The Arthur’s Day we had last year worldwide looks set to b an annual affair by Diageo. Hopefully it wont be Muslim-free.
But its unclear if this would involve organized events, or be based purely around advertising and promotion.
Diageo has positioned Guinness as one of the most recession-resilient drink in its portfolio. [...]
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u could be right. I just discovered a report that says a local syndicate has been using expired can beers to fill old beer bottles and sell them as new beer to pubs.
Disgusting. Am all for recycling, but dis way too far bitch.
The fuckers should be caught & forced to drink pitchers of stale beer, [...]
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Intelligent researchers say in the future, robots will play a prominent role in our daily routine.
Roboexotica is a festival, the brainchild of a group of Viennese techno-artists called Shifz, which started the event in 1999, reasoning that if robots were ultimately supposed to interact with humans in everyday life, then turning them [...]
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J&B, Dewar’s White Label, Famous Grouse, Ballantine’s. Not really the top brands when u think about Scotch.
But over is Europe & US, blended whisky, sometimes thought of as the less-glamorous cousin of the malts and the premiums, is doing well, including standard blends, ie those under 12 years old. However, whisky consumption is facing pressure [...]
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According to Drinks International, Asia is already the world’s largest spirits market, downing 47% of the world’s supply. And wine sales are predicted to rise before 2013 by 25%!
Well done people. Proud of ya!
The forecast growth in wine outstrips that of North America, which is expected to grow by 7.6% while mainland Europe is expected [...]
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Beer. The world’s oldest and still most widely-consumed alcoholic beverage, usually made from malted barley, with hops added for flavour, and for bitterness, to counter the sweetness of d malt.
Its been around for ages - fuckers have been gettin drunk for at least 10,000 years! (And still no real hangover cure?? Other than this recent [...]
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Was there on a cool Friday evening, sampling their draft beers and a lil food.
Craft Brews (7722-3000) launched last month, and is located near Petronas / Tesco, Mutiara Damansara, PJ. It serves mainly beer, as well as some interesting food like pork ribs.
The main beers featured here are those sourced from micro breweries; Craft Brews [...]
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Had a blast at da launch of Tom Dick & Harry’s (7710-2122), a new bar in TTDI. All beers on tap were flowing - Hoegaarden, Blackthorn (cider), Tetley’s, Connor’s (stout) & Carlsberg. (No Guinness as its a Carlsberg Malaysia outlet.)
It’s a bar started by a friend and a few of his buds.
Pricing is OK, a [...]
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Yup, the final month of partying for Party Season ‘09. With so many three-day weekends dis month (FOUR if ur from Selangor), it’s gonna be unreal.
Some inexpensive booze always helps provoke the parties. Sid’s Pubs has a promo all month - happy hours from opening (11am!) all the way till closing at Sid’s Bangsar South [...]
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A buddy of mine is opening a new bar in TTDI called Tom, Dick & Harry’s. It’s not open to the public yet, but checked it out last week for a recce & a drink.
Macallan fans will be pleased that d bar carries almost the entire range.
It serves food too. A slightly more detailed report [...]
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