Confession: I’m just not much of a Halloween guy. Sure, I loved it as a kid, free candy is awesome. But now I’m a grown up, and I can buy candy whenever the hell I want, and to be honest it doesn’t hold a candle to booze. I am even less enthusiastic about dressing up in a co
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Yuengling finally comes to georgia
August 23, 2017Finally, at long last, Yuengling is coming to Atlanta. Georgia has long been a holdout on the East Coast, but Yuengling was finally able to fight through all of this state’s insanely retarded alcohol laws and they are now allowed to sell their beer to all of us thirsty citizens. No
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Alcohol whipped cream whipahol
August 23, 2017Filed under the category of “one of a handful of alcohol-based products I’ll probably never use” is Whipped Lightning aka whipahol, which is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: whipped cream infused with the unbridled fury of nature’s electricity alcohol. Weighing in at 36 proof, which
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Mixoloseum garnish chat
August 23, 2017I touched briefly on garnish not long ago in an Ask DrinkPlanner, but if you want to learn more, check out the recap of the Garnish Chat from last Thursday over at the Mixoloseum. They had some highly knowledgable people (like Tiare, KaiserPenguin, and special guest Jeff “BeachbumR
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The rinsing technique and the adaptability of spirits
August 23, 2017It’s amazing the difference a small change can make in a drink. I recently came across noted cocktail historian and master of mixology David Wondrich‘s column in the latest Esquire (UPDATE: Now with internets!) on the technique of rinsing. It’s exactly what it sounds lik
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Decapper video and review
August 23, 2017I swear, this gig just keeps getting better and better. People send me new booze to try out, new products to test and review, and it’s all stuff I’d pretty much use (or at least lust after) in my personal life. Which brings us to this item, The DeCapper. As the name hints, i
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The horrible incident
August 23, 2017Just in time for Halloween, it’s a bone-chilling true-life story you won’t soon forget… Let me start by saying that generally speaking, Saturday was a great day. I got to spend time with family, friends old and new and, until a point…had a blast. However, the event that
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Bottle shots sobieski vodka
August 23, 2017Back at it…it’s review time! Today we take a look at…Sobieski Vodka The Lowdown: Vodka confuses me. Is it supposed to taste like something, or taste like nothing? Should it just be avoiding comparisons to rubbing alcohol? If the point of it is to taste like nothing, then
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Gmail goggles prevents drunk emailing
August 23, 2017One day, I’m going to write a love letter to Google. They know my heart so completely, so intimately, it’s clear that we were made for each other and should buy a chateau in the French Alps (though we will have to have a serious talk about Analytics and how uncharacteristically unintu
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Drinkplanners 1 year anniversary
August 23, 2017It’s hard to believe, but just 1 year ago today, DrinkPlanner.com was birthed onto the internet, kicking and screaming and in dire need of a drink. While the first post was a bit more local-drink-special-oriented (though worldwide domination by a zombie army was promised) we’ve come a