Archive for May, 2008

BIO-FUEL COCKTAILS: THE CORN N’ OIL

BIO-FUEL COCKTAILS: THE CORN N' OIL

This one is a hard one to sell at the bar. Ears of corn and bottles of Quaker State generally don’t invoke impressions of delicious cocktails. What’s worse is that when promoting this Bajan cocktail I inevitably face the question, “Well, why is it called a Corn N’ Oil?” Without a valid response, the [...]


SOUTHERN STAR BREWERY’S PINE BELT PALE ALE

SOUTHERN STAR BREWERY'S PINE BELT PALE ALE

Great news! Houston (Conroe) has another micro-brewery and they are making some great beer. Southern Star Brewery in Conroe, just outside of Houston, finally released their first beer, Pine Belt Pale, last week, and I must say I am a big fan. If Southern Star is able to live up to the precedent set by [...]


ALLAGASH MUSETTE OAK-AGED SCOTCH ALE

ALLAGASH MUSETTE OAK-AGED SCOTCH ALE

I love being back in Houston. After 2 years in the cocktail backwoods of North West Arkansas, where a bottle of the local watery beer and a Jager bomb toped my list of great drinking experiences, and 4 years before when I passed my time shooting Jack and kicking back Coronas in a mostly dry [...]