This coming Friday, and the first Friday of every December, is National Bartenders Day. If you’re lucky, you have a bartender who knows your name AND…. Your Drink! Now…. How to thank them? No idea. But we all have some time to work on it. Best of luck because a good bartender deserves thanks and recognition.
– Jet Cannon
The Apple Cup is over and Blue Mountain Cider Maker, Abe, is back in Milton-Freewater, Oregon making cider with only the freshest apples. While his beloved Cougars lost, we’re certain the crushing, decisive defeat won’t affect his cider-making performance.
“Blue Mountain Cider is a premier producer of hard ciders made from apples we grow in Oregon at the southern end of the Walla Walla Valley. Founded in 2003 by Ron Brown, a second generation apple farmer in the Walla Walla Valley, Blue Mountain Cider is still in family hands and with Ron’s son Andrew Brown heading up winemaking and his son Jared Brown overseeing the apple farm. Blue Mountain Cider uses only apples we grow and always makes its cider fresh pressed, never from concentrate. Blue Mountain Cider is the embodiment of the Brown families efforts to create the world’s best hard ciders.”
Abe, there’s always next year!
– Jet Cannon
A man takes his seat at the World Cup Final. He looks to his left and notices that there is a spare seat between himself and the next guy.
The man: “Who would ever miss the World Cup final?”
The guy: “That was my wife’s seat. We have been to the last five World Cup finals together, but sadly she passed away.”
The man: “That’s terrible, but couldn’t you get another member of the family, friend, or someone else to come with you?”
The guy: “No… they’re all at the funeral.”
If you’re watching the World Cup you know what a Yellow Card is. Or maybe you’ve been hit with one on the home front. Regardless, Mantitlement.com has a cocktail that says, “I not sure I agree with your decision to issue me a Yellow Card but a few sips of this cocktail and I’m feeling better in general.” Or something like that.
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USA! USA!
– Jet Cannon
Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, Cranberry Orange Whiskey Sour, Pumpkin Pie Martini, Cranberry Jello Shots.
Delish has 35 T-Day cocktail recipes to consider. For example, we’re going to try the Big Apple Manhattan, as we were recently visiting the Big Apple Manhattan. And we happen to have some fresh-off-the-tree Washington State Cosmic Crisp apples on hand (thanks Rob). So seems appropriate. Here’s the recipe. For the other 34 in Delish, click here!
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Happy Holidays!
– Jet Cannon
Citizens! Help stop the invasive green crab invasion! Drink Tamworth Crab Trapper Whiskey!
Besides causing other problems, the little crab varmints can eat 40 mussels a day. One crab! They’re bad and they deserve to be made into whiskey!! Read more about that here.
To see what other innovative spirits Tamworth Distilling has concocted, see their website here.
– Jet Cannon
Photo: Daily Mail
Two days before the World Cup starts, host country Qatar announced that beer will not be sold, as originally promised, in the stadiums. Soccer fans are understandably confused and angry since beer helps make a nil-nil match super-exciting. As for the rest of us back home…. cheers!
Fantasy. I…. Wanna rock & roll all night….
Reality. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four.
Photos: Mr. Speed Kiss Tribute Band; CNN
Republicans and Democrats came together in Congress to allow medicinal marijuana for the purpose of relieving arthritis pain. So, there is joint support for joints for joint support.
Photo: Wikipedia
Men’s Health says hex-shaped dumbbells are best for your home gym versus round. Dumb (hex) and dumber (round). Yeah, round dumbbells roll. They’re not as good for chest exercises. They’re often more expensive, are not as comfortable resting on your shoulders, and are harder to grip in certain exercises. So go hex! Read all about it in Men’s Health.
– Jet Cannon
“In addition to directing such hits as Bridesmaids and Spy, creating the comedy series Freaks and Geeks and directing (and acting in) episodes of The Office and Arrested Development, Paul Feig happens to be a master mixologist. His new book, Cocktail Time!, is a compendium of classic drinks and his own creations.” Thank you Parade magazine.
In his spare time, “Feig partnered with a boutique Canadian distillery to concoct the award-winning Artingstall’s Brilliant London Dry Gin ($43, drizly.com), which he describes it as having “hints of citrus, hints of floral black pepper and nice warmth without feeling too alcoholic. Ours is a really great mix of botanical and alcohol in harmony so it’s not a harsh drink.” As we enjoy a sip of gin occasionally, we’re going to try it.
Feig has also made a martini for King Charles III. No pressure!
One of Feig’s favorite crowd-pleasers for the holidays is the Grasshopper. Read more about Feig and get the recipe for the Grasshopper here in Parade.
– Jet Cannon
The Mirror reports, “Photographer stunned after capturing wave that looks exactly like Queen legend Brian May.”
It’s a sign of something. Not sure what.
Today is the day for all veterans to enjoy their food and drinks with great pride. We owe them so much. Happy Veterans Day!
According to National Day Calendar, Saturday November 12th is International Wine Tourism Day. “Wine is big business. In the United States alone, people spend over 17 billion dollars on wine tourism. The wine industry in America brings 43 million visitors to over 10,000 wine producers all over the country. Wine is so popular that all 50 states have winery facilities. On a global scale, wine tourism accounts for more than 50 billion euros of direct revenue to the world economy. That equals about 57 billion U.S. dollars.”
So this weekend, visit your local winery or… just love the wine you’re with!