The Spirit World

A few weeks ago one of the Digital Mavens (DM) sent me an email, “Are you or someone on the blog interested in reviewing a soon to be released beer, if it gets shipped to you?” (I’m using quotes v-e-r-y loosely, in fact I’m using them incorrectly as this is complete paraphrasing…)
“Sure!”, I said, […]

So I walk into my local beer shop last night on my way home and I ask for a single bottle of Heineken Premium Light. I had to ask for it because it’s not out on display. The cases are hidden in the back of the walk-in cooler. Once the clerk located […]

By now you’ve probably read Donavan’s review. I’m going to tell you that this will be a review of a different color! Before I start I’ll give you an idea of where I’m coming from in regards to beer. I’m not a big beer drinker. I hate to admit that living […]

Last Monday the Cocktail Club gathered to check out a fairly new lounge in town, Suite 410. They’ve actually been open 6 months or so and some time back R and I, working from various snippets of information, had tried to stop by on the spur of the moment but couldn’t find the place […]

The recent egg-fest of Easter has kept me in a persistent eggitative-state of mind with the odd result of my needing to know what an “Egg Cream” soda is. I have never had one but have seen many sigh rapturously over the virtues of this drink. In my egg cream-virginal state, I imagine […]

Bolivia is one of two landlocked countries in South America. On the east it is bordered by the great land of Brazil and on the west by the Andes Mountains of Peru and Chili. About half of the population lives on the Altiplano, a great plateau on the east. This is the […]

All the brewpub people in Baltimore are super-friendly. They look and act like they really enjoy their work—and its important work, too. During a warm, slow afternoon at The Wharf Rat at Camden Yards sampling pints of English-style bitter, my waitress sat down at my table and started talking to me about beer. […]

Easter doesn’t really have a cocktail that is traditionally associated with it, unless you would count something like a Mimosa which you might have at Easter Brunch. Easter is however associated with eggs, and there are several cocktail recipes which also use eggs, so I thought I’d introduce you to a “family” of mixed drinks […]

It’s Easter and, of course, our thoughts turn to chocolate. What goes with chocolate better than anything? How about nuts? How about hazlenuts?? One of the best combinations ever! So with that in mind, and just to torture Scribes a bit more, I present to you the Hazlenut Martini. […]

Okay. It’s highly likely that this post actually belongs on Wine Sediments or even better, Sugar Savvy. But I’m pretty sure no one on either of those blogs is going to pick up on this fun and exciting use for Jelly Bellys (insert slight eye roll, here) that I came across some time […]