Category Archives: Alcohol By Volume

Alcohol By Volume: May 5th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

– Kevin pulled a Punchy and totaled his car this morning
– YouTube gold with John Oliver against Bud Light, plus a REALLY FUNNY craft beer sitcom
– Class action lawsuit against MillerCoors for getting crafty with Blue Moon
– Beer nerd…or beer geek?
– New beer releases and reveals for the week
– Big announcement at the end of the show!

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Alcohol By Volume: April 28th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:

– The Beer Wench pens a fantastically divisive article about women and beer
– Wine experts taste test movie/TV-licensed wines and it goes about as well as you’d think
– Followed up by a cheap vs. expensive wine comparison from Buzzfeed
– New releases and reveals, particularly three from Stone Brewing

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Alcohol By Volume: March 24th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Diageo adding nutrition labels to their products
– 28 wineries caught spiking their wine with arsenic
– Light beer doesn’t have to suck if you’re smart about it
– Kevin’s not a total beer snob, according to a list from Thrillist
– New releases and reveals for the week, including retirements and resurrections from Stone

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Alcohol By Volume: March 17th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Green beers and Lucky Charms cocktails
– Yet another trademark dispute with Bell’s playing the role of Goliath
– DraftMag’s Kate Bernot joins the ranks to ban “hoppy” and “malty”
– Palcohol is coming this summer
– Americans are drinking their beer too cold
– New releases and reveals for the week

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Alcohol By Volume: February 24th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– It’s the 100th show (not-so) spectacular!
– A brief work diatribe, followed by what movies Kevin has watched, because, why not?
– Kevin watches another Buzzfeed video, this one showing women drinking whiskey for the first time
– How to drink vodka like a Russian
– New releases and reveals for the week

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Alcohol By Volume: February 17th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Girl Scout Cookie beer pairings from Beer and Brewing, with bonus bourbon pairings from First We Feast
– Is New Belgium bullying an Austin brewery?
– Kevin forgot how to audio before (and during) the break
– We find out what your zodiac sign says about your drinking habits in the chat
– New releases and reveals for the week

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Alcohol By Volume: January 27th, 2015

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Snowpocalypse 2015 was a bust in Northern NJ
– AB-InBev buys Elysian and, predictably, the internet loses their fucking minds
– Redditor Snizzlefry posits, “How long until big corporate food companies start to make their own beer?”
– Buzzfeed’s “Bizarre Beer Test” makes Kevin want to punch people
– New releases and reveals for the week, including a weed-inspired offering from Oskar Blues

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Alcohol By Volume: December 23rd, 2014

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Sexist (more like SEXY) craft beer labels and names in Wisconsin are being hated on by apparent militant feminist Julia Burke
– Moderate alcohol consumption is good for the immune system
– Beer and popcorn pairings from DraftMag
– New beer releases and reveals, including another Enjoy After release from Stone

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Alcohol By Volume: December 16th, 2014

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS

– Beer-centric TV shows seem to be a thing now, but are they any good?
– An actually decent beer lover’s gift guide from TheRoamingPint.com
– Boozey: 10 things you’ve gotta try when you’re drunk
– New releases and reveals for the week, including two returning beers from Dogfish Head

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Alcohol By Volume: December 2nd, 2014

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
– Going crafty this week with some Shock Top and Leinenkugel’s
– Study shows that heavy drinkers are rarely alcoholics, much to Kevin’s relief
– A little craft beer vs. big beer talk in the wake of Budweiser shipments falling behind craft
– The Japanese have taken over whiskey, but can a stick make it taste better?
– New releases and reveals for the week, including Rogue’s Sriracha Stout

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Alcohol By Volume: November 25th, 2014

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
– Back live and with a brand-new beer fridge and a summary of the last few weeks
– Liquor law stories from Massachusetts, Florida and Ohio
– Catching up with Massachusetts pay-to-play accusations and Anheuser-Busch’s purchase of 10 Barrel
– Not content to bash US liquor laws, it’s 10 oddities in Finnish liquor laws
– New reveals and releases for the week

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Alcohol By Volume: September 16th, 2014

SHOW HIGHLIGHTS:
– Is Anheuser-Busch actually threatening to pull their sponsorship of the NFL?
– Topic of discussion: What’s in store for the next wave of the craft beer movement?
– Breaking down the cost of a craft beer six-pack
– New releases and reveals for the week, including the most unlikely (and horrifying) pumpkin beer release yet

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