As everyone knows, a sporting season is coming to an end with one culminating battle left to crown a champion once and for all. That sport is the CuervoGames National Finals in Las Vegas held this Saturday. In its inaugural season, the CuervoGames is a seven-month long nationwide tour that has been described as a cross between Wipeout and American Gladiators as it pits teams of four against each other as they battle in four different challenges that are all tied to the tequila making process. Continue Reading »
Once again, the incredibly talented team over at Plumbline Studios has left us speechless as they have won yet another award for an original advertisement that they have created for Mutineer Magazine. Out of 1,640 entries in the 2010 Summer Semi Annual Design Contest of the American Design Awards, Plumbline Studios walked away with an insane five awards, with one of them being the Mad Libations subscription advertisement (as seen above) for Mutineer in the category of advertisements. Continue Reading »
Last week, yours truly travelled back to Spain for a few days of R&R, so I thought I’d do some digging to see how the absinthe scene has progressed over the past several years. The fact that absinthe was never banned in Spain made me wonder if absinthe’s proliferation will be any different than in the U.S. Has it become much more popular? Has it had a ‘novelty purchase’ boom, like we did in 2007 and early 2008? Continue Reading »
The Duvel Collection
Acknowledging that you have a problem is the first step to finding a solution. And I have a problem .. and I don’t think I want to find a solution. I love buying glassware for my beer. With this in mind, there’s no wonder these specific glasses made me feel giddy with excitement as they are pretty awesome. I present to you the The Duvel Collection. The Duvel Collection will take their iconic Duvel glass and release it in a limited series featuring internationally acclaimed artists, creators, and designers who will design an original print for the glass. What is to be a regular release, there are currently three different designs available, created by the Dutch artist Parra, the Belgian graphic artist Denis Meyers, and the designer duo Elley Kishimoto. Continue Reading »
With Veterans Day right around the corner and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan still raging each night as we turn out our lights, it couldn’t come at a better time for a fine beverage company to show their support of our Armed Forces and their families. Singing Water Vineyards of Comfort, Texas has partnered up with The Fisher House Foundation to provide scholarships for military children by donating partial proceeds from the sales of their 2008 FREEDOM wine. A blend of Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot, 2008 FREEDOM has been aged in oak barrels for 24 months and is considered a premium red wine. Continue Reading »
Brought to you by Learn About Wine, tonight they bring you the Celebrate Argentina 2010 Grand Tasting. Located at the famous Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California, there will be 66 Argentine wine producers on hand to answer questions and pour over 200 of their best wines. Starting at 7pm PST and ending at 9:30, there will be music, dancing, and of course, plenty of wine from Argentina. Also in attendance will be Mutineer Magazine’s Editor in Chief Alan Kropf. Things will be mutinous indeed and at 7, you can catch Alan Kropf online at TasteLive as he samples his way through some of the wines through a live broadcast.
Tickets are $75 at the door and the event benefits the The T.J. Martell Foundation for leukemia, cancer, and AIDS research. If you are in the area and are into wine, whether you are the casual drinker or the serious collector, I can’t think of a better way to spend a Thursday evening. If you can’t make it, be sure to tune into TasteLive and catch our very own Mutineer Alan Kropf!
Some beers are made more special by their rarity. These are the big imperial stouts, aged in even bigger bourbon barrels before finding their way into a very small number of bottles and sold for top-dollar. These are the beers for which people trade, stand in line, and sell their souls through blood-signed pacts.
And then there’s Sierra Nevada’s Celebration Ale.
Celebration is the antithesis of such beers. It is affordable, readily available, and the only line you’ll have to stand in to get it is that of your local grocery store — such is the far-reaching distribution of Celebration. For nearly 30 years, craft beer lovers have welcomed the cold winter months knowing that Celebration Ale would make them that much more tolerable.
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The night of Saturday, November 20th 2010, will be the night of an event like no other I’ve ever been to here in Seattle. It’s an event attended annually by only of the most hip wine lovers in the area, all dressed to kill. The ladies will be in their sexiest dresses, and the gents might even iron their shirts for this, one of the hottest events for wine lovers. When you enter the room there’ll be DJ’s mixing, people dancing, and Winemakers socializing while pouring their most fashionable wines. Yes the name is ”20something”, but that’s not a restriction, as most people attending will be in their 20′s and 30′s, but anyone who’s hip enough will attend regardless of age. Much like the attendees, most of the wines poured will also be in the 20′s & 30′s range. dollar wise. If you want to see and be seen amongst Seattle’s hippest wine socialites, you can get tickets via BrownPaperTickets.com. Continue Reading »
