We've all thought about it at some point or another, but finally it has become a reality. A forward thinking distillery in Seattle, Washington has given us Bakon, a premium bacon flavoured vodka.
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I thought it'd be a fitting category in the aftermath of St. Patrick's Day to have 'Best Drunk Falls'. After scouring the super web I found there was many worthy contenders on show, but I feel, after hours of deliberation, I have narrowed it down my top five. There's nothing I like more than drunk people falling, so here they are (best with volume):
Forget these plastic 'Irish' venues riddled with leprechauns serving green dyed pissy lager. I am a man who enjoys a proper pint of Guinness in real surroundings. So here's my top five favourite spots in Vancouver to sup on a pint of the black stuff…
So the Keefer Bar in Chinatown has finally opened it's doors. It sits beneath a boutique hotel on the ground floor of an old heritage building on Pender St. A good looking, small, tight space with a dark, moody, sinister feel.
The second installment of Bacardi's viral series "True Originals" has been released and this time it's a super sexy female bartender dubbed "The Hummingbird". With the first in the series being The Samurai and paying tribute to a killer shake. Video two focuses on a hot female bartender preparing a Pina Colada for the same mystery customer we saw in the first video.
Cointreau! What are you playing at? I came across a bottle of Cointreau the other day that came with a free promotional gift. This is all well and good if it were a 50ml bottle of a lesser known liquor they're trying to push or perhaps a coaster that doubles as a bottle opener (thankyou Moosehead for that one!). But it wasn't…
Due to the concentration of the masses of olympic revellers in the downtown core, particularly, Granville, Robson and Yaletown, some of the other Vancouver neighbourhoods seem to be somewhat forgotten.
Later this month, Tony Abou-Ganim will be launching his first cocktail book, 'The Modern Mixologist: Contemporary Classic Cocktails'.
We nipped down town last night for a little bit of that Olympic feeling. Masses of people from around the globe were cruising the streets, with pockets of chanting fans providing the soundtrack.
Now that the Olympics are in full swing, here's Backbars tried and tested pick of the best Olympic houses to booze in...
