With St. Patrick’s Day upon us, the Kelly green flags and the Guinness posters will start popping up all over the place. Your local watering hole will be adorned with cheap, plastic promotional material attempting to make you feel as though the luck of the Irish is upon you as you search for the next pint of stout in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Now we all know and love…
Ahhh, the finer things in life. Now I’m not talking about Ferraris in Venice or North Pole and Arctic island tours in Murmansk or any of that Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous stuff. I’m talking about the realistic finer things. Like a moment when the food and the drink align to bring the partaker to that place where the other senses shut down to allow for maximum appreciation for what is being consumed. You…
It is an absolute jungle out there in the world of beer. Seemingly every day there is a new brewery that pops up with offerings ranging from simple yet elegant, to more exotic and complex. Walking into a local bottle shop can be wrought with anxiety if one lacks the necessary intellectual machete to hack through the thickets that is the jungle of bottles. The nice thing about beer cocktails is that because one is…
Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble. With All Hallows Eve just on the brink, You, dear readers, need something to drink! And I have found the perfect potion to conjure up if you are looking for a little something different to sip on for your clandestine gatherings this Halloween! Inspired by a beverage that I found from the restaurant Firefly, this Gin based beer cocktail will have you cackling at the…
Welcome to Hazard County, Kentucky, home to Bo and Luke Duke, a couple of moonshiners from a popular ‘80’s television show that made its way into the hearts of many!
But, this isn’t a TV blog and I didn’t come here to talk about that, so don’t get your Daisy Dukes in a knot; I’m getting to the beer cocktail!
Now, there are places in the South that may be known for its “White Lightning,” or moonshine which is the more common term, but that stuff can make you go blind if you get a bad batch. So in an effort to ensure the safety of your precious eyesight, I chose to put down the mason jar of questionable origin in favor of Kentucky’s legitimate contribution to the world of spirits: bourbon.
Have you ever had one of those dreams where you’re floating? Cruising through the fluffy white clouds in the sky on a journey created by the precious REM cycle that we all love? Then the unthinkable inevitably happens: we are ripped from the skies, wings clipped as we are pulled down to the earth as gravity wages a violent attack on our pleasure cruise. No announcements of placing our seats and tray tables in the…
Being a patriot means something different to everyone. And although we don’t all agree about what the criteria for patriotism is and all of our politics are different, we can all agree that a party is in order to celebrate the birth of our nation! So fire up the grill, put ice in the cooler, and get ready to light up the skies, because the 4th of July is upon us! Now, if you’re looking…
Tequila. Obviously 3 letters too long to be considered a four letter word, but I’m sure many of you will swear in consternation as images of frat parties or spring break are conjured up from the depths of long blocked out memories of this south of the border beverage. Now there are those who believe the seemingly prevailing opinion that there are no truly good beers that come from the country that gave us Tequila,…
Ahoy Mateys! In my journey to find the most delicious beer cocktails, I have stumbled upon some real buried treasures in regard to beverages. As I set sail (with all three sheets to the wind of course) to bring yet another delicious treat to the reader’s beer glass, I uncovered a drink that definitely deserves a place in the treasure chest! Now plundering and pillaging is thirsty business and what better drink could a scallywag…
Sometimes you just have to take matters into your own hands. Now I’m not talking about the type of vigilante justice found in many a Steven Seagal or Jeane Claude Van Damme films; I’m talking about shedding the doldrums of the winter months and forcing your mentality and imagination into a more exotic mindset. Mother Nature does not always make this very easy. You want to go for a bike ride and it’s raining cats…