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• Mad River Distillers Corn Whisky

  

  After only a year of production Mad River Distillers’ spirits are starting to spread beyond its home of Warren, Vermont and is now available in Massachusetts an... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2014 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Make Your Own Tonic Water

  When I (Shanna – the one who’s drunk for fun on YouTube) tell people about my latest culinary projects, I get the most questions about 1.) my pickled... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2013 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wigle Ginever

  

  Our favorite Pittsburgh distillery (Wigle Whiskey) is now making Genever-Style Gin. What is Genever, you ask? Let’s climb into the Boozehound Way-back Machine... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Oddka Vodka – Electricity Flavor

  

  In these times of flavored vodkas, it takes little to shock us anymore. Swedish Fish? Sure, Hemingway’s in Pittsburgh was doing a pitcher of shots of that flavo... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Double Booze Review: Oak Aged Beer

  

  In honor of American Craft Beer Week, we went in search of some truly unique American beers and found these two: the 18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA from... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Mint Julep

  

  We booze nerds sometimes get carried away by the details of a drink’s flavor, debating the merits of finishing casks, whether vodka can or even should have... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2012 DRINK

• How to Stock Your Bar

  

  Aside from booze blogs, web comics, regular comics, and as many books as we can get our hands on, we (specifically Matt) like to read certain menswear blogs.... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Film Fridays: The Cremator and Slivovitz

  

  We’ve made an effort with our Film Friday selections to choose films that, while they may not have played at your local multiplex, are still well-known enough... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Dempsey Cocktail

  

  Named for the legendary boxer Jack Dempsey, this cocktail may not be for everyone, but its distinctive combination of flavors could make devotees out of a few.... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Cuba Libre: More Than Just a Rum & Coke

  

  At a wedding recently, Shanna engaged in an extended debate with the bartender on the topic which titles this post. It’s tempting to lump the Cuba Libre togethe... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Film Friday: Mad Men

  

  At long last Mad Men is back! A couple episodes into the new season and we’re as happy as Roger Sterling in a pool full of Stolichnaya, which is why we’re takin... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• El Jimador New Mix Margarita Review

  

  I have noticed a trend in my writing, both here on IPTB and elsewhere. The overwhelming bulk of reviews that I write are conspicuously positive. This has to do... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Film Fridays: The Secret of Kells and the Wild Irish Rose

  

  The day before St. Patrick’s Day it would be downright irresponsible of me to neglect the Irish contribution to cinema and booze in today’s Film Friday post. Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• St. Germaine Cocktail

  

  We discovered this treasure at Les Chefs Des Paris restaurant in Epcot. Now in my top five favorite drinks, the St. Germaine Cocktail is like a glass full of... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• I Prefer the Term Traveler: Walt Disney World

  

  We, Matt and Shanna, spent five days over-eating, waiting in lines, occasionally relaxing, and drinking (when the cocktails seemed palatable) in Florida’s Walt... Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Film Fridays: My Uncle, the Spritzer

  

  Jacques Tati is one of those filmmakers that cinema nerds refer to as auteurs. This is a French term used to describe filmmakers whose work is so distinctive... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Film Friday: The Spanish Apartment and The Paradise Cocktail

  

  Everyone’s got a few movies or books that they go back to again and again. These don’t even have to be your favorites, just an old friend that’s worth revisitin... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2012 DRINK, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD & DRINK, MOVIES

• The Myth of the Green Fairy

  

  In our earlier article, The History of Absinthe, we touched briefly on the long-held belief that absinthe – and specifically the wormwood in it – taken in... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Duchess Cocktail

  

  The Duchess Cocktail is a little-known drink that we dug up in Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide. But this cocktail is so tasty and complex that we’re hoping to... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Short Film: Absinthe

  Proof that the social scare film is as old as the cinema itself, Absinthe is the 1913 equivalent of Reefer Madness. The titles here are not in English, but... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2012 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK