Way back in late March (Monday the 20th to be more precise), we were invited to attend an “Esteemed Members of the Media” gathering at Center City Philadelphia restaurant Aldine, where Boardroom Spirits, makers of B Beet Spirit, would be premiering C Carrot Spirit, their latest and greatest eau de […]
During the weekend of February 24, 2017, myself and a fellow beer connoisseur received two press passes from the NYC Brewers Guild to attend the Opening Bash Invitational at the Brooklyn Expo Center which serves as the kick-off to NYC Beer Week. This is The Guild’s Eighth Annual […]
In years past, Limpd and I have had a few quibbles with the annual Philadelphia food and drink fest called The Brewer’s Plate that happens every March (this year’s event went down on March 5th) at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts… “The band was too loud. […]
After toiling away in a Northeast Philadelphia industrial park for a little over 11 years, Philadelphia Distilling (makers of Bluecoat Gin, Vieux Carré Absinthe, The Bay Seasoned Vodka and so much more) recently moved their distilling operation to a brand new, mixed-use facility in the Fishtown section of […]
In early November, Mrs. G-LO, The Boys, and I went on a four night cruise aboard Holland America Line’s (HAL) brand new ship, the ms Koningsdam. Although the ship launched this past April, our cruise was this ship’s maiden voyage in the United States. A couple weeks prior […]
G-LO: This past September, I once again paid a visit to The West Coast Office (aka AK or The WCO), and much like last time, my visit would be a short one, i.e. I arrived at 1PM on a Friday and was headed home by 10PM on a […]
As has been noted by other blogs across the interwebz, it’s pretty obvious that Smirnoff was inspired by Gatorade when they came up with the bottle design for their Electric line of non-carbonated malt beverages. They even made the bottles out of a similar, heavy gauge plastic and […]
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 […]
With the start of Memorial Day Weekend 2016 just one day away, I thought I’d share some of my latest adventures in Beertography. While I would love to go into greater detail and tell you so much more about each of the beers featured in this post, the […]
Way back in 1966, Simon and Garfunkel released an album called Parsley, Sage Rosemary, and Thyme. One of the tunes on that album was the 59th Street Bridge Song. The song starts off exactly like this… Slow down, you move too fast You got to make the morning […]