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20 avril 2009
The 10 best beer names ever - St. Petersburg Times
par Sébastien
I recently read a piece by John Foyston in The Oregonian relating how five bottles of an ultra-rare beer named Hair of the Dog Dave sold separately at auction for a combined $2838.30. Had there been a sixth, Foyston points out, it would have amounted to a $3,500 sixer. After cringing a bit, I had to laugh. If it had been a wine, the name on the bottle would have been something pompous sounding like Coche-Dury Corton-Charlemagne. However, these bidders shelled out up to $719 per 375ml for a tipple named Dave. You have to love the working-class ethic of the craft beer community.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:35
The Six Most Fattening Summer Cocktails | Newsweek By The Numbers | Newsweek.com
par Sébastien
The Six Most Fattening Summer Cocktails 'Tis the season to kick back with a frosty summer cocktail, but the calorie counts are anything but relaxi
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:34
La Maison du Whisky, le spécialiste depuis 1956
par Sébastien
Vente de bouteilles single malt et bourbon, coffrets cadeaux, carafes, verres, flasques.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:32
15 (other) Uses for Vodka - Drink of the Week
par Sébastien
These are real uses for Vodka in Russia. I originally posted this last year after a friend sent it to me. Some how I managed to delete it while updating the photo. Never drink and code, I guess. So back by popular demand… 15 (other) uses for Vodka
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:32
15 (other) Uses for Vodka - Drink of the Week
par Sébastien
These are real uses for Vodka in Russia. I originally posted this last year after a friend sent it to me. Some how I managed to delete it while updating the photo. Never drink and code, I guess. So back by popular demand… 15 (other) uses for Vodka
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:32
Modern Drunkard Magazine Online
par Sébastien
Modern Drunkard Magazine Online
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:31
Top Ten - Top 10 Drunk American Writers - Top 10 - Drunk Writers - Raymond Chandler Quote - Frederick Exley - Harry Crews - Jack Kerouac - Jack London
par Sébastien
Top 10 Drunk American Writers
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:31
Liquor/Spirits Bottles
par Sébastien
Liquor of all types - bourbon, rye, gin, cognac, scotch, etc. - was bottled in a wide variety of bottle shapes and sizes ranging from small flasks that held a few ounces to demijohns and carboys that held gallons. As with virtually all of the bottle type categories to follow, liquor bottle diversity is staggeringly complex in depth and variety. The pictures on this page show just a small bit of this variety. However, there are definitive trends in shapes that mark a bottle as very likely to have been used primarily or originally as a container for high alcohol spirits intended for internal consumption, "medicinal" or otherwise.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:30
Modern Drunkard Magazine Online
par Sébastien
The story behind the face on the bottle
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:28
Talking Mixology With Dale DeGroff | cocktails, drinks, happy hour | YumSugar - Recipes, Menus, Food & Wine
par Sébastien
Last week I had the wonderful opportunity to sit down with Dale DeGroff. If you've never heard of DeGroff, you'll be surprised to know that he has changed your life. Remember that basil gimlet you enjoyed at the bar last week? You can thank Dale for that. Or what about that perfectly poured martini? Dale's responsible for that, too. Known to food insiders as the King of Cocktails, Dale DeGroff is single-handedly responsible for the renaissance of classic cocktails. Back in 1980s New York, at a time when the majority of bars served drinks made from overly-sweet mixes, Dale was mixing drinks with fresh, seasonal, local ingredients and creating cocktails based on preprohibition recipes. To find out what the master has to say about cocktail trends and to see who he thinks is the best bartender in America today, read more. Dale was in San Francisco to promote his new book The Essential Cocktail and to run the Pernod Ricard mixology course for bartenders, BarSmarts.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:28
Nonjatta: Japanese Whisky History (1854-1918) - The Jurassic Period
par Sébastien
It is not really in the interests of Japan's big two distillers to tell you too much about it but Japanese whisky had a prehistory. If you listen to the official versions from Nikka or Suntory, Japanese whisky started with a bang in 1919 or 1924. They have slightly different versions of the creation myth, emphasising the role of either Masataka Taketsuru or Shinjiro Torii in bringing the gospel of authentic whisky from Scotland, but basically they agree: quite suddenly, out of the blue, Japan started making proper Scotch style whisky.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:26
Distilleries du Nikka Whisky - Yoichi - Chroniques Hokkaïdoises
par Sébastien
Pluie incessante depuis bientôt presque deux semaines, chaleur d'étuve aux parfums de mousson asiatique, torpeur étrange de l'été qui assomme, Sapporo souffre d'une langueur presque fébrile, elle qui n'exulte que dans le froid bleu de ses rudes hivers polaires. L'été est une saison étrange, un peu mutante, certainement venimeuse. Il met les corps à nu, oblige à baisser sa garde, protection dérisoire dans ce jeu de l'observance entre les japonais et soi, et le discours formaté se met à dérailler. On se surprend à ne plus respecter les codes, enfièvré d'un pouvoir de resistance à la chaleur ancré dans la chair et le coeur, alors qu'ils ploient lentement sous le feu ambiant. Envie soudainement d'être plus qu'un invité inscrit dans une iconographie vague de l'altérité, nécessité impérieuse de glisser comme une anguille entre les blocages et le conditonnement mental d'un peuple préparé depuis l'enfance à catégoriser par la répétition des gestes et des mots tout et n'importe quoi. Irrascibilité sourde, jailli comme ces volées de boutons d'acné adolescent qui peine à murir et déchire le visage, devant cet "indéréglabilité" des vendeurs de combini ou de fast-food qui n'ont plus d'humain que la soumission au système, société "camisole de force" qui isole l'individu de ses pairs par l'archarnement maniaque qu'il met à ne pas s'en différencier.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:25
nonist category page
par Sébastien
A good 20 years before the original cocaine-infused Coca-Cola taught the world to grind its teeth and give ineffectual bathroom-stall handjobs in per•fect har•mo•ny, there was another drink of choice among those wishing to feel invigorated and overconfident for no good reason. It was called “coca wine” and it was loved not only by self-important blowhards wearing too much jewelry but by Kings and Popes and… oh, right. Anyhow, it was called Vin Tonique Mariani (or simply Vin Mariani) was sold as a curative, and in the latter half of the 19th century it was a medicinal, recreational, and marketing powerhouse. To paraphrase J.J. Cale “Czars don’t lie, Popes don’t lie, Queens don’t lie...”
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:25
nonist category page
par Sébastien
A good 20 years before the original cocaine-infused Coca-Cola taught the world to grind its teeth and give ineffectual bathroom-stall handjobs in per•fect har•mo•ny, there was another drink of choice among those wishing to feel invigorated and overconfident for no good reason. It was called “coca wine” and it was loved not only by self-important blowhards wearing too much jewelry but by Kings and Popes and… oh, right. Anyhow, it was called Vin Tonique Mariani (or simply Vin Mariani) was sold as a curative, and in the latter half of the 19th century it was a medicinal, recreational, and marketing powerhouse. To paraphrase J.J. Cale “Czars don’t lie, Popes don’t lie, Queens don’t lie...”
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:25
Gallica consultation : Album Mariani : portraits,... page Non paginé sur 245 (Affichage: Normal )
par Sébastien
Titre : Album Mariani : portraits, biographies, autographes / [par A. Mariani] Auteur : Mariani, Angelo (1838-1914) Éditeur : Librairie Henri Floury (Paris) Date d'édition : 1897 Contributeur : Uzanne, Joseph (1850-1937). Annotateur Contributeur : Lalauze, Adolphe (1838-1906). Illustrateur Sujet : Célébrités -- Biographies -- Dictionnaires Sujet : Célébrités -- Portraits Sujet : Biographies -- Anecdotes Langue : monographie imprimée Langue : Français Format : 1 vol. (270 p.) : gravures ; 28 cm Format : application/pdf Droits : domaine public Identifiant : http://gallica2.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k299357b Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb31515047f/description Provenance : bnf.fr Thématique : Histoire et géographie:Généralités
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:23
Japanese Whisky, Scotch Blend: The Japanese Whisky King and His Scotch Wife Rita: Amazon.co.uk: Olive Checkland: Books
par Sébastien
In the early 1920s, Masataka Taketsuru came to Scotland from Japan to learn how to distil whisky. While in Scotland he married Rita Cowan, of Kirkintilloch, who left Scotland with him to live in Japan for forty years, never to return home. She died in 1961. This is an illustrated story of one man's determination to succeed, both in business and love. It is also the story of a young girl's move to a land far away, of strange customs and even stranger language, her joys and heartaches. It is also the incredible story of how whisky is made to perfection thousands of miles away from its cultural 'home', and the history of its development within Japan up to the present day.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:20
Arkiva Tropika
par Sébastien
An online archive of my paper ephemera collection, Arkiva Tropika celebrates not just Polynesian Pop, but also the classic heyday of all tropical (& tropical themed) restaurants, hotels, bars, etc. From Florida to Fiji, from Haiti to Hawaii, from Seattle to Samoa, Arkiva Tropika is about the classic island imagery of tourism. Created as a way to both share and organize my collection, it consists largely of menus, yet also includes postcards, photos, brochures, matchbooks, and other paper ephemera from tropical themed environments, which are mostly pre-1970. Images of items in the collection are added here on a regular basis. To get started, do a search, select a tag, or just dive right in here with the most recent additions. Enjoy! -Mimi Payne
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:19
Finest & Rarest Vintage Spirits and Liqueurs
par Sébastien
Rare and Unique Vintage Spirits and Liqueurs Absinthe, Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados, Whisky, Bourbon, Rye, Chartreuse, Rum..... and legendary wines including vintage Madeira, Tokaji Essencia and Chateau d'Yquem Our mission at Finest & Rarest, is quite simply to bring you the rarest, most fascinating spirits and some of the most legendary wines - unique irreplaceable bottles in many cases dating back to the nineteenth or even eighteenth century. We sell almost nothing less than 50 years old. Whether you're looking for an ancient cognac from the "Comet" vintage of 1811, other pre-phylloxera cognacs from the 1830's, 40's or 50's, an original Absinthe Pernod Fils such as Toulouse Lautrec might have drunk at a Belle Epoque Parisian café, a pre-war Glenfiddich, or a Hannisville rye from the days before Prohibition, you've come to the right place.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:18
Musee Virtuel de l\'Absinthe - Le Monde des Antiquites d\'Absinthe
par Sébastien
Absinthe...la fée verte..."The Green Fairy"...aucune autre boisson n'a la même histoire romantique - les impressionnistes Français...Toulouse Lautrec, Degas, Manet, Van Gogh...Paris à la Belle Époque...les cafés de Montmartre...la muse des écrivains, de Baudelaire et Rimbaud à Joyce et Hemingway. Évidemment, il y a aussi une face cachée: aucune boisson n'a suscité de condamnation plus fervente, et aucune autre boisson n'a été entièrement interdite comme l'absinthe le fut en 1915.
Ajouté le 20 avril 2009, 09:17
