About a month ago, I received an email from The Baddish Group. They asked if I’d be interested in whipping up a frozen cocktail recipe which incorporated Fernet Branca. Now I’m no bartender, but when presented with the opportunity to dabble in the cocktail making arts, I rarely pass it […]
Although we live in New Jersey, when the time comes for a serious night of eating and drinking, Philly is where we go! Way back in the day (I grew up in Philly and lived there until my early 30s), there were only a handful of places that […]
You see that little number 5 on the key that’s wrapped around the neck of the bottle of Blade and Bow 22 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey in the above photo? Apparently, Diageo has gone the Blanton’s route by releasing five different keys that Blade and Bow […]
The above advertisement for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey dates back to 1940. While 76 years is a pretty long time for any brand to be around, I.W. Harper goes back even further than that. Way back in 1872, Bernard and Isaac Wolfe (the I.W. of I.W. […]
Once again G-LO ventured out to the mailbox and brought in his most recent bit of boozemail. The fine folks at Iron Hill had gifted him their most recent canned creation, the Crusher Session IPA. Shortly after mail call, he saw me outside watching the urchins and noticed […]
This isn’t the first time that I’ve had Victory Brewing Company’s Prima Pils, nor is it the first time that I’m reviewing it (click here to read what I had to say about Prima Pils way back in late November of 2011), but it is the first time […]
It all started this past 4th of July weekend… Benita (aka My Better Half, aka The Mother of My Lovely Children) surveyed the beer inventory and found that I had too much beer (is that really a problem???). Apparently, there was a shortage of space for GoGurts and […]
8th Annual Pour-A-Palooza at The Pour House in Westmont, NJ ‘Better Beer Bar’ to Feature 56 Beers from 47 Craft Breweries WHO: The Pour House Westmont is hosting the 8th Annual Pour-A-Palooza (click here to read about what the 7th Annual Pour-A-Palooza was like), the outdoor festival featuring […]
In the spring of 2016, the whisky community gathered in New York City for the fifth annual Whisky Jewbilee. Produced by the The Jewish Whisky Company, the event had become a gathering of the whisky tribes from the all over the United States, from the Tri-State area to […]
I recently had my hip replaced. The other day, as a part of my physical therapy regimen, I walked all of sixty feet to G-LO’s patio. Since an immediate turnaround would have been too taxing given my delicate condition, I was left with no choice but to knock on […]