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World's First Multivitamin for People Who Drink

2011-11-08T01:11:00.000-08:00

Straight from the horses mouth:

We believe that the world is full of healthy people who still like to have a good time. That's why we created drinkwel: the first daily multivitamin for healthy people who drink alcohol. Created by two UC Berkeley graduates and formulated by a Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, drinkwel's unique combination of ingredients replenishes nutrients, supports healthy liver function, and helps your body process alcohol induced toxins.*

Specifically, support mechanisms include:

Milk Thistle, Artichoke Leaf and other botanicals to support liver health.*
Amino acids to help process alcohol induced toxins.*
Superfruits that help neutralize free radicals.*
Vitamin B-Complex to aid metabolism and maintain energy.*
Vitamin C to support immune system function.*

George Washington's Beer Brewing Recipe

2011-05-07T15:32:00.000-07:00

So much about the founding fathers has been clouded by the sands of time, but the next time you crack open a cold one you can confidently drink knowing you share a taste with the foundingest founder of them all, George Washington.

New York's own New York Public Library has just released George Washington's own personal recipe for brewing the good drink, which is set to be brewed by the Coney Island Brewing Company for the organization’s centennial gala. Cheers, George!

Read the full story at Nerve.

Custom Beer Pong Table

2011-04-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

For $750 you can have a custom crafted, wooden beer pong table that will probably last you a lifetime. Its exterior surfaces are polar wood, and the legs are cast iron; it has completely internal wiring that connects to a power source in the base, two triangle plexiglass "windows" (used for the beirut rack) are lit up by LEDs at opposite ends of the table.

It's a one of a kind item featured on Etsy, so if you want it, you better get it fast!

Learn the Language of Beer

2011-04-08T19:07:00.000-07:00

Source: Pimsleur Approach

Homemade Vodka Filled Gummy Bears

2011-02-27T14:23:00.000-08:00

When you're done following this recipe, you'll be left with plump gummy bears that are nearly twice their original size with vodka.

* Buy a pound of gummy bears and put them in a tall glass or mug.
* Pour vodka into the glass of gummy bears until it comes to the top of the gummy bears.
* Cover the mug with plastic wrap and put the mug in the fridge for about five days. Don't get afraid after two days or so when there is a lot of sugary goo that is some remnants of the sugar from the gummy bears mixing with some of the remaining vodka. This will go away after the four days of soaking in the fridge, and all that will be left will be giant soaked vodka gummy bears.

Source: eHow.com

Mini-Fridge Beer Cannon Conversion

2011-01-18T13:42:00.000-08:00

YouTube user personalbeerrobot recently gained internet notoriety for converting an old mini refrigerator into an intelligent, beer-launching automation.

Not only does it dispense alcoholic beverages at an accelerated rate and altered trajectory, you can select from four different types of beer! The mini-fridge beer robot is controlled remotely via an iPhone application, and also has the ability to tweet video of every beer that is shot from it. After user comments, the creator has updated his robot, which you can see below.

Breakfast of Booze - Epic Meal Time

2011-01-04T23:54:00.001-08:00

Leaves you in a food-and-alcohol-hybrid coma. Possibly dangerous.

Good Birthday

2010-11-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

American Craft Beer Week

2010-11-06T15:51:00.000-07:00

I'm kind of late posting this for 2010, but I just found out. We have an annual celebration of microbrews and other craft beers that takes place from May 16th to May 22d, and it looks like it's on its way to being a true national celebration.

American Craft Beer Week has been the largest national effort centric to American craft brewers since 2006, with events taking place in 45 states. So, make sure to stay tuned and find an American Craft Beer Week celebration near you.

While you're waiting for May to roll around, they even feature other Beer Weeks that occur at other times.

Deep-Fried Beer, Anyone?

2010-09-04T16:09:00.000-07:00

Some daring mad-man debuted these blatant disregards for human health concerns at the grand State Fair of Texas. He didn't give away his exact recipe (beer battered dough, maybe?) but the method goes something like this:

Prepare ravioli-like dough pockets.
Inject ravioli-like dough pockets with beer. (or other alcohol, I guess)
Deep-fry for around 20 seconds, until the ravioli-like dough pockets crisp and start to golden up nicely.

Mark Zable, deep-fried beer's inventor, told The Telegraph he spent three years perfecting the cooking method for these deep fried alcoholic treats, and while he currently uses Guinness, he is considering using different pale ales to widen his samples. (He better hurry, too, as Dallas News reports tons of copycat chefs popping up around the country.)

What does it taste like, besides the dreams of millions of immigrants and the blood of American soldiers? Zable says: "It tastes like you took a bite of hot pretzel dough and then took a drink of beer." But, instead of eating pretzel dough and then lifting up your heavy glass and moving your lips to drink beer, you can do it all in one swift and easy motion. It's like a hot pocket that will get you drunk!

I Want To Party With Phi Beta Phi

2010-06-11T12:43:00.000-07:00

10 Drink Worthy Movies

2010-04-27T14:17:00.000-07:00

AKA the list of movies to watch while you're shit-faced. Or, the list of movies to watch while you're getting shit-faced. However you want to look at it.

Sideways (2004)
Paul Giamatti and Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church play, respectively, a wine snob and his chick-crazed best friend who head to the Santa Ynez Valley wine country in this road trip dramedy that also features Sandra Oh and Virginia Madsen. The latter (also Oscar nominated) memorably emotes at length about wine as a "living thing." More grapes: "Bottle Shock" (2008), with "Star Trek" star Chris Pine, Alan Rickman and Bill Pullman, focuses on Napa Valley and the inception of its reputation as the maker of world class wines.

The Hangover (2009)
The surprise comedy blockbuster of last summer, with Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis as three guys who wake up in a Las Vegas hotel suite with no memory of the wildest bachelor party on record (it involves a stripper, a chicken, a tiger and Mike Tyson, for starters). The trio spends the rest of the movie shakily retracing their steps and trying to find the groom (Justin Bartha) who has gone AWOL. Other entries in the grown-up-frat-boy-getting-drunk category include "Bachelor Party" (1984), "Old School" (2003) and "National Lampoon's Animal House" (1978).

Arthur (1981)
The movies have never had a more bubbly, "pickled tink" imbiber than Dudley Moore, whose pixilated rich playboy of the title so delighted audiences that he inspired a sequel (dubbed naturally, "Arthur 2: On the Rocks," 1988). Other over-the-top drunks: William Powell in "The Thin Man" (1934) and its many follow-ups, Peter O'Toole as the blasted ham movie star in "My Favorite Year" (1982), Goldie Hawn as the plastic-surgery addicted, booze-swilling movie star in 1996's "The First Wives Club," and Johnny Depp, three sheets to the wind at the helm of his schooner in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise, which started in 2003.

Bad Santa (2003)
Billy Bob Thornton is the vilest department store Santa imaginable, helped along by lots and lots of liquid Christmas spirits (and we don't mean egg nog). Other mean drunks: Woody Harrelson as the nasty father of 10 raging at wife Julianne Moore and kids in "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio" (2005) and Tom Hanks, either berating his female baseball players or drop-dead drunk as they play in "A League of Their Own" (1992).

Withnail & I (1987)
Two out-of-work actors (Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant) struggle to get jobs, and they drink and drink and drink while doing so while on holiday in the country. There's so much boozing in between this drunken chat fest that enterprising folks have made a drinking game out of it. As the alcohol intake of the duo increases, so does their razor wit.

Swingers (1996)
Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Ron Livingston as three bachelors who troll the hip night-life scene in Los Angeles drinking martinis and calling each other "baby." This homage to the sophisticated, swingin' bachelor-pad lifestyle of the early '60s created nostalgic night-life trends in music, decor, and fashion, not to mention a lot of memorable catchphrases (as in "you're so money").

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Mike Nichols' multiple Oscar-winning picture, based on the award-winning Edward Albee play about a battling college professor and his coarse, slatternly wife (Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor) who invite an unsuspecting couple (Sandy Dennis and George Segal) for late-night "fun and games." The film shocked mainstream America with its blue language and adult themes — though the vast amount of alcohol consumed by the foursome didn't bring out many protesting Carrie Nations.

Strange Brew (1983)
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play Bob and Doug McKenzie, the Canadian, beer-swilling "hoser" brothers, first seen on the SCTV sketch TV show. In this comedy the McKenzies going to considerable lengths to keep themselves supplied with the suds. Other comedies dedicated to brewski: "Beer Wars" (2009), "Beerfest" (2006), and "Beer" (1985).

The Lost Weekend (1945)
The best picture of its year stars Ray Milland as a writer so desperate for a drink he tries to hock his typewriter and hallucinates a giant bat in the D.T. ward. Milland won an Oscar and brought the problem of alcoholism to movie audiences.

Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Nicolas Cage won an Oscar as a depressed boozer sliding to the bottom who finds a kindred spirit in Eliszabeth Shue as a hooker with a heart of gold. Other movie-drinking companions: Faye Dunaway and Mickey Rourke in "Barfly" (1987), Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson in "Ironweed" (1987), Joan Allen and Kevin Costner in "The Upside of Anger" (2005), and Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in "Days of Wine & Roses" (1962), which features one of Henry Mancini's most achingly beautiful compositions and, considering the film's subject matter, perhaps Johnny Mercer's most ironic lyrics.

I've Had Bottle Service, But Keg Service?

2010-03-22T23:12:00.000-07:00

the first rule of Superdive is that there are no rules ...

Now let me tell you, that's my kind of bar.

You can start the night off by mixing yourself a drink behind the bar, then make a fool of yourself or be someone's fantasy under the spotlight on their Steinway grand piano.

Maybe you and your friends feel like sharing a keg? Just let a cocktail waitress know your preference, and she will bring around a kegerator for you and your mates. Special orders must be placed 48 hours in advance, but they have around 700 beers in stock, so you will probably find something you like should you choose to go on a whim.

So, if you're ever between 12th and 13th in New York City, make sure to stop by!

Superdive - 200 Avenue A, East Village, New York, NY

The Art of Drinking Well

2010-03-21T23:03:00.000-07:00

Wall Street Journal columnist Eric Felten teaches you the fine ropes of boozing and schmoozing as a dedicated drinker, as the cover says.

With authority and just a hint of snobbery, Wall Street Journal columnist Felten indulges the dedicated drinker with this unwavering, well-informed appreciation of the "secular communion" of a good drink. Chock-full of obscure and fascinating anecdotes, Felten's guide covers cocktail history, culture and craft, featuring appearances by the likes of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ernest Hemingway (who "ranked 'dry' martini drinking somewhere between bullfighting and big-game hunting in his hierarchy of the manly arts"), Queen Elizabeth II and James Bond, along with a long list of notable bartenders and drink experts. Felten seamlessly interweaves drink recipes with their respective histories, detailing for instance the "culture wars" over the Bronx's paternity before divulging instructions for this near-forgotten gem, "robust enough to have spawned a slew of other solid cocktails" like the Income Tax Cocktail, the Maurice and the Smiler. Felden's wry, almost lyrical writing style is quickly absorbing, like bellying up next to a funny, friendly, knowledgeable career drinker. Quoting the New York Times, Felten asserts that "we should know mixed drinks if we care to be thought cultured"; if that's so, this fun read should turn any unrefined boozehound into a class act.

I'll let you be the judge of the Art of Drinking Well yourself!

Collegiate Beer Pong Constitution

2010-01-04T11:43:00.000-08:00

Do away with confusion when being accustomed to new "house rules" when playing beer pong by rallying behind the official decrees of the Collegiate Beer Pong Constitution!

I. The Basics

II. After The Volley

III. Specialty Rules

IV. End Game And Retaliation

V. Party Fouls

View Constitution Summary

Jägermeister Six Bottle Shot Cooler

2009-11-03T18:55:00.000-08:00

You'd be lost in the wilderness without the outdoorsman's version of Jägermeister's Tap Machine, the Jägermeister Six Bottle Shot Cooler.

Everyone knows the horrible taste of even a drop of warm Jäger, and so we all know that keeping the thick mix-o-happy ice cold is crucial. With the pull-tab shot dispensing valve, you don't even have to take the bottle out of the cooler! Just keep two hooked up to the dispenser, and four more in the cooler bay. You can shove a couple beers in there comfortably, too!

Don't go on your next fishing trip without it!

Enigma - Battleship Drinking Game

2009-11-02T07:00:00.000-08:00

Well you're in for a nostalgic treat with this classic childhood board game turned coma-inducing adult drinking game. Mauricio (Tony) Harion, the game's designer, calls this game Enigma, however, I like to refer to it by a more fitting title, Battleshots.

Gameplay follows the rules of its traditional counterpart, but it has to be a drinking game somehow, right? Each player's battleships has a proportionate amount of shot glasses aboard instead of pegs, and whenever a ship takes a hit, the owner takes the corresponding shot. When a player misses, they are required to take a sip of water. I have changed this as well, so when I play, each player is required to have a beer and take a sip of this when they do not make a successful attack.

I've contacted the designer and I'm scouring the internet for an order link, so I'll update this post when I have more information for anyone that might be interested.

Best UK Oktoberfest Destinations

2009-10-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

If you can't make it to Munich for the real shenanigans and debauchery, or you're just in the UK on holiday, then you had best make sure you stop off at one of these infamous British biergartens.

The Bavarian Beerhouse

Carmarthen Beer Festival

Nantwich Beer Festival

North Cotswold Beer Festival

Ascot Beer Festival

St. Albans Beer and Cider Festival

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Last Night's Rehash - Werewolf Gets Locked Up

2009-10-28T07:00:00.001-07:00

Poolside Beer Pong Table

2009-10-27T17:23:00.001-07:00

Beer pong is definitely something one can enjoy all year long, but lounging in the pool is something reserved for those lazy summer days we all cherish so much. Why not combine the best of both worlds, and play Beirut while relaxing in the nice, cool water.

Poolside Pong is made of durable PVC plastic, and includes a inflate/deflate nozzle, tote bag, as well as a regulation set of cups and balls.

If you have a personal vendetta against Poolside Pong or simply don't want to support their product, there are a couple alternatives available:

Port-O-Pong Portable Beer Pong Table

The Air Pong Table - The Portable, Inflatable Beer Pong Table