With a big 4th of July weekend upon us, remember to PLEASE don’t drink and drive. I know that you know that drinking and driving is a terrible idea, but so does everyone else, yet DUI’s continue to happen.

Last night, Phoenix Mercury guard and the WNBA’s biggest star, Diana Taurasi, was cited for DUI last night after a game…STUPID.

Two nights ago, legendary wrestler “Rowdy” Roddy Piper was busted for DUI in Hollywood…STUPID

As you read this, NFL receiver Dante Stallworth is sitting in jail for DUI manslaughter…he drank, he drove, and he ran over a guy with his Bentley…KILLING HIM. Stallworth was well above the legal limit for blood alcohol content, and this is simply tragically STUPID.

I hate to be a downer, but as simple as this concept seems, people still don’t seem to get it. Please don’t drink and drive this weekend, but please drink and have a good time.

Beer: Red Chair IPA
Brewery: Deschutes Brewery
Style: American India Pale Ale
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass

The Red Chair IPA is named after the oldest operating ski lift at Mt. Bachelor. I don’t know if that is supposed to be inspiring because it is still around or terrifying that it may fall apart at any moment. Nonetheless this addition to the Bond Street Series of Deschutes beers uses seven varieties of malt to obtain “a plush body with satiny caramel favors” and tones down the hop bitterness letting the malt come through. Continue Reading »

NBC San Diego has staged and epic showdown between Stone Brewing Co. and Karl Strauss Brewing Company as to which brewery is San Diego’s favorite, Karl Strauss at 50% and Stone at 49.9%, and .1% lost somewhere in the universe.

Let’s go to the voters’ comments, and in fairness, we’ll take the most recent comments for both breweries: Continue Reading »

Photography by Jenn Farrington

This May dozens of San Francisco’s top bartenders threw 22 events hosted in 20 bars over eight days, which were attended by droves of thirsty people. This was the third year of San Francisco Cocktail Week and the event continues to grow.

The celebration was anchored by large cocktail parties at the beginning and end of the week. In between were the United States Bartenders’ Guild National Mixology Contest, a happy hour social beneath the Bay Bridge, and a farmer’s market cocktail event where the city’s best bartenders sliced, diced, muddled and juiced California’s fresh produce into equally fresh cocktails. Continue Reading »