I’ve been glued to the Winter Olympics for the past week and a half. Like most of you, I’ve become addicted to curling (it’s okay to admit it…there are others like you out there), and I’m pretty disappointed by NBC’s coverage. It’s too stage managed and stale. You have to jump through mammoth hoops to even watch stuff online.
So it is with great joy that I show you this video as a tribute to our neighbors of the Great White North. Jon Montgomery won a gold medal in skeleton and on the way back from his run, a fan hands him a pitcher of beer. CTV caught it on camera and then played it on the air. If you look closely, you see the cops walking right next to him. Completely unscripted and the fan wasn’t tased. This was truly an epic Olympic beverage moment!
Yes, it’s Super Bowl beer commercial season, which basically means Bud Light commercials. Here are some classics to back-up the rest of your Super Bowl experience. I’m officially pulling for the Saints. New Orleans has a hell of a beverage culture that would get a big boost from a Saints Super Bowl win. Continue Reading »
Because the economy is roaring and apparently all of Huntington Beach’s other problems have been solved, the Huntington Beach City Council has made a point to ban beer pong.
According to the OC Register: Huntington Beach city leaders voted Tuesday night to outlaw alcohol games such as beer pong at new restaurants coming to downtown. This rule is in addition to new regulations the police chief enacted in September that banned these games at existing restaurants with entertainment permits citywide.Continue Reading »
Tomorrow’s football game between the Jets and the Bengals will be huge in that a win will send the Jets to the playoffs and it will be the last home game in the Jets’ current stadium, though fans won’t be celebrating with their favorite alcoholic fine beverage. Continue Reading »
I’m gonna assume that this is Sidney Crosby pouring Veuve Clicquot into the Stanley Cup. On a similar note, I’ve turned my college diploma in its gatefold frame into a Jagermeister booze luge for one, HIYO!
It appears I lied when I said that the Stripper Beer Pong post was the only post on the countdown that included strippers (thanks Tiger!). The #4 most viewed Mutineer blog post of 2009 also includes magical fine beverage moments with Michael Jordan, Sidney Crosby, and bubbles-fearing Boston Red Sox team.Continue Reading »
Beer pong continues to gain popularity as a sport, as evidenced here by the ESPN coverage. I’m all for fine beverage-fueled sports, and am pumped to see this Beer Pong post come it at #5 on the list of most viewed Mutineer blog posts in 2009.Continue Reading »
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November 5, 2009
Check out Mutineer Editor Alan Kropf's interview with Carly Milne on Digital City as he dishes on a subject he rarely touches: The best wineries in America. Beware, may include such descriptors as "scary good", "soul rattling" and "phenomenal".
