Posts Tagged ‘ Booze-O-Riffic ’

Why you should sit at the bar

December 6, 2008
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Louisville has a downright unfair number of excellent restaurants. This means on weekends, even if you’re at a chain restaurant, you’re facing at least a 45 minute wait. But lo, if you don’t want to spend longer waiting for a table than you spend eating your food, there is another option. You’ve scoffed at it before, but trust me here. Eat at the bar. Yes, really. Now, it’s easy to think all chain restaurants are soulless holes of culinary despair, but I found myself at P.F. Changs recently. Rather than wait the better part of an hour for a...

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Another Made Up Holiday!

December 5, 2008
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Oh, sweet boozy freedom! Seventy five years ago today, the US government decided to stop watching people die from rampant gang violence and wasting police and prison resources on bootleggers. They also let the rest of us enjoy a drink guilt free. Here in Louisville, we have an incredible weath of options for celebrating Repeal Day. Consuming Louisville has a fantastic list including discounts at Maker’s Mark Lounge, Bourbons Bistro, The Bar at Blu, and the inimitable Proof on Main. The Bluegrass Brewing Company is also getting into the spirit with staff dressed in 20′s costumes, a soup kitchen,...

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Booze Blogging

November 14, 2008
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I love girly drinks. That’s a good thing, because somehow, I’ve picked up the alcohol beat over at FoodVu. I’m not complaining. You can’t beat the research. My last three weeks included: 2008 Election Night Drinking Games Top 10 Halloween Cocktails Top 10 Pomegranate Cocktails In the next month I’ll be writing a Top 10 Wines under $20, Top 10 Thanksgiving Wines, plus Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years cocktails. Most of those are pretty topical. To balance that out, I also have an evergreen seven part Drunken Rainbow column starting next Tuesday wherein I’ll brew up cocktails for every...

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Friendly Drinkers

May 28, 2008
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Yesterday, I spent a couple hours on the phone talking to people at Wild Turkey, Jim Beam, Woodford Reserve, and Four Roses. If you’re not a bourbon drinker, those names probably don’t mean much. If you are, then you know there are perks to living in Kentucky. I wish I could say Woodford Reserve begged me to design a kick ass display for the upcoming Bourbon Festival in September. Alas. However, all four P.R. Managers were genuinely friendly and enthusiastic. That’s not something I can say about most international companies. Heck, it’s not something I can say about most small manufacturers....

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Fetid End of the Dating Pool

First Contact: Apples and Honey Edition

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It’s time for a special Rosh Hashanah edition of First Contact! Gosh. Who knew the season of atonement and repentance could be so darn...

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