Alcohol
Robert Mitchum Sings
Add Mitchum to our list of "singing actors who probably should have stuck to acting."
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jan 26, 2022 -
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Category: Crime, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, Music, 1950s, Alcohol, Cars
Mobile Irish Pub
Unlike Alex's pub patent puritans, these guys endorse wide pub access!BOSTON GLOBE article here (possible paywall).
Contact for rentals.
Their Instagram page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jan 24, 2022 -
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Category: Hobbies and DIY, Regionalism, Bars, Saloons, Pubs, and Other Drinking Establishments, Alcohol
Oyster-Flavored Vodka
The company's homepage.Article in THE BOSTON GLOBE (possible paywall).
Posted By: Paul - Thu Jan 20, 2022 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Alcohol, Nausea, Revulsion and Disgust
Oreo Wine
A limited release from Barefoot Wine. And already sold out.Chocolate-infused wine, which is essentially what this is, is nothing new. An odd combination, nevertheless.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Dec 22, 2021 -
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Category: Chocolate, Junk Food, Alcohol
Polygamy Porter
Yet another banned beer, to go alone with Alex's batrachian brew. Article here.
The brewer's site, where you can purchase their t-shirt
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 18, 2021 -
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Category: Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Fashion, Marriage, Alcohol
Bad Frog Beer
Can you guess why Bad Frog Beer was banned in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina? The answer is below in extended.
More in extended >>
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 15, 2021 -
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Category: Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, 1990s, Alcohol
Kmarto Wine
In the mid-1980s, K-Mart stores in Gainesville, Florida introduced a K-Mart-branded wine, which they called Kmarto. It cost a mere $1.97, and was available in both a red and white variety.Very little information remains about Kmarto. For instance, I don't know how long it was sold. Just a few years, I think. As far as I know, it was never sold outside of Gainesville.
I was only able to find one picture of a bottle of the stuff — on, of all places, The Horse Doctor (a veterinarian's blog):
If you happen to still own a bottle of this stuff, I'm sure you could easily sell it for a couple of hundred dollars, because it's definitely a collector's item. As Paul Kirchner has reported in his book Oops!:
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 28, 2021 -
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Category: Inebriation and Intoxicants, Alcohol
Buckeye Beer
The revitalized company still exists today, but no mention of reinstating their "mascots," Buck and Billy.Read the history here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 14, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Human Marvels, Regionalism, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Nineteenth Century, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
A Wake in Hell’s Kitchen
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 08, 2021 -
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Category: Death, Movies, Twentieth Century, Alcohol
Liquid Dividends
What else could you do with your inventory on the eve of Prohibition?
Source: Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts) 14 Jan 1920, Wed Page 7
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 04, 2021 -
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Category: Censorship, Bluenoses, Taboos, Prohibitions and Other Cultural No-No’s, Freebies, Come-ons and Loss Leaders, 1920s, Alcohol
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