Brand Loyalties: Buying Your Favorite Beverage Brands

When it comes to gift giving and buying accessories for your beer, wine and general drinking needs, do you find you’ll purchase brands you know and love? Or, do you tend to buy brands that you want people to think you know and love.
For instance, I’m a big tequila fan but there are very few [...]

Drinking Beer: Bottle or Glass?

I’ve had numerous discussion on this quite simple topic, do you prefer to drink your beer from a bottle or out of a glass? There will be times when a glass may not be readily available so the answer is obvious but when given a choice do you choose to drink the beverage from its [...]

Universal Measurement: The Shot Glass

Often considered a standard measurement, a shot glass has become an industry standard for measuring liquor. Of course, the industry is comprised of college students and other of-age mid-twenty year olds with nothing but time on their hands and an inspiration to drink.
Okay, that’s not all exactly true.
The Oxford English Dictionary first published the term [...]

Be Open Beer and Soda Bottle Opener

One of my Christmas gifts, this year, a new bottle opener! Not just a standard opener, of course, it’s a push down bottle opener as seen on shows like Diggnation. Now, the only problem was the look on my wifes face when she said “it’s only 14 dollars?” Which means I’ve got to select another [...]

Holiday Gifts: Shot Glasses!

Another great holiday gift this year? Shot glasses! These may complement a bigger gift, say a bottle of Cabo Wabo Tequila or a crystal clear vodka. We’re not talking about a single shot glass, unless it’s really fancy, but a set of shotglasses or a few custom designed shot glasses.
We checked out Discount Mugs and [...]

Holiday Gift: Wine Corkscrews?

For the last two years I’ve been given a corkscrew for a gift for Christmas and each one has disappointed. These lever-style corkscrews have never lived up to their potential, they look beautiful but break, stick and otherwise just don’t work for me.
Why? I have no idea. We’re talking about a wine kit that can [...]