Results for: dipsology

Dipsology: Beyond the Basics—The Spy Who Sipped Me, or How Bond Sent Vodka to the Top of Sales Charts
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/04/29/dipsology-beyond…d-me-how-bond-sent-vodka-to-the-top-of-sales-charts-n2188491
– One of the ongoing arguments in taverns and cocktail bars is whether vodka is an appropriate base for the martini. Gin was the original main ingredient from its inception during the speakeasy days, but the desire of one distiller to elevate his spirit into a market titan meant he had...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics—Out of Disaster, Competitors Believe a Rising Foam Lifts All Brewers
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/04/07/dipsology-beyond…competitors-believe-a-rising-foam-lifts-all-brewers-n2187584
– Though it has fallen well out of the news cycle, the aftermath of the ravages from Hurricane Helene in North Carolina sees the residents and businesses still digging out, trying to rebuild, and attempting to get their lives reestablished. One of the positive aspects to come out of this unforeseen...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - On St. Patrick’s Day Celebrate the Creators of Whiskey, O’Yes
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/03/17/dipsology-beyond…patricks-day-celebrate-the-creators-of-whiskey-oyes-n2186769
– On this day of Irish heritage being celebrated by many ethnicities there will be a number of potables to be consumed. Tankards of Guinness will be flowing for certain, and some might be opting for more cordial offerings employing the sweet elixir from Bailey’s. But to be drinking a proper...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics: Drinking & Racing - The Swerving Relationship Between NASCAR and Potables
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/02/28/dipsology-beyond…e-swerving-relationship-between-nascar-and-potables-n2186126
– For some, especially those in reflexively activist circles, the concept of mixing alcohol and driving a motor vehicle might appear to be an offensive contradiction. One of the refreshing parts of America’s top racing governing body, NASCAR, is they and their fan base are not reflexively sensitive. There has always...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – Yeast, the Final Frontier, Used for Beer in…the Final Frontier
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2025/01/31/dipsology-beyond…e-final-frontier-used-for-beer-inthe-final-frontier-n2185050
– Throughout the annals of human history, whenever mankind would explore new lands one of the initial practices – following the securing of a food supply — would be in the localized creation of potables in the form of beer, wine, and spirits. After bringing along a cache of drinks, the...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – Christmas Requires the Holiday Tradition of Puerto Rico, Coquito
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/23/dipsology-beyond…quires-the-holiday-tradition-of-puerto-rico-coquito-n2183559
– Most people have their own traditional indicators of the holiday season: family arrivals, Black Friday shopping, Hallmark movies, or even “It’s not Christmas until Hans Gruber falls from Nakatomi Plaza.” Living in South Florida (but expanding into other parts of the country) also means it is when you see people...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics: Pouring Out the Facts Behind a Pernicious Rum Tax
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/12/12/dipsology-beyond…s-pouring-out-the-facts-behind-a-pernicious-rum-tax-n2183127
– It has become commonplace anymore that any consumer of spirits has basically become inured to the federal fees applied to their preferred potable. The numerous “sin taxes” in various forms have been around probably since the creation of tax collecting, and has become something of a self-generating revenue stream; the...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - the Case of the Guy Fieri-Sammy Hagar Tequila Heist
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/11/28/dipsology-beyond…the-case-of-the-guy-fieri-sammy-hagar-tequila-heist-n2182575
– One subset of Hollywood these days is the celebrity spirits release. These have been proliferating for some time already, and one of the new entrants has been a star power pairing. Rock star Sammy Hagar has long held his own line of tequilas, with his famous Cabo Wabo brand that originated...
Want a Million Bucks? All You Need Is a Banana, Duct Tape, and a Wall
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2024/11/17/want-a-million-bucks-all-you-need-is-a-banana-duct-tape-and-a-wall-n2182121
–  See Related: Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – I Don’t Know Much About Art, but I Know What I DrinkBrad writes:A prime example…
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – I Don’t Know Much About Art, but I Know What I Drink
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/10/11/dipsology-beyond…i-dont-know-much-about-art-but-i-know-what-i-drink-n2180451
– There were some melodramatics at a museum in the Netherlands this week. Panic erupted at the LAM Museum in Lusse, Holland, when one of their artworks turned up missing. After an anxiety-filled search, they came to discover the work in a garbage bin and gratefully found that it had not...
DIPSOLOGY Beyond the Basics: Are Alcoholics Offended by Cartoon Depictions? Disney Believes So…
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/07/31/dipsology-beyond…s-offended-by-cartoon-depictions-disney-believes-so-n2177594
– 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...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - for the 4th, the Food and Frivolity of Our Founders
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/06/30/dipsology-beyond…for-the-4th-the-food-and-frivolity-of-our-founders-n2176196
– 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...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - Proposing We Eat Bugs Is Bad Enough, Now Breweries Are Making Cicada Brews
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/06/09/dipsology-beyond…is-bad-enough-now-breweries-are-making-cicada-brews-n2175255
– 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...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics - What Is Behind Biden’s 'Alcohol Czar' Limiting Us to Two Beers a Week?!
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/08/27/dipsology-beyond…bidens-alcohol-czar-limiting-us-to-two-beers-a-week-n2163115
– As Ward Clark covered this week, the Daily Mail reported it spoke with President Biden’s Alcohol Czar, Dr. George Koob, and he was poised to come out with a new set of health standards that would limit Americans' consumption of alcohol. This new 2-beers-a-week standard is what most of us call...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – Honoring the Bounty of Jimmy Buffett With Boat Drinks
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/09/21/dipsology-beyond…onoring-the-bounty-of-jimmy-buffet-with-boat-drinks-n2164133
– I am going to admit to a bit of lingering melancholy over the passing of America’s tropical troubadour, Jimmy Buffett. It is not so much a sadness as it is anticipating an absence. As I mentioned in the tribute the day following his passing, here in my sector of Florida,...
Dipsology, Beyond the Basics: What Is Behind This Significant Shift in the Drinking Culture?
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/09/30/dipsology-beyond…hind-this-significant-shift-in-the-drinking-culture-n2164512
– The last few years were filled with upheaval for the brewing and liquor industry. As has been the case for most sectors of the economy the pandemic had sweeping impacts, and the beer & liquor markets have been no different. The closures of most establishments for months at a time...
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics – Drinking Your Breakfast; Review of Eggo ‘Brunch in a Jar’
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2023/10/08/dipsology-beyond…nking-your-breakfast-review-of-eggo-brunch-in-a-jar-n2164803
– There is always a quest to come up with new materials in the spirits world. Go to any major liquor store and peruse the liquor aisles, and you are likely to come across new flavors, taste combinations, or fortified variations on familiar foodstuffs. While these attempts can veer from the...
Dipsology Beyond The Basics: Racing Thoroughbreds and Sipping Corn — The Derby Means Bourbon
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/04/30/dipsology-beyond…oroughbreds-and-sipping-corn-the-derby-means-bourbon-n371531
– Welcome to one of the new cultural features here at RedState. The Tavern is open. Tomorrow is the Run For The Roses which, coming off of a scrambled racing season due to the pandemic, is making its traditional return to the first Saturday in May. Running for nearly 150...
The Foolhardy Oscars Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/04/25/the-foolhardy-oscars-predictions-for-the-93rd-academy-awards-n368782
– See Also – The RedState Dipsology Forum: Award-Winning Cocktails for Your Oscars Party “Lower Culture With Becca Lower” Podcast…
The RedState Dipsology Forum: Award-Winning Cocktails for Your Oscars Party
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/04/23/the-redstate-dips…forum-award-winning-cocktails-for-your-oscars-party-n367325
– Welcome to one of the new cultural features here at RedState. The Tavern is open. This will be an ongoing venture where hopefully you can be challenged to expand your potables experience by breaking out of the norms and experimenting for the sake of experiencing. One of the facts...
Dipsology: Beyond The Basics — a Look at the Bitter History of the American Cocktail
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/05/07/dipsology-beyond…oking-at-the-bitter-history-of-the-american-cocktail-n376221
– Brad’s column, “Dipsology: Beyond the Basics” is part of that effort and will soon be a RedState VIP exclusive – with the exception…
Dipsology: Beyond the Basics -- The Mystique of the Martini
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/05/14/dipsology-beyond-the-basics-the-mystique-of-the-martini-n380082
– “Dipsology: Beyond the Basics” is part of that effort as a RedState VIP exclusive.…
Paul Ryan Had Some Thoughts on the Future of the Republican Party—Did Anybody Stay Awake?
https://redstate.com/jenniferoo/2021/05/28/paul-ryan-had-som…uture-of-the-republican-party-did-anybody-stay-awake-n388092
– Could be he’s been indulging in too much Dipsology, like his friend Boehner.…
Dipsology: Beyond The Basics -- The Commie Cocktail in the Copper Cup, The Moscow Mule
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/05/28/dipsology-beyond…he-commie-cocktail-in-the-copper-cup-the-moscow-mule-n387961
– “Dipsology: Beyond the Basics” is part of that effort as a RedState VIP exclusive. …
Dipsology - Beyond The Basics: Tearing Down Regulations and Rebuilding the Craft Beer Market in 2021
https://redstate.com/bradslager/2021/05/21/dipsology-beyond…lations-and-rebuilding-the-craft-beer-market-in-2021-n384300
– As the country recovers from the pandemic we can aid in the recovery of the craft beer industry. Running up until last Saturday, we just enjoyed National Craft Beer Week, a welcomed respite from the dismal social cloud we have all been shaded under and a needed boost for...
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