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On Drunk Fish, Firing A Gun With A Drink In Hand, And The Geography Of Beer

by Treve Ring | Regarding the video above, it’s an oldie but a goodie and it remains true that you either 1. Know these people, or 2. Are these people.

There’s no point auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance when you could apply for So You Think You Can Drink. A new Irish show, Drunk, is looking for 18+ year olds to “get drunk” on camera in an attempt to “explore, explain and illustrate” the effects of alcohol. Mom will be so proud!

How to make a night at the movies a hella lot more fun? Alcoholic popcorn, of course.

Battle of the Scots. In this corner, BrewDog and their Dead Pony Club pale ale. Across the ring, the Portman Group Independence Complaints Panel. Portman comes out swinging, deeming the packaging of the “lower-than-average” strength 3.8% Dead Pony Club pale ale to encourage “anti-social behaviour and rapid drinking”. A swift rebuttal by BrewDog counters that they don’t give a shit about “a gloomy gaggle of killjoy jobsworths, funded by navel-gazing international drinks giants” who “treat beer drinkers like brain dead zombies and vilify creativity and competition” and will emerge TKO-victorious by “brewing awesome beer and treating our customers like adults.” Victory, BrewDog.

Relive your grade school drink box memories with the SpotWine Pouch, the adult version. Just don’t mix them up in the early-morning-school-lunch-packing rush. Because that would suck.

How to drink all night and never get drunk? Mr. Samuel Adams knows, shares all.

While Air Canada can’t figure out how to list a Canadian wine on any of its flights, craft beer has taken to the sky in American airlines like…er… people wanting decent booze on flights. And in a mind-boggling move of sanity, Alaska Airlines now allows a case of Washington wine to be checked for free for anyone flying out of the state’s three largest wine region airports.

Because butlers are so pedestrian, The Casa Madrona hotel in Sausalito, California will deliver Champagne to your $10,000 a night Alexandria Suite by drone. Yeah, that’s cool, I guess, but does it come Swiss Army-equipped with a corkscrew?

Drunk fish become leaders of the pack.

Screw you, Siri! Google adds the Drunk Train feature to its maps.

Take note, road trippers. If you’re in Colorado, chances are you’ll be inundated by Coors Light, and if you’re in the Midwest, Miller Lite will be the brand of choice. The scientists have tracked it as so, in a new book called The Geography of Beer.

Take further note, road trippers. In Oklahoma, you can now drink alcohol at the rifle range. Logical humans with functioning brains, you’ve been warned.

Win a Trip to Guadalajara at The Tequila and Agave Festival Cocktail Competition, May 20th

Backed by Nodo Tequila Blanco, this competition challenges bartenders to create a cocktail encapsulating their interpretation of the spirit of Guadalajara - and the prize is super rad!

Picking Grapes with Dylan Jones from Pizza Coming Soon

Today, we throw our wine-related questions at the Co-founder and Bar Manager of the hip Chinatown spot, whose playful approach to pretty much every aspect of the "Japanese Snack Bar with a confusing name" extends to behind the bar, including its rotating selection of natural wines. Hold on to yer horses, readers - things are about to get a little weird...

Five Winemakers Weigh In on Wines to Pair with Spring

We hook you up with BC vintages that articulate the vibrant and hopeful spirit of this much-anticipated shift in seasons, by going straight to the source for for personal recommendations from a handful of local winemakers.

From Collaboration to Climate Change with Winemaker Severine Pinte

Scout catches up with the oenologist, viticulturist, and decorated Executive Winemaker at the Le Vieux Pin and LaStella wineries to ask a few questions about the complexities of the wine industry...