The fifty dollar mule

Lemme just start by saying – I love the Burbank airport. It’s easy to get in and out, unlike the HELLSCAPE that is LAX. The security line is shorter than what you’d find at your average Kroger-Ralph’s-King Sooper-Fred Meyer-One Eyed O’Houlihan’s. But once you get through, there’s two gates and not much else. I was…

The wine glass to end all wine glasses

For years you’ve been told that the wine glass makes the difference.  Brands such as Riedel have built an entire industry based on wine glassware, and it’s not the tacky, tiny 60s glasses your parents got as wedding presents on a dusty high kitchen shelf. No, you’ve been told that wine glasses must be thin,…

Weird booze: Aguardiente

Every week at Swigshot, we’re going to try highlighting an unusual type of alcohol you may not have heard of. For our inaugural entry, we’ve chosen: Aguardiente. Roughly translated, this means “firewater”, and boy, does it live up to that claim. A roommate of mine recently left an opened bottle of aguardiente on the lower…

WWJD- What would Jesus drink?

What would Jesus drink? Vodka, whiskey, beer, wine, or a pretentious “handmade” cocktail? Running the universe carries a lot of responsibilities and I imagine it depends on the mood Big J is in. Everyone has a go to adult beverage for sure, but some days require a different libation. So if you don’t mind, I’m…

The Most Interesting Man in the World is gonna be pissed

It might seem strange that there are alcohol clouds in space, but as noted in an earlier post, a great deal of complex molecular chemistry goes on between the molecular clouds and dust in outer space, and all sorts of chemical compounds exist there. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2014-09-alcohol-clouds-space.html#jCp Space booze is real folks and there…

Are the Irish…sobering up?

” France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia and Poland all currently have higher alcohol consumption levels than Ireland.” The French are the drunks now and the Irish are sobering up? Current data suggests so and shows a 16% decrease in overall alcohol consumption from Ireland’s all-time high 15 years ago. The once proud Irish…