Bio: At only 27-years-old, Mutineer Magazine Publisher and Editor Alan Kropf is a leader amongst the next generation of beverage professionals and has extensive knowledge and experience with a range of beverages. Alan is a Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers, holds an Advanced Certificate with Merit through the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, is a Certified Beer Server through the Cicerone Certification Program, and holds a Bartending/Mixology Certificate through National Bartenders Bartending School. Alan has worked as a Sommelier at some of the world’s more prestigious properties, including the Beverly Hills Hotel with its legendary celebrity clientele, and he helped Gordon Ramsay open his signature restaurant in the London West Hollywood in 2008. Alan also has industry experience as a mixologist/bartender and as a barista.
Website: http://www.mutineermagazine.com
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07/19/10
Nate Montana + Bunch of Other Notre Dame Athletes Arrested for Underage Drinking
Some Notre Dame athletes really embraced their Irish side on Friday, July 16th when 11 of them were busted for underage drinking. According to
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07/16/10
The Happening: Mutineer Sponsoring Tales of the Cocktail
Tales of the Cocktail 2010 Date: July 21 – 25, 2010 Location: New Orleans, Louisiana Epic. That is the closest you can come to describing Tales of the Cocktail, which has become the mixology event to top all mixology events. Taking place in the city that birthed the modern cocktail, Tales offers attendees an ambitious [...]
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07/16/10
Bears & Women at Tales of the Cocktail…NOW WE’RE TALKING!
We’ve received a barrage of invites to the endless list of parties, gatherings, events, and other fine beverage celebrations that collectively make Tales of the Cocktail a legendary experience, but none have me as pumped at this one: Smoke & Honey.
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07/13/10
Arch-Nemesis No More! Steve Heimoff Goes From Foe to Friend of the Mutineer: A Retrospective
Arch-Nemesis No More! Steve Heimoff Goes From Foe to Friend of the Mutineer: A Retrospective If this were a comic book series, this would be “Steve Heimoff #20″, because a quick search on the Mutineer Blog will bring up no less than 19 posts involving Steve Heimoff. But this post is different. This post is [...]
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07/13/10
Dita Von Teese + Water + Mansion + Sexiness = Yes
Dita Von Teese demonstrates how a lady should drink water. To celebrate the launch of Perrier’s ‘Paparazzi’ limited edition water, Dita Von Teese has moved into a massive online mansion dubbed the “Chateau Perrier“. Paparazzi Perrier is just like regular Perrier, except that it has pictures of Dita Von Teese on it, subliminally creating the [...]
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07/05/10
Supermodel Marisa Miller + Captain Morgan Rum = New Ultra Campaign Combining Everything You’ve Ever Loved About Supermodels & Spiced Rum
The only way Captain Morgan could top its epic online-prank call-super-app was to boldly attempt the obvious. Yup. Finally, super models and spiced rum have joined forces to pump up the proverbial party in epic fashion. According to Captain Morgan parent company Diageo: “It’s a great opportunity to work with a brand that is synonymous [...]
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07/02/10
Coca-Cola Study Says Mexico to be the Happiest Place on Earth. In Other News, Mexico Is Coca-Cola’s Top Country for Per Capita Consumption Growth
Fans of Wine Spectator, Wine Enthusiast, Wine & Spirits, and the rest of the ratings mags should really be into this. Coca-Cola has done it! They have quantified the happiness of countries and, according to the “Happiness Barometer”, the top five are as follows: Mexico – 87.7 Philippines – 86.4 Argentina – 80 South Africa [...]
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07/02/10
DonQ Rum + Universal Pictures = Self-Proclaimed “First Spirits Alliance in History”
Universal Pictures is looking forward to many more epic fine beverage scenes, such as this orgy of drinks from “Meet the Fockers”. The folks at Universal Pictures are pretty excited to have DonQ Rum out of Puerto Rico appear in some upcoming films, including “Little Fockers” (the sequel to Meet the Fockers) and “Get Him [...]