`Avoritas' Will Flow On Cinco De Mayo
IRVINE, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Lots of people enjoy avocado with chips on Cinco de Mayo (May 5) -- and avocado on the rocks!
Down A Shot Of Vodka For Boris Yeltsin
AUSTIN, Texas (Wireless Flash) -- April 23 marks a year since Boris Yeltsin's death, and you can honor the former Russian president by downing shots of vodka.
TV Host Lives The Drinking Dream
LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Hangovers aren't keeping one TV host from living the drinking dream.{image_1346}On...
Pub Pranks Are A Huge Hit On April Fools' Day
SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- All it takes to pull the perfect prank this April Fool's Day (Apr. 1) are a few beers and some gullible buddies.
Rancher Arrested For Selling Snake Vodka
SANTO, Texas (AP) -- A rattlesnake rancher who calls himself Bayou Bob found a new way to make money: Stick a rattler inside a bottle of vodka and market the concoction as an "ancient Asian elixir." But Bayou Bob Popplewell's bright idea appears to have landed him on the wrong side...
Cheap Beer Makes For A Wacky Home
HOUSTON (Wireless Flash) -- There's a house in Houston, Texas, that's built on cheap beer.{image_1247}
CALGARY, Alberta (Wireless Flash) -- For one Canadian company, drinking and driving do mix.{image_1246}
St. Patrick's Day Cocktails Shake Things Up
SAN DIEGO (Wireless Flash) -- There are plenty of booze alternatives to typical green beer on St. Patrick's Day.For example, there's a classy St. Paddy's cocktail called an "Emerald Isle" which shakes up gin, creme dementhe, and a dash of bitters together for a...
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (Wireless Flash) -- Sippin' on green suds this St. Patrick's Day (Mar. 17) could leave you shelling out greenbacks for a trip to the dentist.
Sample the Beer Before You Buy It
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- Washington lawmakers have approved a pilot program that will allow beer and wine tasting in 30 grocery stores statewide in an effort to market local products.The measure now heads to the governor, after passing the Senate 29-17 on Monday. It earlier passed the...
NYC Pub Owner Bans `Danny Boy' In March
NEW YORK (AP) -- It's depressing, it's not usually sung in Ireland for St. Patrick's Day, and its lyrics were written by an Englishman who never set foot on Irish soil.
Homebrewers Love Beer -- And Each Other
LONE OAK, Texas (Wireless Flash) -- Homebrewers are bringing beer and love to Texas.The 22nd Annual Bluebonnet Brew-off is happening now in Irvine, Texas, and is a competition where folks from around the world battle by bringing their best...
Utah Fine-Tunes Complicated Liquor Laws
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Bar patrons in Utah, which has some of the nation's strictest liquor laws, will soon be able to get 50 percent tipsier off one cocktail. Be warned, though: no more "sidecars."The amount of liquor allowed in the standard cocktail will increase from 1...
St. Patrick's Day Will Cost Some Green
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- St. Patrick's Day (Mar. 17) could cost you plenty of greenbacks this year -- $126 to be exact.That's the clover cost according to a St. Paddy's Day index compiled by Tullamore Dew Irish Whiskey, which tracks the price of various Irish-oriented...
Naughty Beer Guzzling Ghosts Make Restaurant Their Haunt
PASADENA, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- Beer-guzzling ghosts are getting the party started at a haunted restaurant.{image_1088}...
Vt. Is Latest To Eye Lower Drinking Age
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) --More than two decades after the country established a uniform drinking age of 21, a nascent movement is afoot to allow 18- to 20-year-olds to legally buy alcohol under some circumstances.Proponents say the higher age hasn't kept young people from consuming...
Oscar-Themed Cocktails Mix Up The Competition
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- In honor of the "80th Annual Academy Awards" on Sunday, Feb. 24, make sure "There Will Be Rum" at your Oscar viewing party.
Paris Hilton's Brother Arrested For DUI
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) -- Officials say Paris Hilton's younger brother has been arrested in Malibu for drunk driving.No other details are available on Barron Hilton's arrest Tuesday morning.Paris Hilton, pleaded no contest last year to alcohol-related reckless driving and was...
School Pulls Spiked Hot Chocolate Recipe
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Officials at a junior high school spiked an edition of the student newspaper because it contained a recipe for hot chocolate that included peppermint schnapps.The January edition of Stillwell Junior High School's quarterly Tiger Tracks was pulled off the...
Sippin' Seat Provides `Bootyful' Booze Storage
ATLANTA (Wireless Flash) -- A sporty product is letting people put their booty where their mouth is.{image_937}
SC Rep.: Alcohol For Underage Military
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A state lawmaker wants to give members of the armed forces younger than 21 the right to buy alcohol even though it's in stark contrast to the military's efforts to diminish underage drinking and related accidents."I really don't think it should...
Bill Would End Virginia's Sangria Ban
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- If you're served a pitcher of authentic sangria in a Virginia restaurant, someone's breaking the law.Since 1934, the state has prohibited mixing wine or beer with spirits. Frances McDonald, vice president of La Tasca Spanish Tapas Bar and Restaurants, found...
College Students Beg For Beer Money
STORRS, Conn. (Wireless Flash) -- One college student is taking begging for beer money to a whole new level.
Astronaut Survey: No Launch Day Drinking
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- NASA said Wednesday that a survey of astronauts and flight surgeons found no evidence of launch day drinking by crew members, despite a report last year of two cases of...
Martin Luther King Jr.: `I Have A Drink'
BOSTON (Wireless Flash) -- Martin Luther King Jr. is celebrated for having a dream, and on Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), Americans can toast the late Civil Rights leader...
Kan. Police Chief Who Stole Beer Fired
WILSON, Kan. (AP) -- A small-town police chief has been fired after he was convicted of stealing beer from the fire department's refrigerator.The city council in Wilson on Monday fired chief Brian Hill, effective Jan. 25. He has the option of a hearing within the next two...
Hangover Help From Some Strange, Sick Sources
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Wireless Flash) -- If you ring in the New Year with a horrible hangover, forget the Bloody Mary and suck down a swallow's beak instead.
SAN DIEGO (TNA) – Doctors may give wellness tips, but they sure don’t tip well. In fact, doctors are the worst tippers of any occupation in the country, according to the results of a survey conducted by Bartender Magazine.The survey, based on over 3,000 telephone and web...
Wineries Fight State Shipping Laws
RINGOES, N.J. (AP) -- Unionville Vineyards plans to expand by planting more pinot noir and adding Rhone varietals next year, but winemaker Cameron Stark knows he's fighting an uphill battle.He recognizes New Jersey's reputation as a wine producer isn't exactly that of...
Historic Whiskey Could Go Down Drain
NASHVILLE, Tenn.(AP) -- Here's a sobering thought: Hundreds of bottles of Jack Daniel's whiskey, some of it almost 100 years old, may be unceremoniously poured down a drain because authorities suspect it was being sold by someone without a license.Officials seized 2,400 bottles...
