Dave of Random As Rhyme and Stance Is Everything fame pointed out some commercials from Red Stripe that I had totally forgotten about since they went off air.
Commercial genius I say.
Man these are just great.
HOORAY BEER!
I don’t have a lot of time but these dudes make some awesome flow charts.
Here’s one about beer that made me chuckle:
In other news this poor site is being pretty neglected. With the holidays and vacation and getting engaged and stuff I’ve been pretty busy. I hope to revive a little life in to the site in the new year.
The good folks over at The Oatmeal make some pretty interesting and fun info-graphics and articles. They’re definitely worth a look at.
This my friends is what makes me happy to pass this along to you!
RCMP officers took a man off a plane in handcuffs on October 13th for stealing beer from the drink cart.
This is not entirely odd but what is odd about the story is that the offender then tried to hide the evidence by flushing the can down the toilet!
The pilot decided to land the plane early and call police. The Air Canada Jazz flight was going from Vancouver to Fort McMurray, Alberta and the pilot made the unscheduled stop in Kelowna, B.C.
I guess he didn’t see a beer can on the sign and thought it was okay…
Steam Whistle has made their first advertisement! Can’t wait to see it on TV!
I’m a lazy bastard. So here’s some cute fury things with booze.
Apparently I did something right around here because I got the attention of someone at Beaus All Natural Brewing Company. They sent me a press release (ThirstyMates first official one!) about an up coming first annual Oktoberfest celebration.
Located in Vankleek Hill, Ont, Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company was co-founded in 2006 by Tim and Steve Beauchesne, with a mission to brew beer Eastern Ontario could proudly call its own. Lug Tread is served on tap at more than 200 bars and restaurants and 60 LCBO stores in Eastern Ontario, as far West as Kingston, as well as directly from the brewery’s on site retail store. The brewery was recently named the best microbrewery in Ontario at the 2009 Golden Tap awards held in Toronto.
I wish I was a little closer to Ottawa and not in Toronto! Heck I wish I could just get my hands on some of it! I’d love to head out there and check it out. They’ll be releasing their fall seasonal beer Nightmärzen which is a traditional Oktoberfest lager and they’ll be serving up Lugtread as well.
I noticed Lugtread in the LCBO’s in Ottawa when I was there a few weeks ago for an unfortunate family gathering. The sweet looking swingtop caught my eye with it’s painted logo I love the style of the bottle and although it looked intriguing I didn’t have a chance to pick any up. This is a decision I sorely regret and wish that I could get some of thier beer in my local LCBO’s.
Beau’s is also teaming up with a bunch of restaurants in the Ottawa area for the festival. It appears as if this will be a really good time for those who can attend.
The Bavarian-inspired food will be provided by some of the best restaurants in Ottawa: Allium, Domus, Murray Street Murray Street Kitchen Wine & Charcuterie, Pascale’s All Natural Ice Cream, The Piggy Market, Urban Pear and Whalesbone; and a few hidden gems from further out: Ballygiblins (Carleton Place), The Branch Organic Restaurant (Kemptville), Knox Fine Dining (Moose Creek) and Mary’s Country Kitchen (Vankleek Hill). The event also boasts 8 hours of live Oompah music, haywagon rides, free brewery tours, free games for kids and adults, homebrewing demonstrations and more. Beau’s All Natural will also be releasing its Fall seasonal beer, the Night Märzen, a traditional Oktoberfest lager. More announcements of entertainment will be announced shortly.Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the gate. Bus packages including return trips from St. Laurent Shopping Centre are $25 and must be purchased in advance. Tickets are available at all Bridgehead locations, the Piggy Market (400 Winston Ave, Ottawa), at the brewery in Vankleek Hill and by phone at 866-585-BEER (2337).
Now all I have to do is see if I can make it out there!
Yeah I’ve been procrastinating lately… It happens to the best of us. But tonight I updated the version of wordpress that ThirstyMates.com is running on and I’ve also added the avatars back in to the comments!
How’s that for procrastination?
Yeah I s’pose I could write a post too. But I’m not going to cause I’m still a little lazy. Maybe tomorrow.
I just noticed that I have to fix up the tags and categories situation too… But that will take quite a bit of time.
I’m sure most Torontonians have heard about this billboard in BC by now through blogs or even local newspapers that have done stories about it today. It was designed by the minds at DraftFCB (a firm located at Yonge and Eglinton in Toronto) to go along with their “Colder than ____” campaign.
Here’s my two cents on the ad.
To those who are complaining… Lighten up!
To those who don’t care… Have yourself a beer. You’re officially COOLER (not COLDER) than those who take offense.
You could even take it as a compliment. Perhaps this sign is telling us that most Torontonians are warm and inviting… Maybe that’s a stretch. But just lighten up. Even Kathryn Gallagher Morton from Newmarket says “We actually saw the humour in it all.” That was of course after running to the National Post claiming to be upset and saying “We just thought Torontonians should know about this and make their own decision.”
Well I say, Learn to laugh at yourself or you’ll never really enjoy life.
Having just delved in to the world of Scotch I haven’t really cut my tongue on single malts yet. But I DO know I like a good blended! Johnnie Walker Blue (of course) is my favorite but at home I settle for Black. I first tried Blue after buying a custom engraved bottle for my father two fathers days ago and this in when my interest was started.
This video (commercial?) for Johnnie Walker is absolutely awesome! It tells the story of the brand in an interesting way and it stars none other than Robert Carlyle!
When I first watched the video I thought to myself… “Why! I do say! Self! That looks like it may be filmed in Inverlochlarig, Pertshire, Scotland!” and at the end of the video it was confirmed!
Now if I could only subscribe to The Striding Man Society on their website I’d be a lot happier… Alas some do not test as thoroughly as I when making a site and their forms seem to be broken on every major browser!
UPDATE:Looks like someone’s filed some copyright claims to youtube and the video has been taken down
UPDATE #2 Dec 2009: It’s back! This time hosted on Johnnie’s own site!
