With less than a week to go before the 2010 World Expo opens in Shanghai, 175proof.com received preview tickets to visit the site this past weekend. This is just one of those things on my bucket list, including watching U2 in concert, go shark diving and make a pilgrimmage to the Muchen Oktoberfest (which we [...]
No need for beer goggles with this. It’s all on the label and you don’t even need to uncork, at least not that soon. One company has released it’s Velvet Collection 2007 Marilyn Monroe Wines “Uncovered in the full monty. They’ve created a wine label with a nude portrait of Marilyn Monroe. A chance meeting between the [...]
Tsing Tao beer remains the most popular beer throughout China. Walk into any truly local restaurant and you’ll see tables ordering Tsing Tao bottles by the crate. But wander into slightly more upscale establishments in Shanghai along the Bund or at Xintiandi and you’ll find that the only patrons holding a bottle of Tsing Tao [...]
At some point in our lives, mundane activities will slowly find an annoying occupancy in our daily schedules. This is especially so after you finally move out on your own. When I had my bachelor’s pad in Kuala Lumpur, Monday nights was always reserved for a swim followed by laundry and mopping. But one household [...]
We have a buddy, let’s call him Adrian. Now Adrian has been one of our most avid supporters and has tried pimping us of as celebrity bloggers just so he can score free drinks. Still, he provides constructive suggestions like featuring more of the stuff we’ve tried. To which led to the discussion of favourite [...]
Today is a historic day. Not just for America, but for all mankind. Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. I’ve always remembered these words from Neil Armstrong when he landed – “One small step for man, <pause> one giant leap for <pause> mankind” and of course “The Eagle has Landed”, [...]
I can’t recall the last time we sipped whisky out of a highball glass. And one of our mates, let’s call him Adrian, would go so far to say that this would be an injustice to the drink. But after sampling it, I have to say, it makes a great summer evening drink. Watch this [...]
Andre and I talked about what would be useful for our readers. Promotions came to mind – who doesn’t like a good deal? So here’s the first one of many to come. Pretty self explaining. Apart from making a fool out of yourself trying, what else is there to lose? Off with the caps, I [...]
We’re Marketers ourselves and one of the first things you learn is check your facts! On www.Carlsberg.com and they’ve got a section listing some of their choices as the best bars in the world. It’s not an extensive list but they’ve included a few that we’ve been too and do agree they’re pretty cool joints. [...]
We’ve got 2 pieces of good news today! First, the guys from Brewerkz started following us on Twitter! What’s the big deal? We know someone’s reading this blog! Well, we’ve been diehard fans of Brewerkz for almost 10 years now. I read a feature of one of the partners a few years back and absolutely [...]
