Myopenbar.com has come to Chicago to quench “the dire need for a centralized and coherent source of worthy open bar listings” I wish I had known about this last week, because then I would have known about the chance to meet the two brothers from Two Brothers.
In other local (to me anyway) beer news, I had mentioned that a local place, Prairie Moon had a great Dogfish Head on tap, I’m saddened that it’s no longer available there, but cheered up because they’ve got Affligem Blond now! Affligem is an abbey ale, 6.8% ABV. Prairie Moon has been building a nice collection of bottled Belgians, but (for a limited time) it’s great that I no longer have to take a train to find a fresh, on-tap Belgium. They’ll be rotating that tap every month or so, and it’ll be fun to see what they’ll put on it next time.
Some good stuff in Modern Drunkard Magazine, including essays on drunk Romans and Sam Peckinpah.
Perhaps you need a Cocktail coach? Learn about shaking, muddling and knowledge like: “Limes will oxidize in 15-20 minutes when cut, so don’t cut them until you’re ready to use them”. Found at Martini Republic, which is a general blog with occasional cocktail news.
Plenty of tasty sips in maltmadness, a site about single malts, though the liquid blog is ‘frozen’ for a few months, with promises of a revamp. An example of some of the important knowledge you’ll find there – Ten Single Malts That Could Save Your Life “A 1992 study investigated an oyster-borne outbreak of hepatitis A and found that only drinks with an alcohol concentration of 10 percent or greater prevented or reduced the severity of the sickness. The effect may have something to do with alcohol’s ability to strongly stimulate gastric acid secretions in the stomach. So, a glass or two of wine will just not do the job!”