thebar.com

A Diageo site, but kinda fun and lots of recipes.

Check it out.

White Lotus Vodka

I am eager to try the new White Lotus Vodka. It seems to be limited to the San Francisco area right now, so will make sure I try it next time I am down. Check out their site where they have some cocktails recipes along with various other mostly useless webporn.

Required Reading

If you are a beverage geek like me (and I assume you are), then you need to download the BevNet 2007 New Product Guide. It is 16 pages of detail that is of no real use to anyone outside the beverage industry. People just like me! (no alcoholic drinks this this, sorry).

You can also find great reviews on BevNet, like this recent review of the Playboy Energy Drink. Does it get any better than this?

Live Longer!

Reuters is reporting on the very important research reported in the European Heart Journal.

One to two drinks a day + moderate physical activity = longer life.

ONE TO TWO DRINKS A DAY!

God smiles upon us.

In case of ongoing hangover...

Trust Wikipedia at your own risk.

Wonder who need a weekly email from Hungover,net.

Take HangoverStopper and wonder how to reconcile the fact that it contains "activated carbon" but you are now supposed to be carbon neutral. Are you taking carbon out of the environment by taking these pills?

Don't drink anymore.

You choose.

Suffering Bastard

Last night, we had an opportunity for a free sitter! Pre-movie, we dropped into Trader Vic’s in Bellevue for small nosh and a cocktail for me. I’m a creature of habit when it comes to cocktails, so try to venture a bit when presented with new and exciting options. After reviewing the extensive, tiki-inspired list, I settled on a “Suffering Bastard”.

Suffering Bastard
A forthright blend of rums, lime and liqueurs with an affinity for cucumber….formula from the Sheppard’s Hotel in Cairo

The drink was rather dull and very forgettable. The only thing I remember a mere 19 hours later is I don’t want to order it again. Perhaps the most disappointing was my desire for a flavor of cucumber. Cucumber has a nice, crisp flavor that brightens up many cocktails I’ve tried. (One of our favorite local restaurants does a cucumber martini in the summertime that is to die for) As described, I would have thought this would be within the liquid drink. No, it was a slender, cucumber spear in so much ice it froze.

Next time at Trader Vic's, I'll go for the standard Mai Tai.

Scotch Mist - A Film With Radiohead In It

This is on the TV at the bar right now (or would be if this was a real bar). I love Radiohead and love Scotch Whisky. What more need be said?

 

Electric Wine Opener

A colleague mentioned this wonderful contribution to human laziness and muscle atrophy.*

Enjoy!

*anyone that might be physically impaired is exempt from my teasing here -- this device might be perfect for you and I applaud Oster for creating it.

The Drinks in Des Moines

The Elf is a (mostly) politics free zone, but here is a story from MSNBC about the drinks being poured by a sharp bartender in Des Moines during the hoopla leading up to the Iowa caucuses.

John J. Mahoney's

JJ Mahoney's, my local pub. Family friendly (kid's menu), work friendly (free Wi-Fi), inexpensive and basic food, and a nice selection of beer on tap.

We always enjoy heading over for lunch. The folks are nice, the atmosphere is bright and pleasant. This is what so many of the "locals" are throughout the UK and that we just don't have enough of in the States.

Visit them and have a Guinness.