Holiday Survival Guide

This Holiday season, the folks at Newcastle Brown Ale enlisted noted TV chef  “Sam the Cooking Guy“ (a.k.a. Sam Zien) to author a Holiday Survival Guide. Known for his edgy, humorous no muss, no fuss approach to cooking, Sam gives holiday entertainers all the ammo they need to prepare spicy cocktails, barbecued turkey, Newcastle-infused dessert and much more.

“Everyone is familiar with the challenges of holiday travel, jam-packed family time and the busy shopping season,” … Read more

Happy Halloween!

The folks at Jib-Jab crated this hilarious video to get us in the mood for tricks & treats. You can send this and tons of other funny videos and jokes to all your friends. The first $5 is free.

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New Halloween Cocktails

Halloween is one of our favorites holidays and we spend a good deal of October getting ready for this spooky night.

One thing we do every year is add a bunch of need creepy cocktails to our collection.

Here’s a few of our new dastardly favorites:

Caramel Apple Shot
Ghost by Smirnoff
Ghosts by Tezon
Hauntini 
Pumpkin Martini
Scream Soda
Skellitini
Vampire’s Kiss by Malibu

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11 Essential Tips for Taking Photos at Halloween

The key to capturing subjects at Halloween is no different from the normal elements of good composition in photography. As you take pictures, you’ll need to keep in mind some of the basics of good digital photography. Here are 11 mini-tips which should be helpful if you’re going out or staying in with a camera this Halloween.

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San Francisco WhiskyFest

Tuesday night marked the very first WhiskyFest held in my hometown, San Francisco. Those in the know have been enjoying this event in New York and Chicago for a decade. I was very eager for this event and I was not disappointed. Where else are you going to find over 200 whiskeys in one place (and a brandy, rum and gin thrown in for good measure)?

The event was one of the best I have … Read more

Bambu Rum Review

We just got our hands on a (sigh) small bottle of the new quadruple distilled super premium rum, Bambu. I also had the pleasure to speak with David Kanbar, the creator of Bambu. David’s resume includes running day to day operations at Uncle Maurice’s Skyy Vodka prior to it’s sale to Campari.

So why start a rum company, I asked Mr. Kanbar?

He had always been a fan of the rum category, especially unaged white … Read more

How to Make Vodka Candies

This is a pretty good idea for an *adult* Halloween treat. The entire process takes about 24 hours. Unfortunately (or fortunately), each of these hard candies pack only a fraction of a shot of flavored vodka.

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Iz Caturday Sumware

Happy Friday, everyone!

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Widow’s Kiss – This Week’s Drink Recipe

This spooky Halloween treat takes advantage of the ever popular monk-made French liqueur chartreuse. This herbal treat has been made for centuries in one particular monestary, making it perfect for a Halloween potion.

Ingredients

1 oz apple brandy
½ oz Benedictine
½ oz yellow chartreuse
Dash angostura bitters

Instructions

Combine everything in a shaker with ice. Mix well and stain in to a chilled cocktail glass.… Read more

Trick or Treat: A Halloween Drinking Game

Chatting with the nice folks over at Instructables about Halloween, I was telling them how I was looking a fun, easy and adult Halloween drinking game to share with all of you. Leah, one of the great problem solvers they have over there, took the challenge and quickly came up with this dastardly contest. The game is called, what else, Trick or Treat, except instead of collecting loads of candy around the neighborhood, this one … Read more