Archive for February, 2008

Labatt Blue Has THE BEST Beer Commercials Ever!

Posted by James on February 29th, 2008 filed in Awesome, Beer, Canada

Its Friday and that means its time to relax with a nice beer. But I’m at work and I cant drink until I get home. So lets watch some of my favorite beer commercials. These are all for Labatt Blue because I love it and that’s what I’m going to be drinking tonight.
This first one [...]

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The Drunkist Presents: Lets do some shots!

Posted by James on February 23rd, 2008 filed in Shots, The Drunkist

Its the weekend and its time to get drunk! And what better way to get drunk than by doing some shots! Each weekend we will feature a few different shots. So give these a try, get drunk, and have a good weekend!
Drink Up!
Shot Number 1: The Italian Job

1 oz. Amaretto
1/2 oz. Fresh Lemon Juice
1 [...]

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The Benefits of Beer

Posted by James on February 22nd, 2008 filed in Beer

Beer improves metabolism, and many doctors consider that it is better to drink beer often (may be every day), but with moderate portions (100-200 ml), than rare but with huge portions.
1. Beer strengthens cordial muscle.
There are lots of potassium, magnesium, phosphorus in beer and it is excellent prophylaxis of myocardial infarction (heart attack), hypertension [...]

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Saving the Planet One Drink at a Time

Posted by James on February 18th, 2008 filed in News

Even alcoholics are starting to get in on this new "Green" trend. Companies in the UK are starting to use lightweight glass bottles that use up to 30% less glass than normal bottles.
New technology means that less glass is needed to create a bottle of suitable strength. A bottle created using the latest technology [...]

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America’s Drunkest Presidents

Posted by James on February 18th, 2008 filed in Alcoholics

A comical look at our chief alcoholics.
“These 8 brau hounds fell off the sobriety tree and hit the executive branch on the way down.”
Via Digg

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Microbrews Run Dry On Hops, Sam Adams Offers Tons To Help

Posted by James on February 18th, 2008 filed in Beer, News

The Boston Beer Company has decided to open their supply of hops to small brewers across the US due to a major shortage in supply. This just goes to show that they not only care about making their own beer, but that they respect the small time brewer. Respect ++.
“For a couple of months now, [...]

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Counting down the days…

Posted by George's Clam on February 7th, 2008 filed in Awesome, News, The Drunkist

So our next car payment is going to be our last one. That is is going to free up $325 a month. Obviously, this money is going to get redistributed to pay off all of our other medical bills, but because the baby has been keeping the wife up all night and because I have [...]

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The Drunkist MVP: Tina "Beer" Williams

Posted by James on February 7th, 2008 filed in Alcoholics, Beer, The Drunkist MVP

This months Drunkist MVP goes to Tina “Beer” Williams. This fine upstanding lady was pulled over and had a case of Busch (Eww) seat-belted in the back, next to a 16 month old girl who was not strapped in.
When arrested the cops also found a few pipes which were apparently used for “smoking drugs”. [...]

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Awesome Beer of the Day: Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Posted by James on February 7th, 2008 filed in Awesome, Beer, Goblets

Created to honor and celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (which is November 1st btw) Rogue Dead Guy Ale is my favorite beer ever. Brewed by Rogue in Newport, Oregon; Dead Guy Ale is deliciously dark and hoppy but not too thick. If I had to compare it to something more main-stream I would [...]

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