Time Out NY has a few interesting articles about the expanding battle of alcohol imbibers between wine and beer. There’s a few good reads on new beer or wine bars, where to pick up some great bottles around the NYC area and how a few of the top choices stacked up to food pairings. I …
With THE holiday coming up, there’s been a few articles floating around about how best to enjoy a pint of Guinness and some myths have been perpetrated as well. I always watch the barkeep pour my Guinness – which glass do they use, is the tap in good condition, do they let it settle before …
Alcohol is absorbed into your bloodstream very quickly. The absorption rate depends on the amount and type of food in your stomach. For example, high carbohydrate and high fat foods lessen the absorption rates. A carbonated alcoholic drink, like champagne, will be absorbed faster. The effects of alcohol may appear within 10 minutes and peak …
On February 9, Halifax attempted to break the Guinness record for world’s biggest pub crawl currently set by Maryborough, Queensland, Australia on June 11, 2006. The Halifax crawl claimed 3200 people breaking the Aussie crawl by over a 1000! We were there in spirit but didn’t cross the boarder for this one. The Coast has …
Not sure if it’s the cold that has gotten to us, the lower turn out in the winter months, or just that we need to check ourselves into rehab for a day too, but the momentum has slowed for a Feb. crawl. The 24th of Feb would be our choice for the day, however, most …
It’s the season of football championships. Bowl games through the first week of January and the BCS Championships on Jan 8th with the Florida Gators vs. the Ohio Buckeyes. Later this month, we’ll have the NFL National Championships and the final game of the season, the Superbowl. This season we’re asking our attendees to come …
Well we’re a little disappointed with the support and results of the ugly crawl. Those who supported the ugly sweater were those who stayed through the entire crawl (even hitting bars others skipped – boo!). Our winner this year is Russell! I think Dress Barn needs their sweater back dude! Job well done. We started …