Today’s Mr. Science’s Drunken Science is going to be as much drunken history as science. The question came in from Kilo in a past comments section: “Would love to know the difference between good alcohol / ethanol and bad. Occurs in booze and beer. Bad booze can make you blind, and we better all know [...]
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
When one lives in Capitol Hill, two things are inevitable: you like to drink and you are likely broke. While I appreciate good booze, I lack the independent wealth and/or sugar-daddy partner with a wallet fat enough to cover my tastes. As a result, one of my many valued skills is being able to sniff [...]
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
I love coffee and I love booze. During the winter months, there is a plethora of booze infused coffee beverages. However, during the summer months, the iced version of these beverages seem to disappear from drink menus. With that in mind, I decided to hit the brunch scene to find the perfect iced coffee cocktail. [...]
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
It’s no hidden fact that we like good alcohol. Thankfully, our friends at Westword love it, too. This year, with Laura Shunk’s added focus of booze news, Westword’s Best of series proportionally increased to allow the boozy favorites. You can find the full list listed at this link, but here are our Cliff Notes for [...]
Friday, February 24, 2012
Girl power. I’m all for it. Especially when it comes in powerful packages like eight final contestants duking it out over classic cocktail recipes with speed and precision. From my times as a drinking savant, I have great respect for the artist crafting a classic cocktail. From my bar stages, I have an even greater [...]
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The first national LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails) event is coming to Denver on February 12th from 1-5pm. Come and support your lady-lovers of fine cocktails as they face off in the shake-and-stirrtastic event. All proceeds go to breast cancer research, education and prevention. Sunday, February 12th, 1pm to 5pm Casselman’s (2620 Walnut [...]
Monday, January 9, 2012
It’s a tiki timeout. A tiki drink, simply rum and juice (or rums and juices), is the longest-standing drinking trend ever. What began in the 1930s has spanned over the decades in its retro gloriousness. You’ve seen ‘em: Scorpion bowls, umbrella drinks, and rum, a second rum, juice, a second juice, and a possibly a [...]
Friday, January 6, 2012
Lose weight? Ha. Join a gym? Unlikely. Quit smoking? Best of luck. We’ve set out a few of our own resolutions for 2012. Pretty much, we plan to drink a lot of delicious booze. What are some of your 2012 booze resolutions? Chris Washenberger I intend to brew more which means I have to drink [...]
Monday, January 2, 2012
2012. Bar Crawl. Ladies who know their shit about cocktails. If you know anything about LUPEC (Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails), these ladies know how to have a party. And they’re inviting you to this year’s Post-Holiday Annual LUPEC Bar Crawl! Here are the details below for tonight’s crawl (January 2): This [...]
Sunday, January 1, 2012
My family is made up of a bunch of booze hounds. These days our gatherings are fueled by delicious wine and beer, but before us kids were of age and could pick our own drinks (mostly beer) we were strictly a wine family. For as long as I can remember everyone in my family drank wine. [...]
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Eggnog comes in two varieties: shitty store bought and teen-age-male forearm of fortitude. Why the fuck anyone would mess with that stuff called ‘eggnog’ on the shelves is beyond me. If you want to drink that stuff, go full-hobo and sneak a shot of bourbon into your Starbucks Eggnog Latte. The first step to making [...]
Thursday, December 22, 2011
By now, you’ve seen a million emails and TV commercials touting the 12 Days of Christmas in order to get you to open your wallet. Per Wikipedia, “the lyrics of The Twelve Days of Christmas may have no meaning at all. Its meaning, if it has any, has yet to be satisfactorily explained.” Reminiscing about our crazy [...]
Thursday, December 22, 2011
It’s been a busy fall/winter. It feels like a whirlwind blew through Denver since even before GABF and the Mad Hatter’s Wonderland has begun. That may also be due to the numerous cocktails I’ve consumed. And it’s just the beginning. On Repeal Day, December 5th, The Hooch Life launched, a national online booze and cocktail publication. While [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
This Week in The Liquid Diet: I feel like I am writing a restaurant review because the only other real boozy adventure I had this week was the Denver Off The Wagon trip to Oskar Blues. That, and my Sunday Funday dinner. The true details of that trip have been locked in a vault never to be heard [...]
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
By: PJ Hoberman, Jess Hunter, Kevin Burke, and Jennifer Fowler Thanksgiving. Just reading the word sparks thoughts, memories, smells, tastes, panic attacks… Picking what to drink is a difficult task. Between the turkey, cranberry, stuffing, volcano of mashed potatoes and gravy, green been casserole, pumpkin pie, bread rolls, and your toothpick, it’s hard to pick [...]
Thursday, October 27, 2011
This week, Denver off the Wagon sits down with Kristian Naslund to talk about Dancing Pines Distillery. From Polka music, to talk about starting in Loveland, CO, his “house” liquor, and his rocking liqueurs, we go into it all. Biographical information: Full Name Kristian Naslund Current Location: Loveland, CO Name of Distillery: Dancing Pines [...]
Thursday, September 22, 2011
By Jess Hunter, Josh Rapp, Jim Halligan, and PJ Hoberman I look at the clock. Noon. It’s well-past 5 o’clock in London; the Queen would be sipping her gin, so I can too, right? I sigh and step up to the check-in at Rackhouse Pub on Sunday. Chris Rippe, owner and the impetus behind the [...]
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
This Week in The Liquid Diet: the “super secret stoner food not-on-the-menu” menu aka Fair Fare unleashed itself upon Denver (so don’t tell anyone because, well, it’s a secret). A beer that had been waiting patiently since the year of movies like Wedding Crashers and Pride & Prejudice as well as songs like “Holla Back Girl” [...]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The 1st Annual Colorado Distiller’s Festival will be held on September 18. As part of the roll-out, we will be interviewing the participating CO distillers to feature in the coming weeks. Today, we’re featuring Boulder Distillery with THE Rob Masters. Biographical information Full Name Rob Masters Current Location Boulder, Colorado Name of Distillery Boulder Distillery [...]
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The 1st Annual Colorado Distiller’s Festival will be held on September 18. As part of the roll-out, we will be interviewing the participating CO distillers to feature in the coming weeks. Today, we’re featuring Syntax Spirits in our sit-down with Heather Bean. Biographical information Full Name Heather Bean Current Location Greeley, CO Name of Distillery Syntax Spirits [...]
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