booze on July 10th, 2010 | 1 Comment »