posted by admin on Dec 31
One of my favorite aspects of Christmastime is the opportunity to see old friends that are home for the holidays. In that regard, the Sunday before Christmas turned out to be the perfect storm of fun for me. We had an impromptu party that really made my Christmas. All the food, family gatherings and presents after that were gravy.
I got home from a cold, rainy Bills loss to the Giants around 5 PM on Sunday, shivering and ornery. Looking for something to put me in a better mood, I talked to my brother, who lives upstairs from me, to see what he and some of our friends were up to that night. He said a couple of people were probably going to stop by to try Rock Band, the new video game we both chipped in to buy a few weeks earlier. Rock 
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posted by admin on Dec 31
Mine was the very last bottle at Cooden Cellars; how lucky was I! It arrived too late for December’s Wine Blogging Wednesday (where I had to slum it with a Mexican Petite Sirah) so it sat in the rack until the Christmas Day meal.
Guys and Gals, it was well worth waiting for - the match with Oven Roasted Partridge was sensational!
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posted by admin on Dec 31
Hello readers, I am going to give you a quick peek inside the Energy Drink Guru labs! I have been drinking energy drinks for a few years now and it all started with an excel spreadsheet, my co-workers and few dixie cups. I would bring in a Red bull or a Monster and my co-workers would always ask: “do those really work” or “what do they taste like”…… One day I brought in a can of Monster, grabbed a few dixie cups from the water cooler and setup a make shift bar and I had everyone sample some Monster. As time went on I would bring in a Red Bull, Rockstar or whatever else I could find back in 2003 and I would record all my co-workers ratings in an excel spreadsheet and we’d compare notes every so often. We thought it was crazy once our spreadsheet reached 40 drinks!
Fast forward to Sept 2007…. I have sampled over 160 different energy drinks, I still have a lot of the cans (not sure why I’m saving them) and the energy market is exploding with new drinks every month! I now have friends, customers, co-workers and even some EDG readers bringing/sending in energy drinks that they found for me to sample. I would like to say THANKS to all of you that have donated to my habit!
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posted by admin on Dec 28
Submissions are coming in, and not a moment too soon - the Great Lakes Home Bar Contest is only open for entry until December 31st, so if you haven’t sent in pics and a blurb of your home bar yet, get to it! Here’s some photos from one of our entrants:
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