Days That End in Y

I’m dealing with a quintuple whammy of the Extreme Beer Fest, Beija event, Valentine’s Day, anniversary, and girlfriend’s friend visiting this and next week, so the blogging has been sparse. Factor in all the eBay sales (I’ve been trying to clear my apartment of crap in exchange for needed cash), the purchase of a Wii (that’s why I need cash), and miscellaneous stuff, and I simply have no time. Hopefully, this will all change on Tuesday.

Anyway, if you’re in Boston, then you should be attending the Extreme Beer Fest today and tomorrow! The Alström Brothers of Beer Advocate fame put together incredible events. Unfortunately, this one has been sold out for weeks, but you may be able to find tickets on Craigslist. In the meantime, you should plan for the monstrous American Craft Beer Fest, which will be at the World Trade Center June 20-21 (happily coinciding with my birthday).

There’s also an event at Alibi at the Liberty Hotel on Sunday night 10 PM - 1 AM with Beija. You’ll have to RSVP at info@Beija.net.

In the meantime, I don’t want to leave you completely high and dry with absolutely no booze news. Here’s a couple beer-themed tidbits that I found interesting. The video demonstrates how to melt a beer bottle in a microwave. Is it safe? I dunno. Don’t try it at home? As for the picture, it’s pretty self-explanatory, but it’s a diagram for how to cook beer chicken! Mmm…chicken…I haven’t had lunch yet.

I just watched this decent short report on absinthe that was on CBS Sunday Morning. It sums up the history and current situation fairly well in a 4:20 clip.

Here’s a neat little doohickey that you can create and gift to your date during dinner. The video basically shows you how to melt a cocktail stirrer with a candle into a plastic snail. As usual, the music in these sorts of videos sucks, so you may want to mute first.

Who doesn’t like a good bar trick? There are tons and tons of them at EasyBarTricks.com or at the YouTube.

This is one of the better parody videos I’ve seen in a while.

Even cosmonauts need some vodka. Check out how he catches the sphere of liquid right in mid-air. I wonder if Virgin will allow that on their future space flights.

I’d heard that Belgian authorities had ordered the destruction of hundreds of cases of sparkling wine which had used “Champagne” on the label but I hadn’t realized that there was a video (higher-resolution) of the destruction. Just check out the way the giant claw of death callously smashes those bottles.

In case you need some background music: Taps.

Via Time

Oh, man, I don’t know if it’s the peach schnapps I just drank or my own sick sense of humor, but this is just hilarious. Plus, it’s topical, given that the World Series of Beer Pong just ended with Team Chauffering the Fat Kid from San Diego taking the crown.

Via You Been Blinded

Yeah, it’s been done before, but that was over 2000 years ago.

Vodka! In a Stapler! Now only $19.95.