Killing Time, murder consultants:
A great gallery of pictures from Prohibition and upon repeal. From the Daily Mail, along with some fairly rubbish historical perspective.
Someone (maybe you) has been given instructions to argue guns or health care with your family this Thanksgiving. Pour this Cranberry Old-Fashioned on the troubled waters, so you'll all be able to fall asleep in front of the football game in the same room.
The top ten cheap "bourbons", ranked. Of these, only my father's brand, Early Times, has ever passed my lips.
"Have you ever had a Boulevardier? It's like a Negroni but with bourbon in the gin's place. It's a great drink, but you have to make it at home lest you find yourself pronouncing "Boulevardier" in public."
H/T: @JMGIII
The Washington Post's Tom Sietsema gets it. Only thing is, Tom, it's not just for the holidays!
Sword-wielding man breaks into a bar and steals nothing but the booze. Samurai wannabes have priorities. Or something.
Note: This was a burglary, not an armed robbery, so why the toad sticker?
The top ten cheap “bourbons”, ranked. Of these, only my father’s brand, Early Times, has ever passed my lips.
“Have you ever had a Boulevardier? It’s like a Negroni but with bourbon in the gin’s place. It’s a great drink, but you have to make it at home lest you find yourself pronouncing “Boulevardier” in public.”
H/T: @JMGIII
Hows and whys of cultivated and wild yeasts in making beer and spirits. Lots to absorb in this Popular Science piece. Via HotAir.
Thor and Loki Cocktails. I can’t warrant their taste, but the garnishes are perfect. Via @Alcademics
(Should make the cape out of Fruit Roll-Ups…)
The illegal vodka pipeline(s) you never knew existed. But you did know where they are located! Thanks to: @Teekeemon
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A Guide to Defunct Cocktail Ingredients. Over at Serious Eats, Dietsch induces a gnashing of cocktail geek teeth with a rundown of some grand lost cocktail ingredients.
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The Cocktail Chart of Film and Literature. So if you want to drink what Fredo Corleone did, you can just look at this spiffy wall poster.
(Answer: Fredo drank Banana Daiquiri’s. He deserved his fate.)
H/T: Uncrate
The manliest beer bottle opener in the history of time. No really, guys, this dude makes girlies of us all. You too, Chuck Norris. (Video)
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Tiki torches for the modern ultra-contemporary home (Video). If you have to blend your primitive with the modern in your Tiki decor as I do, these might make an excellent merge point.
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Doug
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The Hala Kahiki, featuring coffee and rhum agricole. Another great Tiki Month offering from a Mountain of Crushed Ice.
How Alcohol Affects Your Sleep. The basic knowledge here has been around for a while, but this is the best study in depth I’ve seen. In short, booze helps you get to sleep, but not stay there. Your body will feel better in the morning, your mind worse. Hangovers aside, of course.
