Tag: Drinking

Young Rapscallions (Rapscallionettes?) Are Posing As Grannies To Buy Booze During Quarantine

MetroTeenagers have been illegally buying booze by using countrywide mask guidelines to help disguise themselves as old women…….She is then seen wearing a baggy sweater, glasses and a headscarf while using a walker in a parking lot while carrying a bottle of pink liquor.

Two things hit me as hard as a haymaker right off the bat with this story. Both are related to, thanks to something as simple as evolution (apologies to our hardcore Christian readers), how much smarter and generally better at being teenagers today’s teenagers are than we were.

First off is the ingenuity. Quick aside: we had none. Moving on, as an example, some people see a lump of clay and they just see clay. Some people see a one-stringed guitar and they see an unplayable instrument. Other people see those things and see art. They see what could be. They see something great and profound and maybe uplifting or melancholy. To that end, these girls knew they had to wear a mask because of the rona. They knew they had 17,000 pounds of make up, for whatever reason, or in some cases left over Halloween masks.With that they knew that they had an opportunity – to be inventive, to transcend their age-related limitations, to avoid having to try and acquire booze via the creepy 21 year old town layabout in exchange for the implication of an underaged hand job. They saw means and opportunity. Lord knows they had motive.

The second thing that came to my mind was the BALLS on these girls. I had a shitty fake in high school that I tried three times and went one-for-three with. Each time I was shaking out of my boots that this random dude from another town (who uses a fake in their own town?) would like, shoot me on site or something. I guess he could have called the cops but my friends were waiting with the engine running. These girls? Ya they did not give 1/9 of a fuck. Part of that could be the fact that teenage girls who are thought of as attractive (see how I skirted around that?) have this odd sense of being literally bulletproof. I mean they think they can actually take a bullet and get away with it. Fair enough. I think that also these kids are just that, kids, and have been stuck in their houses. So now their typical teenage boredom grows over four longggg months and finally matastasizes into a full-blown adrenaline craving that they somehow find a way to feed. This is some sort of “Italian Job” mixed with the Joker in “The Dark Knight” mixed with idk what else shit.

Of course, as with anything, especially teenagers, the pride comes before the fall. And these chuckleheads decided to get away with an absolute Caper with a capital “C” and then promptly post it on Tim Berners-Lee’s internet for all to see. Not only are they bbbbbusted by whomever wants to bust them but they’ve ruined this idea for all the other chicks out there trying to get ripped off a bottle of chocolate ice cream Pinnacle vodka (probs a flavor idk). But hey, they had a good run. I have to say that even with such an astonishingly dumb conclusion to their plan, they gave me a little hope for that generation when I previously had exactly zero. So there’s that.

There’s always that.

-Joey B.

What’s Dom Drinking Now? Quarantine Edition

It’s been a while since I wrote one of these. The main reason is that, as previously noted in Joey’s quarantine blog, I moved to Israel. If you had a balcony in a city bordering the Mediterranean, you’d be writing less too. Now, you may be thinking that because I haven’t been writing WDDN articles, I haven’t been drinking. Is this true?

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Unfortunately, the beer scene here is not good. As a matter of fact, it’s bad. Growing, but still bad. Most Israeli brewers seemingly have yet to discover American hops, and almost every Israeli beer I’ve had is sweet to the point of being unbalanced. The best beers here are German pilsners and wheat beers, which get boring quick when you’re used to American craft beer. This isn’t a complaint, just an observation.

So what am I drinking?

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With beer now an afterthought, I’ve since turned to vodka. And that, folks, is a sentence I never thought I’d write. It’s super easy to mix, can be added to pretty much anything, is low in calories, and is cheaper than almost any other liquor out there. If you are thinking that I wrote that sentence to somehow justify drinking an alcohol I’ve always looked down upon, then you are correct.

To further that justification, I’ve taken to infusing vodkas with all sorts of different flavors. I usually do my infusions in 500mL batches just because the biggest size they sell here are liter bottles and I like to try multiple flavors at a time.

When infusing, you generally want to wait 2-3 days before drinking, although you can taste along the way to check how the flavor is developing. I would also recommend shaking the bottles a few times a day so the ingredients don’t settle at the bottom and concentrate the flavor too much. Here are some flavors and cocktails I’ve found tasty so far:

Cucumber

What to add: Cut and peel half a cucumber and add to the vodka. Leaving on the peel isn’t the end of the world, but I wouldn’t recommend it because it can give the vodka a pickly flavor.

Recipe: I stole this recipe from a sushi restaurant we used to frequent in Arlington. Stir together 1 part cucumber vodka, 1/2 part lime juice, 3 parts Cava (sparkling wine). Sprinkle cracked black pepper over the top and garnish with a cucumber slice.

Blood Orange-Pomelo

What to add: 1/2 teaspoon of each fruit zest.

Recipe: This one is good neat, but also works well in a Bloody Mary or Screwdriver.

Ginger-Pomegranate

What to add: 1 teaspoon of ginger zest and add 1-2 dozen slightly crushed pomegranate arils. You want the juice from the arils to get into the vodka without making a mess. You can also substitute a lot of other red fruits instead of the pomegranate.

Recipe: Perfect for a Moscow Mule because of the ginger.

Orange-Honey-Cinnamon

What to add: 1 teaspoon of orange test, 1 teaspoon of honey, 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon. If you feel like you want more cinnamon flavor after the first day, you can add more. Just be cautious because there is a fine line between subtly and overdoing it.

Recipe: This one is by far my favorite and is very easy to sip on it’s own. The orange flavor hits you right up front, the sweetness from the honey masks the alcohol burn, and the cinnamon on the finish ties everything together.

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Time to drink up!

The best thing about vodka infusions is you can do them with pretty much anything you have around the house. Just get creative and remember that less is more. Cheers!

Thank God I’m Not in College Anymore or Else I’d Have to Drink This

A younger me would have said “do it for the content.” Well as a freshly minted 30 year old I can now comfortably say, get this poison away from me. Thats coming from a guy who drank Admiral Nelson almost exclusively for four years in college too. Used to call it going sailing. They should have hired me to be a brand manager if they were smart.

Reminds me of that time I drank Cherry Rubinoff at a party at UMass one time. I’d tell you more, but to be honest thats basically the end of the night in my brain.

So for all the young guns out there that pound their fists when us Olds talk about what “real” Four Loko was like before they took the caffeine out; now is your time to shine. Mix up a few Red Bulls and a bottle of cherry Admiral Nelson and I’m sure it’ll have a similar effect. Godspeed.

Applebees Continues Its Quest to Kill You and Everyone You Know With $1 Jolly Rancher Vodka Drinks

Pardon me for taking the lord’s name in vain, but Jesus Christ, Applebees. This could be the No. 1 reason twenty somethings across America black out on Christmas break.Β Are you trying to get diabetes? Because this is how you get diabetes.Β  Just guzzling sweet, delicious sour apple jolly ranchers infused with a liter of vodka. Come to think of it, this is just the properly branded version of one of my go to drinks in college: the Midouri Sour.

If you’ve never had a Midouri Sour, it’s essentially just drinking Puckers straight from the bottle. It tastes like a sweet, sweet mixer, but it’s riddled with vodka so it gets the job done. Pound down a few of these bad boys and you could dance the night away. Might even have to take your shoes off on the walk home.

So for anyone who wants to black out like an adult(ish) yet have nostalgia endorphins firing in their brain with the taste of Jolly Ranchers on your palate, then this is the cocktail for you. Excellent work, Applebees.

The Falcons Continue Their Assault on Overpriced Concessions With $5 Craft Beers

ESPN – After peeling back prices on some of their most popular items last year to unprecedented levels, the Atlanta Falcons are ready to shock the sports world again with a $5 craft beer.

The Falcons will sell the $5 craft beers at their regular-season games — starting Sept. 16 against the Panthers — and any home playoff games. The craft beer price, along with all other concession prices, will remain the same next February when Atlanta hosts Super Bowl LIII at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, despite the traditionally elevated concession prices at Super Bowls.

God bless Arthur Blank. We may have dropped years worth of 28-3 jokes on you and your franchise, but goddamn if the man doesn’t know how to please a broke cheap football fan.

Last year the Falcons made waves for slashing all their concessions prices to absurdly cheap levels, comparatively speaking. While having much lower prices than their peers, the Falcons are saying they did more business so it seems to be worth their while. Now they’re doubling down on that and will be selling craft beers for $5 a pop. That is insane.

When I go to games at Fenway, I go to the last beer vendor by the bleachers, which the same woman has worked at every game I’ve been to in the last decade, just so I can get the sweet sweet deal of a tallboy can for $11.50 instead of $10.50 for a 12 ounce Bud Light.

True story: I’m a huge craft beer guy. I never thought I’d turn into the beer snob, but here we are. My dad never drank anything, literally anything, other than Bud Light cans. So I was always a Bud Light guy, when I could spring for it, or some cheaper light beer like Busch when I wanted to get blind drunk for $22 bucks.

With the explosion of craft beer and breweries being the only bar I can actually bring my dog to without getting the cops called on me, I gradually started drinking more and more obscure shit.

Started with IPAs, dipped into Sours, discovered that Double and Triple IPAs are a thing and before we know it I’m three sheets to the wind off a handful of beers.

Downside to all of these mega alcoholic brews though is the fact that they are expensive as shit. College me would slap 29-year-old me in the fucking face if he witnessed what I did at the packy yesterday. Saw the brand new Nightshift Double IPA (I’m on the email list NBD) at the packy and audibly gasped when I read the price tag for a 4-pack of tallboys.

$18 dollars.Β  Eighteen Dollars for FOUR beers.

You’re goddamn right I bought those beers.

And now we sit here going through bank statements and credit card receipts wondering where all my money goes saying things like “well if I cancel Netflix and my car insurance I should be able to cover rent this month.”

Fucking millennials, man.

Pedialyte Just Changed the Game with Hangover Freeze Pops

Pedialyte just changed. the. game. I had friends in college who would swear by Pedialyte as the drink of choice for a hangover, but I never dabbled myself. Just never felt the urge to walk down the aisles in the grocery store and feel those eyes on me. That shame. When you’re buying Pedialyte people know either you have a kid who needs his electrolytes or you got black out drunk last night and need a fix. Well Pedialyte just went and flipped the game on its head with these Hangover Freeze Pops.

Huge freeze pop guy. In fact I once ate a whole box of them with a friend when we were like 12. Juvenile diabetes like you read about. But you can bet your ass I’ll be buying a box of these (hopefully) hangover curing freeze pops. It would seem like Pedialyte is in the midst of a re-brand too, targeting 20 something degenerates like myself. Seriously, check out some of their other recent tweets.

GET IT PEDIALYTE! YOU PARTY ANIMAL!

Do you enjoy getting shithoused watching your favorite football team? Pedialyte’s there for your irresponsible ass.

Tryna get day drunk? Lets get after it.

Long night of vodka and drinking out of dick shaped straws? Pedialyte it is.

I am all about this new look Pedialyte. I no longer will be shamed using a kid’s medicine for debaucherous purposes. Crack open a couple freeze pops and fire up the Netflix.

This is It. This is How I Die. Alcoholic Mountain Dew.

If you’ve ever wanted to pretend to be Aerys Targaryen and down a bottle of Wildfire, well this stuff is for you.

For anyone that knows me you know I will die defending Mountain Dew as the greatest drink the world has ever seen. It’s delicious, green poison and it had shit tons of caffeine before Red Bull was even a thing. Hell, back in college I was so broke I used to have a giant Mountain Dew and a pack of Reese’s for dinner.

BUT, I have always been extremely cautious about what I mix my booze with. You ever drink too much of a certain type of alcohol and its ruined for you forever? That’s vodka for me. The worst part about it though is that as an 18 year old you’re mixing booze with all kinds of shit and screwdrivers were the drink of choice my freshman year for whatever reason. I still remember laying in my bunk bed hung over as all hell from a bottle of Vladimir watching the NFL Draft (when it was still on Saturday afternoons). The worst part? It ruined OJ for me. I couldn’t drink orange juice for YEARS after that.

So now theres an alcoholic Mountain Dew? I want to try it. I need to try it. But its dangerous territory. I’m gonna have to force myself to just sip it like I’m taking communion because if I black out on Mountain Dew booze and ruin the soda for myself I don’t know if I can continue on in this world.