Every year, around tax time, we start looking for something ridiculously expensive to spend our theoretical refund on. It’s good fun, and it’s a nice way to procrastinate actually doing our taxes. This year, we’ve decided the Liquor Snob offices absolutely NEED an outdoor tiki bar. With summer coming, we have a feeling we wouldn’t [...]
Do you live in a house that is chock-a-block with empty kegs, but short on seating space? Sounds like a nice problem to have, but if so the Keg Stool might be the answer to your prayers. Keg Stool is a DIY kit that lets you add a seat and footrest to any empty keg, [...]
A couple weeks back, we took shipment of three Thatcher’s Organic flavors – Coffee, blood orange, and yumberry to be exact. Now that we’ve fought our way through a cold the likes that God has never seen* we can actually smell and taste it, and give you our two cents on the proceedings. So…here we [...]
If the Internet had existed in the 1940s, we imagine Bernard DeVoto would have had a very successful liquor blog. You know what we mean – the kind of blog you’re so devoted to that you subscribe to its RSS and fan it on Facebook – and we would have frequented it on the regular. [...]
Liquor Snob’s Editor in Chief was interviewed a while back about liquor and hip hop, and we recently were tapped for another Q&A about our Pickle Back Challenge. We enjoyed talking about the trials and tribulations of that review, but if you take just one thing away from our site, please let it be this: [...]
As you most likely know, we usually take things very seriously here at Liquor Snob. Occasionally, however, we like to let the starch out of our collars and let our hair down, so to speak, and this video has certainly tickled our funny bones. This is probably NOT what you want to do when a [...]
A while back we got really into a couple new books we picked up on food and drink pairing, and we’ve really enjoyed how those books have broadened our horizons. If you’re looking for a quick online tool that will get you to a similar place, check out Food Pairing – not only do they [...]
Do you have a home bar that needs a spruce up? Whether it’s a junky corner in your basement with a sink and a fridge, or an outdated wet bar in the family room, you now have an opportunity to give your drinking space a face lift, thanks to Hotmixology and Customized Designs. Not only [...]
Behold, the greatest corkscrew in the universe! Why is it the greatest? Because it’s shaped like, well…a ship from Star Trek. We’re not ones to call out ThinkGeek on matters, well, geeky, but they say on their page that this little guy is shaped like a Klingon Bird of Prey. We think it looks more [...]
One of our friends just sent along this cool article about 10 great drinks you can light on fire, and we’ve had some excellent times drinking Flaming Dr. Peppers and other flamey drinks over the years. We do have one word of advice for all you would-be drink flamers: by the time it seems like [...]