I love learning … and I love it when there are lots of pictures to make the reading more enjoyable. Thanks to some very crafty folk over at the Oatmeal, we now have a picture-book-like lesson on all things beer! It’s really one big long comic, so keep on clicking to see it!
Category Archives: Beverages
The Flaw In Wine Ratings Perks The Wall Street Journal
Wine ratings are highly controversial to say the least. At their core, the ratz seem like a great idea. They take something that isn’t standardized and provide people with a measurable way of differentiating it from one and other. Formed as a consumer protection utility in the early 70s, the shortcomings of the system have …
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Chinese/Yixing Pee-Pee Boy Doesn’t Actually Make Your Tea Taste Like Pee [Laugh Of The Day]
If you know me, you know I love tea … particularly Rooibos (pronounced ROY-Boss), keep that in mind as you progress through this rant. Last night, over a very kick ass glass of Earl Grey at Octane Coffee, a good friend was kind enough to give my life a whole new meaning. She is as …
Take A Gander At The Other Atlanta Wine Blogger
Though you may not know it, Atlanta is home to more than one blog that focuses on wine. With all the love being doled out over my good buddy HW, I thought it might be a good time to point ya’ll in another direction. After all, we’ve lost the aforementioned for at least the next …
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Dirty South Wine Goes Top 10
Congratulations to the one, the only Hardy Wallace. Hardy, the sommelier over at Dirty South Wine, recently entered the Murphy-Goode Winery dream job. The competition has been fierce, and after laying the smack down on roughly 2,000 other candidates, Sir Wallace of Dirty has earned a spot in the Top 10. Here’s to you Hardy, …
You Drunk My Battleship: Tony Harion And The Coolest Drinking Game … EVER!
Thank you Mr. Harion. Tony (aka Mauricio) has just put together the best drinking game in the history of drinking games. Take one part childhood memories and mix it with one part adult debauchery … what do we get? That’s right … Battleship the bar game. Coolness!!!!! More pics are available on the website. [Via …
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Get Fit … Then Drink More Beer [Laugh Of The Day]
So this just in, apparently – it’s a good thing to drink beer after you exercise. Yeah, sounds screwy … I know. According to researchers at Granada University (that’s in Spain ya’ll), a pint of beer post-exercise is better at rehydrating you than a glass of water! Apparently, they attribute this to the high sugar …
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Go Go Hardy Go!!!!
In the last 24-hours, Hardy Wallace [of Dirty South Wine and Goode To Be First fame] has pulled an Inspector Gadget and surged into first place in the quest for his dream job. Some 25 points off the lead going into last night, Hardy now sits over 30 votes ahead. Still, anything can happen with …
Greg Best Of Holeman And Finch: One Of America’s Best Mixologists
Greg Best just made Playboy. Don’t worry folks, Greg doesn’t appear in his skimpies. No, in this case, Mr. Best was just named one of Playboy’s 10-best mixologists. A co-owner of my favorite watering hole, Best is a certifiable drink geek! He’s friendly as hell and awesome at what he does … two things that …
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Fat Tire Rolls Into Atlanta At Hop City Beer [New Belgium Beer]
Fat Tire roles into Atlanta … get it? HA! I kill me. Okay, so bad humor aside, this should be of interest to you who sip the suds. Three new Belgian beers showed up this afternoon at Hop City Beer. Though EatItAtlanta walked out with the first picture, I managed to score the first case. …
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