So, Christmas is over. The glut of presents and Christmas dinner is now nothing more than a sad pile of wadded up wrapping paper and cleaned off turkey bones. In most parts of the world, that’s it. The day is over; the deed is done. But, in some countries, the UK and Australia most notably, [...]
Filed under: booze, holiday, Wine on December 26th, 2011 | No Comments »
I consider myself a novice mixologist. Of course, by “noviceâ€, I mean “terribleâ€, and by “mixologistâ€, I mean “person to make your next drinkâ€. This is because of my sense of adventure and complete disregard for recipes. For all the bad, hurtful things you can say about my creations, though, I’ve never made one I [...]
Filed under: Beer, booze, champagne, Cocktails, cooking, Gin, Tequila, Vodka, whiskey, Wine on September 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
You think you love karaoke? I love karaoke. Nono, sh. I. Love. Karaoke. Just a few weeks ago, I walked into a bar I’ve never heard of, on a night I shouldn’t have been out, and I stumbled upon a weekly karaoke contest. I won. The next week, I did not win. I got gonged [...]
Filed under: booze, nostalgia on September 9th, 2011 | No Comments »
I don’t do booty calls. Well, I don’t initiate them myself. Would I accept one if it came my way? Probably. To be fair, though, the only woman who calls me after hours is my mom when she forgets about the time difference between L.A. and D.C. However, as with most things I make a [...]
Filed under: Beer, booze, drunk food on August 31st, 2011 | No Comments »
Many readers have been writing in and saying, “Don Julian! You have so much fun all the time! How do you do it? Can you provide a step by step tutorial on how I should do something fun?†And despite the fact that the previous sentence is completely fabricated, I will gladly oblige. Here is [...]
Filed under: booze, drunk food, party, sangria, Vodka, whiskey on August 29th, 2011 | No Comments »
College graduation. Tears, laughter, a sense of accomplishment. And what’s that? That’s right: the feeling that someone’s watching you. It’s not your imagination. It’s us, the adult workforce, gleefully welcoming you to our ranks as each and every ounce of happiness begins to slowly, painfully drip from your carcass of a soul… But first, you’ve [...]
Filed under: booze, Bourbon, cruise, graduate, whiskey on May 18th, 2011 | No Comments »
Did you know that Canadian whisky had an image problem? Neither did I until I spotted this article in the New York Times. As I read the first few sentences, I realized that I have, unconsciously, harbored a dim view of whisky from the north. The article talks about how Canadian whisky is generally viewed [...]
Filed under: booze, Bourbon, whiskey, whisky on April 20th, 2011 | No Comments »
The quick answer is to not call it that. In practice, that answer led to £60,000 in monthly profits for some Indian entrepreneurs and, eventually, to a half dozen arrests. Here’s what happened. The criminal masterminds in our little morality play were blending a couple of locally produced whiskeys, Signature and Bagpiper, aka Punjabi rocket [...]
Filed under: booze, scotch, whiskey, whisky on February 7th, 2011 | No Comments »
That’s right folks, it’s the news we’ve been waiting for! No more minutia about flavonoids and the heart-healthy benefits of a dainty glass of red wine every evening. Now there’s a study that puts it very simply: If you drink, you will live longer. Ah, I’ll give you a moment to bask in that knowledge. [...]
Filed under: booze on January 30th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Frankly, I know nothing about Joe E. Lewis. But, I can’t argue with his position on water. It just takes up space in the glass that you could fill with more whisky! Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say I’m thirsty, not dirty. -Joe E. Lewis Part of the [...]
Filed under: alcohol quotes, booze, scotch, whiskey, whisky on November 6th, 2010 | No Comments »