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Peanut Butter Beer You Need to Taste
Better get to practicing in the ways to open a beer with an opener, because these peanut butter beer creations deserve a strange opening. I know most would be either mortified, or pretty much disgusted by the following beverage choices, but you can't deny that the peanut butter flavor is a nostalgic hit that's sure to not only warm your heart, but tingle your inner child-soul, as well. They also have some of the funniest names, I mean Sweet Baby Jesus and Belching Beaver? You can't not at these hilarious namesakes.
Johnson BernardPublished 6 years ago in Proof9 Best Boozy Ice Cream Recipes
You shouldn’t have to justify bringing boozy ice cream into your life, but if you do, think about life as an adult. You can spend your hard-earned money on cool stuff like new frying pans and toilet paper. You can choose to stay up late, but crawl into bed no later than 10 PM, anyway. You can make spreadsheets to budget your bills and schedule your own dentist appointments. And you can buy alcohol—all kinds of alcohol.
Jovelle AvancenaPublished 6 years ago in Proof- Top Story - March 2018
Unbecoming
From an early age, we are trained to always be working towards “becoming someone.” To know how to answer the question of what we want to be when we grow up.
Basic Bartending Techniques That Are Easy to Learn
Whether it's making a popular shot or choosing the right amount of ice cubes, it's obvious to everyone that bartending isn't simple. Fortunately, we've made it right by simplifying the intricacies, thereby making bartending sort of hackable in relation to the learning and building of your bartending traits. Now, you don't have to fear. You can, yourself, make classic cocktails like the best of them behind the bar; all you got to do is follow these simple steps.
St Patty's Day in Jax Beach
Ahhh St. Patrick's Day... a day when everyone can either pretend they're Irish or celebrate actually being Irish for one whole day while getting smashed at the bar. Jax Beach is no different. With St. Patty's day landing on a Saturday and beautiful typical 75 degree and sunny weather, we knew it was going to be a shit show and unfortunately we were right.
Tim SteinerPublished 6 years ago in Proof10 Famous Celebrities That Started Out as Bartenders
While you look at celebrities now as major stars and have succeeded in their lives, the majority of them actually started off at a low point. Some of them had terrible paying jobs, lived in the worst conditions, drove cheap cars, and even didn't have the slightest clue that they would soon have a big name in Hollywood. In fact, if you told any one of them that they would be huge in the future, they wouldn't believe you. That was their mentality while living ordinary lives.
Penny NewtonPublished 6 years ago in ProofFunctioning Alcoholic
Just sitting on the back porch, sipping cheap whiskey mixed with canned blackberries. And I mean cheap whiskey, 1.75 liters cost like $17.50. And that's after tax. The two before were whiskey and Dr. Pepper. I ran out. But I ain't gonna sip just cheap whiskey. That's what alcoholics do. I'm not.
Casey HiatusPublished 6 years ago in ProofKnow Your Wine
I have been working as a server for a little while now and it's embarrassing to admit that I know so little about wine. So I've done research and I put this together. A fast way to get the basics about wine!
Cocktails You Have Been Making Wrong
Everyone likes a fresh mixed beverage every once and while (some of us like them more often than others), but what if we've been making our favorite classic drinks completely wrong this whole time? It honestly doesn't take a rocket scientist to know how to make a Martini or a Bloody Mary, but these are only two examples of the vast annals of wrongly-made cocktails. If you're going to make something (especially if you want it to taste good and be worthwhile), make it the right way and don't fall into the trap of making it your way. Your ways are wrong, trust me.
Alfred TaerzPublished 6 years ago in Proof10 Scientific Studies That Prove Drinking Can Be Healthy
"To alcohol: the cause and solution to all of life's problems!" When Homer Simpson made that toast he couldn't have possibly known about all the scientific studies that prove drinking can be healthy. If he just maintains a moderate consumption of alcohol, Homer will be less likely to get diabetes, have germs in his mouth, and will have better bones. And you can reap the same protective effects while also warding off a health risk like cardiovascular disease. Bottoms up!
Erik PasqualePublished 6 years ago in ProofThe Ginger Tea Reviews: Boozy Matcha Shamrock Shake
Hello, and welcome again to another boozy edition of the Ginger Tea Reviews. Tea is my passion, and I am making it my goal to share my passion with the world!
Alexis HustusPublished 6 years ago in Proof10 Ways to Open a Beer Without an Opener
You've just entered your friend's house with three cases of you and all of your friends' favorite IPA beer. Everyone is getting hyped and more than ready to go at it. But wait, your friend can't find the bottle opener. He's been search and searching through drawers, cabinets, under his bed, in the bathroom, and everywhere in the house and the opener is no where to be seen. You and your friends are devastated, how are you going to possible cracked open these bottles and enjoy the goodness of beer?