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Drink: The Origins of the Fat Tire Bicycle

July 6, 2016 by kellyannbrooke Leave a Comment

I’m not much of a wine connoisseur, but I’m a beer drinking gal. For the life of me when I drink beer, I cannot smell the apricots, the exotic hops or be specific about a fruity nut taste. I know I’m not a beer snob, but I do like great tasty beer. Lately I’ve been trending Chimay and Shock Top. And Fat Tire was one of those long time “cool” beverages I drank with my girlfriends at Applebee’s a lot. And hot buzz words for drinking beer these past few years is “craft beers.” What is it? Munchies profiles the Fat Tire creator New Belgium.

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Filed Under: Culture, Drink Tagged With: beer, bicycle, Colorado, craft beer, Fat Tire, hops, New Belgium

Food & Drink: The Ice-Cream Hangover Cure

May 21, 2016 by kellyannbrooke 1 Comment

Throughout history and around the globe, ever since alcohol (aka spirits) were introduced, we human beings have tried to solve the “hangover” next day. Whether it be soju, sake, cocktails, liquor or beer – the hangover will happen, so in South Korea, the problem has been solved with the hangover ice cream bar called Gyeondyo-bar, which translated into US means “Hang in There.” This so-called ice cream cure has grapefruit juice and raisin tree extract to fight the hangover.

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Filed Under: Drink, Food, PopAsia Tagged With: alcohol, beer, grapefruit juice, Gyeondyo-bar, Hang in There, hangover, ice cream, ice cream bar, soju, South Korea

Drink: Best Craft Beer – Southern Tier

April 1, 2015 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

During the NCAA March Madness 2015, USA Today had their own bracket event for the best craft beer in the USA. The winner was Southern Tier from Lakewook, NY. I’m not much of a beer snob, I just like it if it taste good, but Southern Tier is now on my beer drinking list.

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Filed Under: Drink Tagged With: America, beer, brewing, brewing company, craft beer, craft beer bracket, Flavor, hops, kegs, pubs, Southern Tier, USA, USA Today

Drink: the “Pin-Up” Beer Can

February 24, 2015 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

If you remember a few years back Coors Light had these “deep cold activation” beer cans and bottles. The beer can would change colors telling the you that it was a cold cold beer. Now Brazilian ad agency WMcCann has done something similar with Brazilian beer company Conti Bier with their limited edition “Pin-Up” beer cans.

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Filed Under: Drink, Geeky Tagged With: ad agency, beer, Brazil, brazilian, Conti Bier, Coors, pin-up, pin-up girls, WMcCann

Drink: Craft Beer Culture in Japan

September 29, 2014 by kellyannbrooke Leave a Comment

Another great Munchies episode about draft beer culture in Japan. You may have generalize beer in Japan as just Sapparo, Asahi and Kirin, but it’s more than that as host Yuka Uchida explores the neat beer trends in Japan.

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Filed Under: Culture, Drink Tagged With: Al-Kee-Hol, Asahi, beer, craft beer, Japan, Kirin, microbrews, Sapporo, Tokyo, Yuka Uchida

Thrud The Barbarian by Carl Critchlow

October 2, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Is it He-Man? Conan the Barbarian! No, it’s not – it’s our wandering beer-guzzling warrior Thrud The Barbarian! Comic artist Carl Critchlow first unleashed his character Thrud as a college project, where it first appeared in a fanzine in the 1980s and then spawned a six-year comic strip run on Games Workshop’s “White Dwarf” magazine.

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Filed Under: Books, Comics, Reviews Tagged With: beer, Carl Critchlow, comic strip, Conan, He-Man, swords, the barbarian, Thrud, Titan Comics, White Dwarf

Drink: Hello Kitty beer

September 16, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Sanrio surely has licensed Hello Kitty on everything and anything, now a limited edition batch of Hello Kitty beer. This fruity alcoholic concoction has 6 tropical flavors like Lemon Lime, Peach and Banana. The beer is produced by Taiwanese beer maker Long Quan.

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Filed Under: Drink, Otakudom, PopAsia Tagged With: beer, China, drink, fruit, Hello Kitty, Japan, Sanrio

Space Invaders Bottle Opener

March 16, 2013 by Stephen Jang Leave a Comment

Another cool looking bottle opener from the iconic video game Space Invaders. It’s available for pre-order @ Entertainment Earth. It’s makes a great gift for beer drinkers and Space Invader fans.

MSRP: $9.99USD

Buy it @ Entertainment Earth – Space Invaders Bottle Opener.

Filed Under: Drink Tagged With: 1980s, Atari, beer, bottle opener, drink, Entertainment Earth, soda, Space Invaders

Army Man Bottle Opener

March 16, 2013 by SW biko Leave a Comment

When I was young I played with toy soldiers and I bought my son a set of them a few years ago. Seeing this bottle opener brings back some good memories of playing with those army toys plus it made me wonder where I those stowed those guys away. Made of die-cast metal, and is around $22 after shipping at Amazon, maybe it’s a good thing I don’t know where the old army men are, that way I’d never get them mixed up together since it’ll be a pain trying to find the opener.

MSRP: $18.05USD

Buy it @ Amazon.com – Army Man Bottle Opener.

Filed Under: Drink Tagged With: 180 Degrees, Amazon.com, Army Man, beer, bottle opener

Drink: Star Wars Bottle Opener

November 19, 2012 by SW biko Leave a Comment

In a planet far, far away, they probably have beer, and they will probably need something to open it with. That’s where they would need this millennium falcon bottle opener. It’s unfortunate this thing doesn’t shoot out lasers or have sound effects, but to be able to hold a small replica in your hand with the cold beer in the other, well, I think thats good enough for any Star Wars-loving guy.

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Filed Under: Drink, Geeky Tagged With: beer, bottle, Han Solo, Lucas, Millennium Falcon, thinkgeek

Drink: A Refreshing Drink – Beergarita

May 25, 2012 by Johnny Moreno 2 Comments

Okay, I got ahead start on my Memorial Day weekend. Last night I met up with some friends at a Mexican restaurant in Porterville, California, called El Tapatio. I really needed a drink that would beat the heat, so I had what they called a beergarita. Nothing new here but it’s new to me…

Ingredients for the Beergarita/Beer-rita

6.4 oz Coronita or 11 oz Corona bottles if you can’t find the Coronita size.
8 oz Tequila Blanco… or a bit more if you prefer, like myself.
1 can Frozen Limeade Concentrate
8 wedges Lime
1/2 Cup Salt
15 cubes Ice

Let the frozen limeade defrost on kitchen counter for approximately 5 min to soften. Open and pour limeade into 2 qt pitcher. Fill limeade can with 8 oz Tequila and pour into pitcher. Stir Tequila and limeade until thoroughly mixed. Slowly pour 24 oz of beer. Let the foam from the beer subside and add enough ice to fill the pitcher. Slowly mix ingredients and serve over ice.

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