Drinks After Dark

October 5th, 2008

Crystal Head Vodka

Funny-man Dan Aykroyd has done some… interesting things throughout his career (look at Ghostbusters II. Who thought that was a good idea?), but this might very well be one of the odder ones.

Crystal Head Vodka. The bottle is really really cool, but who knows what the vodka actually tastes like? The site itself doesn’t […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 4 comments

August 21st, 2008

Snake Whiskey

(image, Life’s a gasp)
Yep, that’s exactly what it looks like. A snake in a bottle of alcohol. Snake Whiskey.
What is snake whiskey? Well, it’s madness, a bottle of whiskey with a dead cobra inside,pieces of snake skin floating around in it, nasty! [source]
I, personally, didn’t find it nasty. […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 7 comments

August 18th, 2008

Red Bull gives you…. heart damage?

Oy. Based on this study, I will never, ever drink a Red Bull and Vodka ever again.
Researchers in Australia have found that just one sugar free can of Red Bull raised the level of stickiness of the blood and could lead to the formation of blood clots.
But according to Dr. Scott Willoughby, of […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 4 comments

August 11th, 2008

Dr. Dre to release new spirits

Rap mogul, Dr. Dre, has entered into an equity partnership (rather than the typical celebrity spokesperson role) with Drinks America to produce a super-premium cognac (what is it with rappers and Cognac?) and a sparkling vodka “beverage”. I was kind of interested until I got to the “beverage” part. That just reminds me of coolers […]

By Colleen Coplick -- 0 comments

June 24th, 2008

"Did somebody order a Dirty Shirley?"

Oh, the Shirley Temple. It’s a classic drink for the under 12 set…but what do you do when you’re old enough to have a cosmopolitan instead but still have a hankering for a maraschino cherry?
You improvise.
Well, maybe not quite “improvise”, since there are already some established recipes out there for you to try. And […]

By Rachel Segal -- 0 comments