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Absolut Blank

January 24, 2012 – 9:11 am | No Comment
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ABSOLUT BLANK – a global creative movement, in which ABSOLUT appears as a catalyst for contemporary leading-edge creativity.

Return of the Living Red

December 12, 2011 – 7:59 pm | One Comment
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Forget the chateaux. Forget the birds. Forget whatever nonsensical French-countryside illustrations you’ve seen on wine labels. And enter Mash. Always creative, never predictable, Mash is one of our favorite creative agencies. Hailing from Oz, their …

Raise a Glass, Raise a Roof

November 22, 2011 – 4:00 pm | One Comment

For many of you readers out there, it’s almost time to mosey up to the dining room table and give thanks over an exceedingly large meal. Well while you’re at it, we hope you’ll pour …

Smokin’ Brew: Cigar City Brewing Company

November 16, 2011 – 1:27 pm | 2 Comments
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Tobacco and beer: Now there’s a classic combination. If you want to have a cigar with your favorite brew but you’re not so keen on the hazards of smoking, we’ve got just the thing for …

Hello, Winter. Blossa Glögg 2011

November 3, 2011 – 3:35 pm | No Comment

It’s getting cooler over here in the Northwestern hemisphere and so it seems our bellies are turning faithfully to those luxuriant hot cuppas to take off the chill…be it hot cocoa, café mocha, apple cider …

What We’re Drinking Now: Pumpkin Pie Soda

October 20, 2011 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

Pumpkin pie soda. I saw it on the shelf, all wrapped up in its cool, bright orange packaging, and I had to have it. It’s the sort of thing we love around here: it’s a …

Lovely Labels: TUG’s Top Wine Label Picks

October 14, 2011 – 5:56 pm | No Comment
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Admit it. Sometimes you impulsively buy a wine bottle for the label. And that’s not always a bad thing, especially if that label speaks as much to art and creativity as it does wine. We …

Barley Basher: Cervecería Sagrada

October 4, 2011 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

Beer and professional wrestling: Now there’s a winning combination. No, we’re not talking about Coors Lite and Hulk Hogan. This is a much more sophisticated and exotic kind of pairing. This is Cervecería Sagrada, and …

Boozing with the Masters: Master of Malt

September 29, 2011 – 8:00 am | No Comment

Brown Drink. Now there’s a type of alcohol that we’re guessing most of you, dear readers, haven’t tried – even the lushest among you. Are we right?
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Aloha Delicious! Waialua Soda Works

September 8, 2011 – 11:22 am | One Comment

Karen and Jason Campbell did what so many long to do – they quit their hectic lives and demanding jobs and fled the main land for Hawaii. But being permanent vacationers wasn’t their plan and …