Candy Is dandy But liquor Is quicker. – Ogden Nash Admittedly, we drink. Some may even say we drink a lot. All we’ll say in our not-so-humble defense is that in these hot summer days on the East Coast, life would be intolerable without an ice-cold beer or two or three. We usually keep ours […]
Like a lot of things Indian, Old Monk 10000 has a funny and bad smell. Not a very bad smell. Just that it’s a little chemically-bad-smell. We purchased this Made in India beer (Mohan Meakin Brewery, Ghaziabad) at a closeout sale from a Chinese liquor store in Dover (DE) for $3.99. The golden-amber colored beer […]
A beer bottle with a cork and a cage? Well, that’s a first for us. Affligem Noël Christmas Ale ($8.99 for a 750ml bottle) is a Belgian beer that comes from one of Heineken International’s vast arsenal of breweries. We stumbled upon the Affligem Noël at the rude Gujju chutiya’s liquor store as we were […]
Bitter, Bitter, Bitter. Stone Ruination India Pale Ale ($5.99 for a 1Pint 6fl Oz bottle)) is likely the bitterest beer we’ve drunk in our life. No kidding, folks. If ever a pleasant aroma was misleading in its taste, it’s Stone Ruination India Pale Ale. This orange yellow beer packs a strong, pleasant fruity aroma of […]
The moment our eyes fell on the description The World’s Oldest Brewery on the bottle we knew we had to drink Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier soon. How can you not try a beer from a brewery mounting such an extraordinary claim. So without further ado, we picked up this wheat beer ($3.49) and headed straight for […]
After cheap gin, cheap brandy and expensive beer, our favorite alcoholic drink is Jägermeister*. Jägermeister*, a German liqueur, comes in a distinctive green bottle. We’ve been enjoying Jägermeister for close to a year now and still haven’t gotten bored. With a taste verging more than a little bit on cough syrup, the dark brown-colored Jägermeister […]