Apr 7, 2022 – 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...

Jun 28, 2023 – 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...

Apr 30, 2022 – 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...

Nov 22, 2023 – 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...

Oct 26, 2021 – 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...

Dec 31, 2021 – 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…

Dec 31, 2021 – 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...

Jul 31, 2024 – 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...

Mar 16, 2024 – Okay, right from the start, the rhetoric in the headline is just that. I mean, Patty has the day named after him, after all, so no - it is not a misnomer. But still, given the ritualistic imbibing taking place this weekend, there is another possibly more worthy figure for...

Jun 9, 2024 – There is a cycle in the press when new ideas from the left emerge: Their daft proposals get reported on, then there is a reaction or backlash from the right, and next the press responds with mock offense by suggesting conservatives created a conspiracy that does not exist, finishing then...

May 22, 2024 – In the next couple of weeks, a fire sale will be taking place. It is a not-uncommon event, especially in the current economy; a failed business venture selling off its assets, hoping to recoup some of the losses before shuttering completely, is becoming all too common. That this involves a...

Jun 30, 2024 – As we get set for this week’s celebration of our country’s birthday, it is a wonderful time to look back and appreciate how the crafters of our founding documents celebrated, consumed and imbibed in their era. The food and drink of colonial times are not always top of mind as...