The hard cider craze is beginning to taper off, but there’s no doubt the sweet, bubbly adult version of apple juice has carved out a solid niche for itself on tap listings and menus nationwide. Now that hard cider is a mainstay, we’re seeing various brands put out different varieties and styles in order to [...]
In the spirit of Cinco De Mayo, and the continuation of my alternative summer beverage series, I present to you: Four Loko Margarita. Once you start looking, these alternative high-alcohol-content beverages are everywhere. Four Loko has an interesting history. After its rise and fall as an alcoholic energy drink it has been reinvented as a series of flavored malt beverages. [...]
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Quick – which US states are the only ones not to sell booze on Sundays? Utah? Nope. North Dakota? Not even close. How about Indiana and Connecticut being the two remaining islands of purity… but not for long. You see, this past Tuesday, the Nutmeg State finally decided to give in, with Connecticut Governor Dannel [...]
Molson Coors intends to make lime flavored beer passe in 2012 by introducing a brand extension that taps into a beloved Summer time beverage. The first run of Coors Light Iced T will only be available in Canada initially but should its reception be met with brisk sales, a similar roll out will occur in [...]
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches it gets me to thinking about different holidays throughout the year and how I classify them as drinking holiday or a family holiday. This is by no means a complete list but it is a good sampling for 2012. I have broken down each holiday by whether it is known mostly as a [...]
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I saw this article last week and it got me thinking. Not so much about the disgusting sickly sweet concoctions that fast food restaurants want to foist upon us every year, but about other seasonal drinks that you have seen and some you may not have heard of. Of course you have Eggnog, everyone’s favorite thick rich holiday drink. Like many other things out [...]
Editors Note: We are pleased to welcome Mark to the So Good team! Mark is an Upstate New York native that learned to cook at the knees of his Mother. Since then food, beer, wine and spirits have become his major outlet for creativity and stress relief. When not drinking in the kitchen he works from home as a professional geek and helps to [...]
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Chick Beer. Would anyone, man or woman, ever want to be seen drinking this? For some reason I’m totally thinking about THIS right now.
While I have never been a “wine person,” I know plenty of people that take it very seriously. What I did not know until today is that there is a group of people that take it to the next level by aspiring to be Master Sommeliers – which are like the Jedi of the wine [...]
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After the Boston Bruins won their first Stanley Cup in 39 years, making Boston the definitive titletown of the country (on the heels of the Sox, Pats and Celtics) you knew there was going to be a party. What you didn’t know was that there was going to be a receipt. On the 18th of [...]
