Remember my Drinkwel discovery? The founder of Drinkwel sent me a product sample. And my friends, it worked!!! This past weekend I drank 5 pints of Resurrection Ale in a row. I followed the handy instructions that came with my Drinkwel sample and, viola, no hangover the next day! It’s a miracle!!!
I am going to put Drinkwel to the test with wine and liquor. Just to confirm its awesomeness. But I want you to share in the fun, which is why I asked the nice Drinkwel guy to please send me 2 samples. One for me and one for an Ex-Boyfriend fan. If you’d like to get your mitts on some Drinkwel, enter the giveaway below:
Win a Bottle of Drinkwel Vitamins
Do the following (each one counts as a contest entry — you can enter up to 5 times):
First off, apparently Science got the memo AND the apology: they’ve stepped up and grown liver cells out of skin cells. This is a small but important stepping stone in the pursuit of consequence-free binge drinking. Thanks, Science!
Secondly, as I mentioned the other day, the good folks at Drinkwel have offered to pony up some free samples of their little miracle drug. To that end, I think it would be beneficial (strictly for the purposes of scientific research) to approach this whole thing like an experiment. So based on the number of pills they send, I’ll be dividing up my drinking into three phases comprised of an equal number of days. Phase I will focus on Drinkwel’s efficacy on beer, Phase II on wine, and Phase III on mixed drinks. I briefly contemplated a Phase IV involving all three, but I don’t hate my liver that much.
Here’s where I need your help: to keep the variables to a minimum, I’ll need to select one beer for Phase I; I can’t hop from Miller Light to Blue Moon to Resurrection Ale. I need a constant alcohol by volume percentage. What shall I drink? Same for mixed drinks; I’m leaning toward mojitos or dark & stormy’s, but am always open to suggestions (that don’t involve whiskey, bourbon or scotch—this is supposed to be fun, remember?) Leave your recommendations in the comments!
So, a few of you may remember my apoplectic diatribe from last Tuesday calling out Science for it’s consistent failure to bring about the wondrous future-stuffs we’d been promised from birth. It was pretty intense.
Well, now I’m wondering if maybe I was a little too quick on the trigger. Apparently, Science was tackling something useful to us (and by “us” I mean “me”): a cure for the common hangover.
drinkwel is the first multivitamin specifically formulated for people that drink alcohol. Our 30-ingredient, doctor-formulated multivitamin will help you replenish nutrients, support healthy liver function, and improve the way you’ll feel the next day.*
OK. Now, you may have noticed that little asterisk tacked on to the end there? Well, it refers to the following disclaimer:
This product does not prevent intoxication, alcohol poisoning, alcohol abuse, or utter stupidity. Please drink responsibly. Never drink and drive! Do not consume alcohol if you are not of the legal age to do so, while pregnant or nursing. The statements on the www.drinkwel.com website have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. drinkwel is not intended to diagnose, mitigate, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
As with all supplements, consult a physician before taking drinkwel or if you believe you may have a dependency on alcohol. We support responsible drinking and DO NOT support underage drinking, excessive drinking, binge drinking or any unsafe drinking whatsoever.
Legal ass-coverage FTW!
Now, down to the nitty gritty: how much does a scientific miracle cost? $1.33 a day. When using as directed, imbibers are supposed to take THREE Drinkwel pills A DAY. Even on days when they’re not drinking! Add three MORE pills before bed after a night of drinking. Ostensibly, this will keep an elevated level of the nutrients and minerals alcohol leeches out of you in your system at all times, so that after a night of drinking, you’re merely reduced to normal levels of said nutrients and minerals. However, this also equates to an extra six Dixie cups a day of water above and beyond normal H2O intake. And aren’t water and time supposed to be the only weapons we have to combat hangovers? I think that’s what my high school health teacher used to say (thanks, Coach Franklin!)
So I’m smelling a little placebo in the air right now. What do you guys think?
Some nights are just rougher than others. Sometimes you’re grabbing a pint at your favorite local pub, and others you’re tearing up the town hitting every hot spot in the city. The latter situation is usually the kind of night that leads to waking up the next morning with a pounding headache and you wondering where the heck you left your Visa check card. Two headaches for the price of one!
Thank goodness modern technology has stepped in to solve this problem. With the new TabbedOut ap, you can open and close your tab right from your phone. Convenient!
This spectacularly handy ap is only working in a few cities at the moment, but once they’ve got it hooked up in Charm City, I’m definitely sold.
Well, this is simultaneously depressing and awe-inspiring. Lester Hutt of BevShots had the brilliant idea of creating photographic prints of booze droplets as they appear when magnified 10,000x. The resulting abstract masterpieces are enough to make any creative type want to curl up in the fetal position, lick the booze right off the slides and cry, because honestly — how can we possibly compete with nature?
It’s been so… damn… hot!!! Over 100 degrees. Too hot to cook. So last night we made Gazpacho, with booze of course. Our gazpacho got its kick with a hefty doze of Absolut Peppar. Yum!
What’s in the soup:
6 whole cloves garlic
3 large heirloom tomatoes, chopped
1 large cucumber, diced
3 medium celery stalks, diced finely
1 bell pepper, chopped
2 Tbs parsley, chopped
2 Tbs basil, chopped
1/4 cup chives, minced finely
1/2 cup red wine vinegar
3 oz Absolut Peppar (or more if you like, I used 3 oz)
salt, to taste
pepper, to taste
Tabasco, to taste
1 avocado, sliced (garnish, optional)
Typically this is a raw soup, but I like my garlic roasted, so I take the 6 cloves, put them in a small ramekin with enough olive oil to cover them and roast them at 400 degrees for about 10-15 minutes. Then I set them aside to cool. Once cooled, I chop them up and throw them in a pot with all the other ingredients. I use my stick blender to turn everything into a nicely pureed soup.
You’re supposed to put your gazpacho in the fridge to chill for a few hours, but if you’re impatient like me, nothing awful will happen if you skip this step.
I like to serve my gazpacho topped with a couple of avocado slices, but it’s not necessary if you don’t care for avocado, or garnishes. (Although if it’s the latter, WTF?! Who doesn’t like garnishes?)
P.S. I am giving away a $35.00 gift card through Raffle Dog. Please be sure to enter by Saturday if you want to win some free Ex-Boyfriend goodness.
Pardon my little hiatus earlier this week. I’ve been a bit busy with stuff at home and hadn’t had time to dig up fun finds for y’all. Sorries.
Any way, there were some rumblings around the interwebs about how Bros Icing Bros is exclusionary because the girls can’t play too. (Because girls want to play this stupid game?) Thankfully, lady lushes now have a game of their own: Girls Busching Girls (nice double entendre, ladies).
Ladies, will you be partaking? Which is actually more disgusting Smirnoff Ice or Busch? It’s kind of a toughie, no?
Apparently some scientists got together to figure out why some people like their vodka shaken and some like it stirred. Um, thanks, Science? How do scientists get funding for this kind of thing anyway? Isn’t there a cancer of some kind they could be working on curing?
Anyway, the Mr and Ms Wizards discovered that the preference between shaken and stirred has to do with slight differences in the vodkas’ molecular structure. Vodka’s made up of 2 things: water and ethanol. So researchers studied the chemical composition of 5 brands of vodka to see if the water-ethanol groupings always happen the same way.
The researchers found that some vodkas had a higher concentration a certain cage-like chemical structure, in which five or so molecules of water surround each ethanol molecule. They say that the shaking of a vodka martini may break up those cage structures, possibly affecting the taste of the drink.
Do we care? Not really. I’m still stuck on the fact that scientists got funding to research this. Are they scientists working for Stolichnaya? How do you like your martinis — shaken or stirred?
Does the thought of going some place boring like a wedding, baby shower or the office make you crave a martini? Do you often utter the phrase “it’s always after 5 o’clock somewhere”? You just might be a lush. And in that case, you’ll want to consider these handy products:
1. For really lazy drunks
If you don’t want to be bothered with fixing your own drinks and that darn court-ordered in-car breathalyzer is keeping you from hitting the bars, you may want to consider the Cocktail Box. Their website proudly claims “it’s like having your own bartender in your fridge.” Is it just me or is that a little creepy? Please don’t put a bartender in your fridge. Any way, for about $3 per serving, Cocktail Box will bring you 3 liters of freshly made cocktail in a fridge-friendly box. Convenient and klassy!
2. For sloppy drunks
Do you often find yourself standing at your front door after a night of boozing and realize you’re too hammered to get that darn key into that teeny tiny keyhole? In that case, you’ll want this creative keyhole (it’s designed to guide your key into the lock, even for those times when your motor skills are less than optimal):
3. For the stealthy drunk
If you’re going to get your drink on no matter where you are, you probably need the “Booze Belly.” This under-the-shirt, fanny pack-looking thing holds 750 milliliters of liquid comfortably and securely around your mid-section, and you can access your drink via a hose. It’s like transforming yourself into a walking mini-keg. Finally, you can enjoy things like your kid’s school plays and jury duty with a relaxing adult beverage, and without the judgey stares of onlookers and bailiffs. Check out the product demo below:
We had friends over this past weekend and whipped up a brand new recipe. This creation comes via my wife who is terrible at taking notes on what she makes or measuring things. She’s like a mad scientist with a cocktail shaker. Any way, she made these perfectly refreshing martinis for a crowd of 6 and here’s approximately how.
15 basil leaves, muddled
1 cup strawberries, sliced and muddled
3 Tbs balsamic vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1 liter club soda
vodka
Combine first 5 ingredients in a pitcher and chill until you’re ready to serve. Before serving add 1 ounce vodka to each martini glass and then fill the rest of the glass with the strawberry basil mix. Garnish with a basil spring and/or a fresh strawberry.
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