A Slightly Better Cider

If you recall, three weeks ago, I reviewed Woodchuck’s Granny Smith cider. I suggested that they offered many other varietals, and I would try some of them. Well, today I follow through on that promise with their Amber:
Woodchuck Cider: Amber Varietal Cider
Tasting conditions: It was stored for a while [...]

An Irish Day in an Irish City

Three quick scenes for you all:
I went to the St. James Gate Brewery and the Guinness Storehouse. Now, personally, I think the tour was a little on the pricey side. You got to see how they make Guinness Draught Stout. The one really cool thing is that during the tour you get to taste Guinness [...]

A Superb Beer

I spend a lot of time in Woodstock, New Hampshire. (For those who are interested, the music festival was outside of Woodstock, New York.) In addition to being a great gateway to the White Mountains, where I love to go backpacking, mountaineering, skiing, and touring, the town is also home to the Woodstock Inn. The [...]

The Other Side of the Pond

Over my school’s spring break, I had the privilege of going to London to see a friend studying there. Since the timing was fortuitous, we also spent a few days in Dublin for St. Patrick’s Day. We arrived in London early in the morning, which allowed us to clear customs and so on and get [...]

Good Rum and Bad Tequila

We went out to dinner last night at a little Mexican joint, and being young college kids, decided to get thoroughly sloshed on margaritas. While each pitcher was enough for all of us to have two and a half large glasses, when we decided to move from the expensive pitchers made with ingredients like lime [...]

Mixology Monday: Rum

This is my first Mixology Monday, and I’m quite excited to be joining this little tradition. As it’s my first time, you will have to forgive me if this post isn’t quite up to the standard of what a MxMo post should be.
Today’s topic is rum. Rum is a wonderful ingredient and a miserable ingredient. [...]

A Look Forward

Good afternoon everyone. Here in Boston it’s a balmy 72 and sunny. I just thought I’d post some things that all my readers (both of you) can look forward to in the coming month:

I drank a lot of booze yesterday, and wrote reviews on the first three tastings: Woodchuck’s granny smith cider, which I’ve posted, [...]

A Glass of Cider to Start Things Off

Good morrow folks. I woke up this morning, and decided to enjoy a nice glass of cider as my first drink of the morning. What? I’m turning twenty-one. There will be much drinking today, and it may as well start early! Unfortunately, the liquor store not being open, I couldn’t pick up a nice bottle [...]

Welcome to A Dram of Brine

Welcome to my blog. You may be asking what is “A Dram of Brine?”
The scientific answer is that it’s an eighth of a fluid ounce of saturated saline (that’s about 3.70 mL in the US and 3.55 mL for our friends across the pond). Of course, I use it a bit more figuratively. A dram [...]