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

Virtual Beer Pong Controversy? or Green Gaming?

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut’s attorney general isn’t happy that a video game called “Frat Party Games: Beer Pong” was rated suitable for children as young as 13. The video game is based on a popular college drinking game where competitors toss a pingpong ball into the opposing player’s cup. If the ball lands in the …

Disabled UK man in electric wheelchair refused 3rd beer

Just last month we heard about a man pulled over for DWI because he was driving an electric cooler while intoxicated, and now we have further idiocy where a man confined to a wheelchair was refused brew because a law limits intoxication for motorized riders of wheelchairs? This is completely ridiculous to us. Going 4 …

Beer Distilled Whiskey

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 …

Time Out NY – Summer Drinking Options

If you want to know where are the popular and crowded spots are, check out Time Out NY’s “Perfect Bar” guide here (it’s not as fun as they claim) FEATURE

Drinks with the coworkers tonight?

Among the first day orientation, paper signing, selecting healthcare and finding out where to take my breaks, the invitations were already being exchanged for this thursday’s happy hour with the co-workers. Happy hours with the office mates is time-honored and ever present in American work culture. A ritual of sorts to figure out what’s be …

What type of drunk are you?

The Sloshed Slut – This is the Girls Gone Wild type and typically use (abuse) alcohol to fit in or “loosen” up to bag some action for the night. The Obnoxious Drunk – You’ve got something to say, and with a any amount of booze, everyone’s going to hear it. Oi Oi Oi! The Falling-Down …

Last Round on the Underground

The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union in London, England has imposed a ban of open containers of alcohol on public transportation (the rail, buses, the Docklands Light Railway and trams); announced by London Mayor Boris Johnson and implemented on June 1st. As a protest, several people organized the Circle Line Cocktail Party for the …

Scooter Cruzer gets pulled for DWI

We hyped the Cruzin Cooler a few months back as a great way to roll to the party, however, a Whitehall, NY man found out that inebriated driving on the sidewalk with one can result in your beer stash being confiscated by the cops, having to potentially pony up DUI charges. The PostStar reported. Marr …

What kind of party can you rip for $2000

Bottle service has been the demise of the club scene since it’s apparent inception in 1995 (David Sarner and Michael Ault make bottle service mandatory for VIP-room access at Spy Bar; by 2001 the trend has spread from NYC to Miami and Vegas *from History of Bottle service*). As Sarner states, the focus is not …

Wine Barrel Beer

While surrounded by fields of grapes and makers of some of the worlds finest vino, Russian River Brewing Company went the other way and created the first brewery in Sonoma to use wine barrels to produce beer. RRBC age the brews in wine-seasoned oak barrels with wild yeast and bacteria for a year or two, …