As the country opens back up, open yourself up to the varieties of suds in your destination of choice.
The end of the pandemic is bringing a level of normalcy back to the nation. For months already, many parts of the country have reopened to something approaching pre-pandemic levels,...
Challenge your barkeep with these NASA-Inspired drinks, but remember you are not in the zero-gratuity range.
With NASA poised to return to manned space missions, it seems as if it is more than appropriate to delve into some throwback potables in honor of our space programs making a return...
There is some work involved in making a Ramos Fizz, but the results are ever-so-divine.
This being the national remembrance of the American effort that is the chemistry of leisure, mixing elixirs of the sprits realm, we take a long look at a true American classic. One of the...
As the baseball season opens, we look at which stadium may throw out the first drunk.
It is with relief that sports fans have seen a return to normalcy with their preferred league of choice in the somewhat-post-pandemic era. Even while the COVID scourge ebbed last season, the major...
In Omaha this past week, a new record was set, and the way it was achieved — and why — is all the better.
Monday night, a new champion was crowned at the College World Series, and I am not referring to the result of the game. Louisiana State...
Taking a deeper look at drinking from the bottom of a glass.
Despite the name of this column, I decided it was needed to look into one of the more basic components of our national imbibing culture, the beer that is the scourge of foam-sucking, Lite Beer. We are...
As the holiday season arrives it becomes time for holiday potables to emerge. Thanksgiving ushers in the period when unique concoctions arrive with robust spices and ingredients not normally used throughout the rest of the calendar. One sign of the times is when grocery store dairy sections clear out...
There is a good chance you have been shoving a cart around one of the big box stores or bulk suppliers and come across beverages of mysterious origins. Beers with flashy graphics never before seen, or spirits on display with in-house labels. There could be anything coming to mind between...
than once, I’ve referred you readers to the encyclopedia of drinking known as Brad Slager and his VIP column in these pages, “Dipsology … (See “Dipsology: Beyond the Basics — Some Champagne Options for Your New Year’s Revelry“)
In his column, like the one he wrote about…
Even if you do not like “bubbly,” these champagne cocktail options should make the drinking de rigueur palatable.
As the mandated calendar flip takes place tonight, whether you are out at a party, at an event, or sedately celebrating at home, there is a likelihood that champagne is going...
The Disney Company has shown over the years to be a particularly woke-prone enterprise, as they both push agendas of an activist bent while also seeking to scrub their history of items and content deemed offensive by today’s woke standards. This has led to decisions that are sometimes expected and...
By now it is well-known that Anheuser-Busch is facing a serious business situation. As a result of one marketing decision with the company’s stalwart brand – Bud Light – the brewer is facing a backlash of monumental size. The decision to partner with the rising cultural figure, trans activist/influencer/egotist Dylan...
Some supreme suggestions for summer sipping.
With Memorial Day’s arrival, you have the unofficial launch of the summer season. Schools have finished (or are almost finished), Hollywood is ramping up its blockbuster season, and the winter sports are wrapping up their championships. Travel times are in the cards for...
In celebrating the Day Of The Dad, let’s look at the accomplishments of the padres in history.
As Father’s Day is spent with Dads being taken to ball games, showered with Home Depot gift cards, or – in my instance – taken on a trip to the local brewery,...
Miraculously, we maintain many misconceptions on mainstream Mexican spirits, including tequila.
You would think with our proximity, to say nothing of the cultural adaptation between our countries, we would have a much clearer understanding of the manners and mores of our Mexican neighbors. Instead, our shared history and the...
Paying homage to those rendered by Ida’s wrath.
(Before there is a hint that this is a bit of an exploitive entry, it was done with the intention of signifying the start of college football, and my team of choice, the University of Miami – not specifically for the...
From flavored porters to milk stouts, there are many options to ease yourself off of the standard of the style.
The color palette of beer, while not as varied as the flavor palate, is impressively wide. Starting with lemonade-hued session beers you can encounter, golds, tans, browns, reds, and...
Talk of a CO2 shortage threatening the beer and drinking industry bubbles up once again.
Reuters came out with a very disturbing announcement regarding a potential threat to our leisure time consumption practices. Word has it that the food and beverage industry is facing a crisis, in that carbon...
A willingness to explore rum options will lead to exotic enjoyment.
Among the liquors consumed in this country, rum takes on a curious position, in that it can be regarded equally as a mixer or as a quality product on its own. While sales of vodka top all the...
Draft Beer can be a better selection, but not always.
You can go to many bars and see people sitting side by side, drinking the same beer, but in a different fashion. One might be pulling from a longneck, while his stoolmate is sipping a pint of unmarked suds,...
It’s August 30, so you have one thing to do – Make yourself a Mai Tai, and make it correctly.
It is possible there could be some dispute around what is the preeminent, prototypical tiki cocktail. What better way is there to stage a barroom argument than around cocktails...
