This is a Russian advertisement for a “Low-alcohol” yet “Premium” drink. The obvious context here is you can drink low-alcohol cocktails, drink and drive and still get hot sleepy women who’ll fondle your dragon… The ChinaTown by day is not much better because I can’t even figure a context: Maybe their ChinaTown is just that …
Details to be added 1 week before event. We’ll be touring Alphabet City, North to South and ending near LES this round.
VANG VIENG, Laos (story from NY Times) — In this tourist town on the Nam Song River, Beer Lao is as ubiquitous as sneakers and sunburns. Bottles of Beer Lao at the Lao Brewery factory in Vientiane, Laos. Part of the rice-based lager’s appeal may be that it cannot be found just anywhere. Backpackers stroll …
As most of you know we’ve gone three years, wrecked shop at many bars across NYC in that time. The crew has grown, shrunk, and overall evolved. We often get requests as to when the next event is and yes we plan on it, but were still working out what’s next over the last year’s …
Brian McDonald has an interesting story in the times this week about “Downpouring” and can patrons really tell the difference in their alcohol. I think ordering high end is a mix of show and flavor, depending on the style of liquor used but for the most part I’m with the author that most couldn’t tell …
The NY Times article “Fighting for the Right to Drink Beer on His Stoop” reviews the years old, however illegal practice, of drinking a beer on the stoop of your building in the city of New York. Space is limited and for a city that makes it illegal to have your porch unswept, but it’s …
Craft beer fans or fans of festivals… this is one of the last events of the summer to get outside and have brews. The 3rd annual NY Brewfest presented by Heartland Brewery will be held on Friday September 12th 2008 from 5:00PM until 10:00PM in New York City at South Street Seaport’s Pier 16 & …
If you’ve never heard of Charbay on the east coast, it’s understandable. They’re a family run winery & distillery based in the Napa Valley, California. The interesting product today is their Whiskey, a craft whiskey made from hand-distilled bottle-ready beer. Normally referred to as “low wash” or “distiller’s beer,” it’s not something you’d reach for …