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Monday, March 7th, 2011

Beer Games with Bummy: Mexican Dice

My friend Bummy sat down with me to help explain a fun drinking game called “Mexican Dice” Here is a slide show explaining how to play. (I’ve never made one of these before, and I know the slides go pretty fast, so until I figure out to fix it, you should probably manually go through […]

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Places to Drink: Brathaus

Nothing against night clubs, but I’m more of a hole in the wall kind of guy. And by all means, Brathaus is the perfect hole in the wall (in a good way of course). Located on 115 E Court Street, near Cookie Jar and Corner Grill, Brathaus is a great place to just relax and […]

Friday, February 25th, 2011

Places to Drink: Grumpy Dave’s Pub

For anyone of you who know me, or will soon get to know me, you know that I love beer. Not in the way Homer Simpson loves beer, but it the way that lets a poor college kid like me travel the world through tasting beer. I did a fair amount of traveling growing up […]

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Even during tough times, wine can be affordable

Piggybacking on my last post, I know that wine isn’t immune to the trouble of this recession.  I was watching WTOL 11 on Tuesday evening at 6, and I saw this video from the Independent News Network (based out of Davenport, Iowa).  This was an interesting news story on how some people are buying wine […]

Friday, February 18th, 2011

The Best Beer for your Buck

(Beer cave at the Frontier Travel Center in Bowman, North Dakota)  So I’m pretty sure every broke college student at one point in time has been in a beer cave. These “caves” are in nearly every store that sells beer in Bowling Green, Ohio.  Whether its a gas station, grocery store, or the many carry-outs […]