Enjoying a pint of India Pale Ale is an acquired taste, given its tendency for being very hoppy, dry and bitter. And often with a higher alcohol level. If you’re new to the world of IPA, don’t start your session with one and don’t try chugging a few down at a sitting. We’re fans of [...]
Every painter aspires to be walled instead of being mothballed. To have their paintings exhibited on white walls of galleries instead of red brick walls of weekend markets. Vincent Van Gogh wasn’t any different. But like most artists, he was never celebrated during his life but experienced posthumous fame after his death in 1890. It [...]
We have to gravely apologise to our friend Elvin for not doing instant-gratification justice to three bottles of carefully and, not to mention, painstakingly hand-carried bottles of fine Belgium beer from the original source country to sunny Singapore. We did promise to let him know once we published this taste review – better late than [...]
We’ve never been fans of tequila and like most of our buddies, we blame it on tequila shots and pops during our younger days where bravado was often mistakenly associated with a Mexican senor named Jose Cuervo. Surely, we should have figured out much earlier that any drink that is accompanied with a ceremonial lemon [...]
Last Friday, we had the good fortune to be hosted by some of the Carlsberg folks at Eclipse by Carlsberg, a small lounge located within Lunar at Clarke Quay. For those of you unfamiliar with Lunar, it’s a split-level Cantopop club with “live” band performances and dance performances. Carlsberg branded a corner of the upper [...]
We’ve never too adventurous when it comes to cocktails. But it hasn’t always been like this, maybe it’s part age which could be making us creatures of comfort. But back during my university days, cocktails like the Alabama Slammer, caprioska, Boston Iced Tea and the ever satisfying Mudslide were firm favourites on a night out. But [...]
No, we’re not talking about diamonds or anything remotely sparkling here. Yes, De Beers is one of the world’s largest diamond producers and even though Valentine’s Day just passed, we’d rather be describing or better still eating something greasy and washing it down with a beer. You are after all, reading www.175proof.com Being Chinese New [...]
We’ve had the privilege of trying Hitachino Nest, brewed by Kiuchi Brewery in Japan, at selected bars and restaurants in Tokyo. And our favourite bartender Yuske Sato at Dry Dock knows the folks over there and occasionally brings them into his bar. He’s even had them specially brew beers for special events including a friend’s [...]
Pudding reminds us of our childhood – not eating the black sticky cake when we were wee kids; more like reading about it in our then favourite Enid Blyton books. We used to wonder how it tastes like but wouldn’t necessarily go out and buy one of our own (what’s treacle, BTW?). So good thing [...]
Recently we came across this cool app for the iPhone, Android, Blackberry and Palm devices that lets beer lovers of the world unite via mobile! It works like a Foursquare & Facebook mashup but are not based on those platforms. Its proprietary and works real well too. Presenting Untappd. Just try not to spend ALL [...]
