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New York pub crawls: Because your regular drinking dens are like following the spin-dry cycle

Flatiron PubCrawl recap

This was a great summer end crawl with the start in the park, some Shake Shack burgers n beers and continuing through the neighborhood ended up at the Christmas styled Paddy Maguire’s . Check the listing for some more history and here’s a few highlights: More of this Gallery

NY Brewfest 2008

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 & …

College presidents want drinking age lowered to 18

The legal drinking age for countries worldwide varies drastically from, completely banning alcohol (Saudi Arabia, Sudan, etc.) or from no age limit to the maximum age of 21. There are only a handful of countries that have the limit set at 21 (Indonesia, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Kiribati, in Paraguay it’s 21 in …

The Recession PubCrawl – Flatiron NYC – August 9th, 2008

We’ve all heard that term floated around a little too frequently these days. Even if you’re in dire straights there’s still opportunity to drink your sorrows away. So after a few summer months away we’re bring back a crawl through mid-Manhattan in the Flatiron District. Named around 1985 after the Flatiron building on 23rd and …

Germans have seen cheaper, sunnier and smokier days

We just heard about this from the Brits and zee Germans are hurting for beer customers. Hotter days may call for more beer drinking but ultimately it’s the rising prices, the “health” factor and a few things not mentioned below, the trend to move expand drinkers pallets to other brews, wines and hard cocktails that …

Drunk with fire crotch leads to jail for “friends”

I think we’ve all been there at some point where those that pass out early are susceptible to practical jokes. Usually these pranks involve shaving cream, hair clippers, permanent markers, food, or the left over trash. Then there are these guys that thought it would be a laugh to light their friend on fire and …

Beer losing British Iconic appeal?

LONDON (AP) – The iconic British pint is fast losing ground as the national drink, with a report out Monday showing beer sales in pubs slumping to their lowest level since the Great Depression. Squeezed by a nationwide smoking ban, rising costs, competition from supermarkets and the economic downturn, beer sales fell 4.5 percent between …

Win a Fantasy Football draft day from Redhook Brewery

Fantasy football players across the country are preparing for the most important event of the year: their draft day party. As players delve into intense stat checking and hours of ESPN watching, Redhook is offering fantasy football teams the chance to win a draft day party even NFL players would show up for. Beginning July …

This Bud’s for EU

Anheuser-Busch, the largest brewing company in the US has agreed to sell itself to the Belgian brewer InBev (brewer of brands Leffe, Becks, Bass, Stella Artois, Brahma, Hoegaarden, & Staropramen) for about $52 billion, the two companies confirmed today [NY Times reporting], putting control of the nation’s largest beer maker (new name being announced as …