Bars and restaurants are revving up again. Just in case we forgot our customer etiquette, there’s three simple rules to remember to be a good customer and to make sure you’re always welcome in your favorite establishments.
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On National Beer Day and with Major League Baseball kicking off, it was fun to learn from thetakeout.com that we can still purchase a beer and hot dog at the ballpark for less than $10 in eight different major league ballparks! Thank you!! It’s ten bucks just for the beer in our home town.
The least expensive is at the Arizona Diamondbacks’ field. Hot dog $2. Beer $4. Nice!
The other teams with a combo for less than $10 are the Miami Marlins, Colorado Rockies, New York Yankees (didn’t figure on that one), Minnesota Twins, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves, and the Tampa Bay Rays.
Take us out to the ballgame!
Twelve of thirty-five states that legalized cocktails to go have extended the service. That’s good for our favorite watering holes and their bartenders. And it’s a nice convenience when you want a proper cocktail without the hassle. So if you live in one of those states, DON’T BLOW IT for the rest of us! No tipping your cup to a passing trooper! Wait until you get to your destination. Please.
Our friends at nationaldaycalendar.com have an important reminder this week and we will need to get prepared. Yes, April 7th is National Beer Day. And to help make sure we’re ready, April 6th is officially New Beer’s Eve.
“National Beer Day on April 7th annually, recognizes the world’s most widely consumed alcoholic beverage. Following water and tea, it is the third most popular drink overall.”
“One of the world’s oldest prepared beverages, beer possibly dates back to 9500 BC when cereal was first farmed.”
We thought Bud came first. Always learning something new.
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“The editors of Robb Report scour the globe (and the Internet) for the best of the best and only endorse products we love—and think you’ll love, too.” Got any job openings!?
This Robb Report article explores the best 21 tequilas that they’ve found. We’ve only tried a few but we love Clase Azul. Other choices range in price from $37 to $7500.
We’re definitely going to look for Santo Fino Blanco.
“A handshake agreement between rock god and spirits pioneer, Sammy Hagar, and an Ed Hardy shirt in human form, Guy Fieri, begat this tequila. Go ahead and roll your eyes if you must. Or you could check that bias, head to Flavortown and enjoy Santo Fino Blanco for what it is — old-world style tequila designed for session drinking.” Session drinking sounds good!
Cheers!
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Have you been wondering if “natural” wine might be the thing for you? We haven’t either. Nonetheless, in the pursuit of greater knowledge, we did a little reading. The short-story version is that natural wine is not made using additives that regular wine makers use. (The exception is sometimes the use of sulfites to help preserve the wine.) In regular wine, additives are used to keep what goes into the bottle the same as what we end up drinking.The upshot is that natural wine won’t likely age well because wild yeasts and microbes may come alive in the bottle and give the wine a kombucha-like tang or even a barnyard-y flavor.
Traditional wine lovers generally prefer to let a good wine age and mellow which the additives allow them to do without changing the other characteristics. And traditional wine can also be organic meaning the grapes weren’t subjected to pesticides.
So add natural wine to your grape-based options. More choices is better.
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Coffee and breakfast are a good way to start the day. So combine the two with a coffee smoothie. Here’s some ingredients to consider:
Fire up the blender and away we go!
March 24th is National Cocktail Day. Here’s what nationaldaycalendar.com has to say about that.
“Celebrate all your favorite cocktails on March 24th. National Cocktail Day ushers in all the best ways to savor a beverage at the end of a long workday. Whether you like a fruity drink, blended or on the rocks, this day is for you. Mocktail, virgin, or the real thing, celebrate the lemon, lime, bitters, liquors, and liqueurs that make your favorite beverages the best in your bartender book.”
“It’s probably no surprise that nearly every month on the calendar celebrates a cocktail. The only exception is April, and since it’s National Alcohol Awareness Month, it makes sense to take that month off.”
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Don’t feel like green beer? Not a fan of Black and Tans? Mohito not your thing? Want to get a shot of your vegetables while celebrating the day? Here’s some ideas for a free-for-all, DIY hard mogreen smoothie. Select ingredients to suit your taste and your pantry. You will need some baby spinach to keep it healthy and green. But consider adding some of these to your blender. Vanilla protein powder, lemon and lime juice, almond milk, ginger, kiwi, pineapple, mint, plus vodka, rum or gin. And ice. Yes, make it your own!
– Jet Cannon
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Get your ingredients and start practicing to impress your friends with a proper Black and Tan pour on St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s a helpful how-to video…. and it’s especially good if you don’t want to bend a spoon or if you don’t have the little tool used to keep the two beers separated.
BTW, be careful ordering a Black and Tan in a pub in Ireland. They may toss you out!
Cheers!
– Jet Cannon
Photo: Reddit.com
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Good news! We sampled a Hemingway Daiquiri at The Reef in Palm Springs. “Ernest’s beverage of choice for a good reason – maraschino liquor, Admiral Nelson Rum and a splash of grapefruit. It’s refreshing and will make you a better writer. (Okay, maybe not.)”
Wish we hadn’t seen that last part.
Image: liquor.com
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During Prohibition, whisky could be purchased legally through a doctor for “medicinal” purposes. Funny, or sad, how drugs have found their way their way to the market over the years. Anyway, the pictured bottle of Bourbon was prescribed in 1931 by Dr. H. B. MacDonald and it was purchased at Eaton’s Emporium Drug Store in Redding, California.
Now that you have your medicine…. how to properly drink whisky? The standard shot glass, wider at the top and narrower at the bottom, was designed to hide the taste of inferior whisky by dissipating its smell. The proper shape is like a tulip which retains the aroma.
Now you know.
– Jet Cannon
It’s National Margarita Day!
Cheers!
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