Drinkwel: Saucy Science

My friend Arianna from Grapesmart and I were at an event a few months ago when she introduced me to Drinkwel. The concept alone tickled my funny bone and I of course wanted to know more. The wonderful people over at DrinkWel provided me with a sample of their goods to test out and I have been testing them out for about a month and a half. I am the type of person that wants to run a car into the ground during my test drive --I want to know if a product can handle my awesomely majestic existence. So I decided to start feeding these multivitamins, for people who drink, to my husband and wait to try them at the last moment to see if I could use them as an emergency contra-hangover. Halloween night was the perfect night to test the power of these beauties against my rock star lifestyle. I went at the bar with reckless abandon (I do NOT condone irresponsible consumption. This experiment was heavily regulated and done in the name of science by a professional.) The instructions were: eat 3 pills before I start drinking with a glass of water and then eat 3 pills after my last drink. I did the first group and then started my scientific research. I researched several kinds of San Diego County craft beers. I experimented with some whiskey sours that were amazing. I tested out my shot glasses with some Jäger, they held up quite well.  I topped the night off with a couple glasses of sangria and then washed my last 3 down with a white Russian and a cookie. I also passed out 3 pills to each of my over night guests. I slept roughly 7 hours and while at first puzzled at the color of my urine I was pleasantly surprised to be very minimally pained by my previous nights consumption. I went out to the living room to survey the damage and everyone else mentioned the same effect-- hangovers were lower than expected if at all. My husband did not take 3 before and 3 after but he felt no hangover what so ever. In my professional opinion, I would say they work both as a long term and an emergency feed good multivitamin, and would most definitely recommend them to anyone who likes to feel good in the morning.

Apparently Absinthe was also involved in the scientific method

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A Sixy(6-pack) For Your Fixie!

I was cruising around online today and found this cute and innovative thing on Etsy. A 6-pack holder for your bike! Now you can be green and not worry about where you're going to stick all that beer!

Six Pack Holder on Etsy

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Because you know you want a pair of beer shoes!

I am not Jean Paul Gaultier, Coco Chanel or Hubert de Givenchy--I am however a fan! So what primarily started off with me playing around with a "customize your own shoe" gadget on Steve Madden's website has ended up with me opening my own store of beer geeky goodness! I encourage you to check it out and if you have any pointers I'd love to hear them. Currently I have a couple artists who will be featuring their designs on my page soon as well as some exciting contests in the works. But for now I present: The Goat's Baaazaar!

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DIY Juice to Booze Kit

It's the cutest little airlock ever!!

This morning my dear friend and part time photographer @Indoctrinated had posted on my wall the coolest little gadget: The Juice to Alcohol Kit. If you want to get something that will give you the very basic experience of fermentation here you've got it. It's way cheaper than a homebrewing kit and it takes less time too! I know this isn't beer related but it's still kind of cool. The kit comes with a little airlock meant to fit a 64oz bottle of juice and little yeast packets. Pop the yeast into the bottle of juice, stick the airlock on and Voila! Within 48 hours you can have an effervescent beverage of up to 14%.  What a great new toy for all you mad scientists out there!

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