In 2007 it was the deputy chief of liquor enforcement.
Last summer it was the Wolfboro police commissioner who was arrested importing 900 pounds of marijuana from Canada.
This week it’s a liquor commissioner who was stopped on suspicion of DUI.
Whisky and Gin Dispenser
Gaellery‘s Hotel room whisky and gin dispenser. Push in the drawer, pull out, and find a tiny bottle of booze. Just like those movies you claim you didn’t watch, it’s automatically charged to your bill. » about 100 words
McCain Staffers: More Whisky. Stat!
John McCain’s election team apparently told staff at The Phoenix Biltmore to have extra whisky on hand for their election party tonight. They’re not just planning to drown their sorrows: Republicans and Republican-leaning independents drink more whisky than the national average. Sweet photo by Bearfaced, though I almost used this picture of barrels (or this […] » about 100 words
I Can Haz Ice Cream And Booze?
This thread says you can get booze and ice cream in the same joint! Places to know in NYC: Otto, The Chocolate Room (beer & wine only?), ChikaLicious, Clinton Street Baking Company, BLT Burger, Homer’s, and Liquor & Ice Cream.
ironic moments in law enforcement
New Hampshire’s deputy chief of liquor enforcement caught drunk driving.
Happy Holidays
tree, holidays, liquor, nips, happy holidays » about 100 words
Poets, Justice, Scotch
Unattributable:
“Poetic justice is a lie. It’s no more real than military inteligence. The entire motivation for poetry is the unjust pain of life.”
Separately, what’s the appropriate LC classification for Scotch? My first thought was around PR600, but what do I know. Should it go elsewhere? What about other spirits?
Atomic Liquors
I convinced Sandee to join me at Atomic Liquors on Fremont Street, just beyond the Western Hotel Casino in what the Las Vegas Sun calls the “gritty underbelly of Las Vegas.” Owner Joe Sobchick and his wife Stella started business in 1945 with a cafe called Virginia’s. They converted it into a bar in 1953, […] » about 200 words
Absinthe
Roderick sent me a link to this Reason article on Absinthe that claims: the U.S. Food and Drug Administration considers true absinthe “adulterated” because of the wormwood. Production, sale, and importation are banned, but mere possession is not, and customs agents typically ignore a bottle or two in your suitcase. It’s a legal situation that […] » about 200 words
Australia’s Rum Jungle
Alan Moorhead, in his 1952 Rum Jungle — a sort of casual ethnography or serious travelogue — explains the uses and attitudes towards alcohol in his native Australia: […] I took it for granted that for all social occasions, at any time of the day or night, beer was the drink. You did not take […] » about 400 words
Alcohol Knowledge Test
I just love tests (previously: psychotic, leadership style in movies and famous people in history, and eccentric or autistic), so I was quick to try myself at this one when Al emailed me. It’s about alcohol, and like most tests, it’s not about getting the answer right, but giving the answer that the test writer […] » about 200 words