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Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: Drinking for the Modern Monkey
Welcome to Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk , WSO’s new blog about all things alcohol related. It’s a celebration of alcohol, a veritable treasure trove of recipes to be tried out, a collection of useless facts, tips and suggestions to survive the next day, an education on more than just what it is...
Blitzed Smashed and Drunk: Building Cocktails and Breaking Down Flavor Profiles
Originally, I wasn’t planning to write about the art of breaking down a cocktail this week, but after hearing from @'ArcherVice', I thought this might serve as a good jumping off point to a much larger topic – food and beverage pairings. Pairing food and beverages is a big deal, be it when...
Blitzed Smashed and Drunk: Simple Steps to Make Cocktails
There is nothing better than a well-made drink. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a perfectly steeped green tea, a glass of fresh homemade iced tea or a perfectly constructed cocktail, a well-made drink always tastes better. At the bar, it is very easy to get a well-made drink; at home, that may...
Blitzed Smashed and Drunk: The Great American Lager
There is something to be said about The Great American Lager. The King of Beers, except for a brief marketing ploy at the turn of the millennium, has been the title held by AB/Inbev’s own flagship beer, Budweiser since the 80s. I’m not necessarily one to disagree with the moniker for marketing...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: The Last Word
I thought it would be a cold day in hell before I wrote signing praise about something from Detroit. While the city may be a mess and rife with crime, the public pension totally shot, and home to sports baseball and football teams who haven’t hoisted a championship in over 50 years, it is home to...
Blitzed Smashed and Drunk: Season Creep, Pumpkin Beer and Boston Brewing
Over the last few days, I’ve noticed something in my local beer store. Maybe you guys have noticed it too. Pumpkin Beers are slowly appearing on the shelves. Pumpkin beers mean the season is changing. Except when I look out the window, read the thermometer in my car or even look at the calendar, I...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: A Guide to Recognizing Your Cocktails
I’ve never been a big fan of ridiculous cocktail menus. Actually, that’s not quite true – I happen to love a ridiculously huge menu because I find them thoroughly enjoyable to peruse and really figure out what I want but I don’t like it when I’m out with a group of friends. While I tend to...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: Skittlebrau and the Secret of Flavor in Liquor
Flavor is everywhere. From high end dining to even a cheap bottle of Mad Dog, everything has that taste which we mentally attach to something. Everything begins with a blank slate and a clean canvas. When it comes to alcohol, there is only blank canvas. Beer and wine both have strong flavor profiles...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: A Beginners guide to Brewing, Distilling and Winemaking
Making Alcohol can definitely be a labor of love. It is definitely labor intensive. It’s a time consuming process. It can be financially intensive and the economies of scale don’t always favor the small producers. It takes a long time to perfect and if you make one mistake, it can ruin...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: Drinking Songs for Drinking People
Just to change it up this week… it’s always fun to start things out with a song…
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: And the Secret Ingredient Is
Chopped. Iron Chef. Master Chef. Throwdown! with Bobby Flay. Sweet Genius. Cutthroat Kitchen.What do all of these have in common besides being cooking shows? At one point or another, during the course of the competition, the contestants are shocked and surprised with the ingredients they get or the...
Blitzed, Smashed and Drunk: Better Drinking Through Chemistry
Happy Tuesday after the 4th of July to everyone! I hope you all had a good long weekend and were able to drink some good beer. I went 10 for 10 on the BSD Top 10 Americana Beers over the long weekend and am proud of it. I did some grilling and cooking and it got me to thinking. As I grilled up a...
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