It’s known among my good friends that occasionally, I have the capacity of becoming boneless, beaming and butterfingered when I drink. Imbibing aside, I can also just be a klutz sometimes.
I just upgraded to the iPhone 4S. You know where this is going, don’t you? Yeah, it slipped out of my hand onto the concrete outside, as I was starting my jog. To add insult to injury (or in this case, injury to insult), I cut myself on the damn cracked screen!
Just a couple days later, I broke two of my wine glasses - within 15 minutes. One was broken from apparent harsh washing and the other, well, I have no idea how that one broke. Because I collect different wine glasses (it’s just easier to know which glass is yours during a party), I was more than a little bummed. After tweeting my despair, Silipint suggested I invest in one of their durable pint glasses.
I couldn’t resist.
Silipint is one of the newest & coolest products in the drinkware world. It’s protable and made of 100% food grade silicone approved by the FDA.
These glasses are damn near indestructible. Trust me, I tried. And unlike my stupid iPhone (I’m not bitter), it won't hurt you! No broken glass, no scalding surfaces, no cracks, chips or dents.
I had a few friends over last weekend, and before telling them about it, I wanted to see their reaction. I quickly picked up the glass and threw it on the floor in front of them. I wish I had their reaction recorded, but they obviously jumped back and yelped in worry for what would be the usual, impending breaking glass. After the Silipint bounced a couple times, they looked at me confused (and slightly irritated that I scared the hell out of them), chuckled and said, “That is so cool!”
I can’t wait to take this camping, to concerts and to the beach! Moreso, I’m looking forward to the possibility of fewer broken glasses.
If only Apple would take some pointers from Silipint. Silicone iPhones, hmmm.
November 5th 2009 Brewforia Beer Market opened the doors of its first ever brick and mortar temporary location. Brewforia.com had been live since December 2008. Seeing a massive groundswell of support from the community, they opened Brewforia Beer Market's first permanent location on May 5th 2010.
It’s a well known fact that I’m a lover of quality craft beer, but it may be slightly less known that I’m a bit of a sucker for marketing...and wine. Yeah, I said it. I'm a cross drinker.
The cold winter months not only bring us sparkly lights, lingering spiced aromas and tryptophan induced naps, but Winter Warmers and Christmas Ales with mountains of malt, spices, fruit and herbs, completely devoid of subtlety. My kinda’ beers.
Glasses were raised in unison across the world on November 3rd, the first International #StoutDay. Together, about 1.3 million people across the U.S., England, Canada, Brazil and Ireland celebrated this historic and iconic beer style and toasted to the craft beer revolution.
Imagine a beer store that offers over 900 bottles and 9 rotating taps filling growlers!
With a selection containing excellent Belgian Strong Pale Ales like Delirium Tremens, limited brews like Dogfish Head Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew, collaborative beers such as BrewDog Mikkeller Devine Rebel 2010, sweet stouts from the south like Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout, English ales like Gale’s Prize Old Ale 1998, Belgian IPA’s like Houblon Chouffe, Stone’s Vertical Epic series, winter dark ales such as Jolly Pumpkin Noel de Calabaza and 30 different beers from Sierra Nevada alone, there WILL be something to please your pallet.
Cheers to a Successful 1st International Stout Day - Thank you!
Written by ErinWell, the first International Stout Day was a huge success!
There were stout tastings, dinners, specials and even festivals all across the country, in Meridian, Idaho, San Diego, California, Kansas City, Missouri, Denver, Colorado San Francisco, California and Manhattan, New York and in many other cities and towns across America. Tyne And Wear in the UK and Asa Norte in Brazil even got in on the stout action by offering specials on specialty stouts in casks, kegs and bottles. The store at Toronto's Amsterdam Brewery actually sold out of their Tempest Imperial Stout.
I won’t go into just how much fun I had in Vegas recently, but suffice it to say I ended up staying an extra two days and switching hotels to a Palm suite, the bastardized version of the Playboy Palm Suite. Sweet, nonetheless.
Last year was the 200th anniversary of the German Tradition of Oktoberfest. That’s right, in 1810, some beer loving German royalty decided to get hitched and that’s how we ended up with the rich, amber, copper seasonals that are Oktoberfest style beers.