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 »
New Belgium in Fort Collins, Colorado announced this week that they are going to start charging for samples. They are also adding 12 and 16 oz. servings for customer’s who want a proper beer. Previously, they gave visitors to the brewery tokens, enough to sample roughly half of their beers then they cut them off. [...]
Filed under: Beer, Wine on September 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
What overly make-uped, spectacle-reliant, near cartoonishly caricature of a band from the ’70′s now has it’s own beer and wine? If you guessed Spinal Tap, I’ll refer you to two facts: I said it was a “NEAR cartoonishly caricature” and I said ’70′s. Perhaps you have your imagination turned up to eleven, mate! If you [...]
Filed under: Beer, Wine on September 29th, 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 »
Remember when you first heard of beer being sold in fast food restaurants. It was probably from some buddy who’d been told by his buddy whose sister had seen beer for sale in McDonald’s in France. Maybe you didn’t believe it because it just seemed too odd. If you’re like me, you found it curious [...]
Filed under: Beer, whisky, Wine on July 13th, 2011 | No Comments »
It seems that the French police force, or at least the riot police, have been allowed to drink on the job. No, scratch that, I don’t want to piss off any riot cops – they have the right to drink on the job. That is until recently. Some pictures of the cops drinking from beer [...]
Filed under: Beer, Wine on April 30th, 2011 | No Comments »
There are only a few things that we can count on in life. Politicians suck, every time you get on an airplane there will be at least one screaming baby, your dog will always be glad to see you and Australians love their beer. Not so quick with that last one. It seems our faithful [...]
Filed under: Beer, Wine on January 18th, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m a beer man. I’ll argue all day that beer is just as elegant and refined as any wine you can pull out of your cellar. But I have to admit that when an occasion like St. Valentines Day or an anniversary rolls around, I find myself eyeing the Champagnes in the wine section of [...]
Filed under: champagne, holiday, Wine on February 12th, 2010 | No Comments »
When the cold winds are blowing outside, there’s nothing like a glass of big, dry, red wine. Cabernet Sauvignon fits the bill perfectly. A well made Cab is deep and rich in flavor. It’s usually got just enough complexity without being annoying. And a good Cab goes with most of those rich comfort foods like [...]
Filed under: cold weather booze, Wine on January 31st, 2010 | No Comments »
I’m not typically a fan of fortified wines like port. Fortified doesn’t mean that vitamins have been added. Instead, the wine is fermented as usual until a particular alcohol content is reached. Then a distilled spirit – brandy in the case of port – is added. This increase in alcohol is toxic to the yeast [...]
Filed under: cold weather booze, Wine on January 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »