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The Mark of the Unconventional – The Beer of the Interesting
02 Aug 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
Take a look at the famous Grolsch Swingtop bottle – its unique shape, unique size, unique label, and of course, unique swingtop seal. No other beer looks like a Grolsch, and no other beer tastes quite like it either.
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If You’re Gay Then You Shouldn’t Be Drinking Russian Vodka. Here’s Why
30 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
US sex writer, Dan Savage, widely known for his online campaign against homophobic senator Rick Santorum, has joined forces with gay and lesbian activists in Russia in order to protest against the countries persecution of homosexuals, they decided to target what Russia loves the most, their vodka. To shine a much needed light on new laws […]
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The Comprehensive Explanation Of What Everything On The Jack Daniel’s Bottle Means
23 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recognise this fine bottle of best-selling American whiskey? The Jack Daniel’s brand has one of the most recognisable packagings in the world. The crisp glass bottle and high impact white and black label have been with us for generations – but does anyone actually know what the designs mean? In the a new edition of decoded, […]
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Imagine People’s Lives Depended On It – Choose To Either Drink Or Drive
21 Jun 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
We told you recently about Drive Dry’s spot of goodvertising they had undertaken to reduce instances of driving drunk in young adult South Africans (us, you crazy kids). Here’s a brief rundown of how the campaign works, for those of you who missed it the first time around. Navigate to DriveDry.co.za, sign in with your […]
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Radvertising – This Is The Most Brutal Anti-Drunk-Driving Campaign You’ve Ever Seen [VIDEO]
07 Jun 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
London’s Department of Transport and ad agency Lep Burnett London, came up with an exceptional method of literally shocking young men into never drinking and driving again. It’s called #PubLooShocker. Click through to check out the video.
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They’re Back! Boy Band Hanson Launches Beer, Called “MmmHops” – For Real
24 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Introducing, MmmHops, the new beer by Hanson. Thank you girly-boys for making our Friday even more awesome.
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The Final Vinous Word From Me
22 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
This is the last column from me here, for the known future at least. Which, let’s be honest, is nowhere past my first cup of coffee tomorrow morning. It’s been a blast. Or, as much of a blast as a wine column can be. I have stood on a soapbox a couple times and railed against the insidiously commercial, cynically sweet, and risibly reduced-alcohol wines that plague our shelves.
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Meanwhile In South Africa – How To Down Brandy Like A Boss [VIDEO]
17 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
Welcome to to “Speedball”, a small pub in the Northern Cape (South Africa) town of Kathu, where grown men down bottles of brandy in mere seconds.
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From Lekker To… Really Bad – A Roundup Of Recent Freebie Wine Samples
02 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
While I was away in the Drakensburg trying to survive for a week on only box wine, a little pile up of samples built up back at home. In this week’s column I go through them at let you know what they’re like.
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Box Wine For A Week: A Tragedy
17 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Never have I drunk so much wine without hearing that singular thudding pop of a cork, a sound as comforting as a mother’s voice, or the gentle breathing of a lover as s/he sleeps against your chest. I did and it made me sad
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Oak Chips, Staves And Critters – Why I Avoid Wines With Animals On The Label
04 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
I remember reading this in the Onion once: “The quality of wine is inversely proportional to the ferocity of the animal on the label.” Sadly for South Africa, we have many animal labels. Producers, it seems, think that they can bottle any crap and then throw on a cutesy label and all is forgiven.
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Delegates At The United Nations Go To Meetings Blind Drunk – All The Time
06 Mar 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Go home, United Nations. You are drunk. At least now you know why nothing gets agreed upon there At the General Assembly budget committee meeting on Monday, United States Ambassador for Management and Reform at the United Nations, Joseph Torsella gave his colleagues a slap on the wrist for always showing up to negotiations drunk. Joseph “The […]
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Blind Drunk Durban Audi Driver Passed Out In His Car – At Traffic Lights [VIDEO]
06 Feb 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Welcome to Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal. It’s a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Parents whisk their children to and from bouts of social soccer in the park. Some of them might stop off somewhere for a Cornetto. Maybe not. Others might be enjoying an alcohol-induced coma in the comfort of their running Audi A3 at the traffic lights. Wait, […]
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The God Of Wine’s 6 Wine Commandments For 2013
17 Jan 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The God of wine – Bacchus – called me on New Year’s Day for a talking to atop the rather benign Bottellery Hills. He gave me six commandments to give to you. So listen carefully, young and old.
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Scottish Brewery Creates “World’s Strongest Beer” – 65%
26 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The latest inductee to the 2oceansvibe Boss Hall Of Fame is none other than a beer downing boss, but, the boss might not want to replicate his achievement with the “world’s strongest beer”.
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British Teenager Hospitalised After Drinking Cocktail Containing Liquid Nitrogen – In A Bar
08 Oct 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
You may have heard of the pornstar martini cocktail – it’s all the rage in Cape Town at the moment. A bar in the UK added a new twist to the popular drink, adding liquid nitrogen to give it that cool, smoky effect, falling down the rim of the glass. This proved problematic to a UK teen who ended up in hospital as a result.
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We Love Real Beer Craft Festival Is Happening Today
28 Sep 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
This year’s We Love Real Beer Craft Festival will be the fourth time the festival has been run, and as always, in the spirit of the ‘small guy’, things look to be bigger than ever on the independently brewed beer front.
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Pics Of Harry Potter “On The Piss” In Ireland Go Viral
27 Sep 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Pics of Harry Potter star, Daniel Radcliffe, have gone viral after being posted on Facebook following “one almighty session” in Ireland in the early hours of Monday morning. Serendipitously bumping into members of a winning Gaelic football team on the streets of Dublin, Radcliffe’s evening took a turn for the blurry.
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Half Man, Half Seal [VIDEO]
03 Aug 2012 by Seth Rotherham / 5 Comments
This may well be the greatest video ever taken in the Western Cape. Behold the naked half-man-half-seal making his way across the rocks outside Polana restaurant in Kalk Bay, into the water. This fellow might possibly have been doing a little boozin’ that day. Anyone know who he is?
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Free Cocktails For The Laydezz At The Mount Nelson – Wednesday Night Is Ladies Night!
03 Jul 2012 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
That’s right, beautiful angels – Wednesday night is all about you at the Mount Nelson Planet Bar. The guys should probably be there too, if they know what’s good for them. But they won’t be getting a complimentary gin cocktail when they arrive – that’s just for the girls. What’s more, this vibe is carrying […]
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Guinness Turns Submarine Into Underwater Bar [PICS]
17 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Branding! It’s good for you. Jump Studios, a London-based architecture firm, recently finished up the interior on a submarine for Guinness’ deep-sea bar, which plunged to the depths of the Baltic on its maiden voyage. The sub was commissioned to celebrate Guinness’ 250th anniversary. Take a look at the thing after the jump.
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Cape Town Named SA’s Boozing Capital, Western Cape Booziest Province
15 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Department of Health has released the results of a study completed earlier this year that paints a grim picture of both Cape Town and the Western Cape’s rampant use and abuse of alcohol. Long story short, the study concludes that Cape Town is South Africa’s drunkest city, and the Western Cape its booziest province. Er, yay?
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Motörhead Launches Line Of Wine And Vodka
08 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
English heavy metal band Motörhead has launched a line of bottled alcoholic beverages, because that’s just what you do when you’re a band of a certain age. There’s Motörhead Vodka which, sure, heavy metal, makes sense, and they’ve also released Motörhead Shiraz. Because I guess that’s heavy metal too.
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Science: Loud Music Makes You Drink More
15 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
It’s always nice when researchers employing a loosely scientific method produce results you were more or less expecting. Folks at the University of Portsmouth have determined that loud music makes people want to drink alcohol in greater quantities and at a much faster rate because the music makes it taste sweeter. Science!
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The First Beer In Space [VIDEO]
28 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
A couple of “Natty Light” enthusiasts approached the brewer, Natural Ice with the idea to make the mediocre frat-house beer slightly more remarkable by making it the first to be sent into space. Their spacecraft’ was a styrofoam cooler, a GPS tracking device, and an HD camera, launched into space with a weather balloon last week.
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Shop Refuses To Sell Alcohol To 92 Year-Old Because She Can’t Prove She’s 18
02 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Diane Taylor is a 92 year-old great-grandmother from the UK. Like any other woman of her age and stature, she went down to her local convenience store to buy a bottle of whisky. The shop however refused to sell her any alcohol because she had no ID with her to prove that she is over 18.
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Stop A Mate Driving Drunk And Be A Legend [VIDEO]
27 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Let’s face it, as necessary as they are, some awareness campaigns are pretty lame. Especially when they are conceptualised by ad agencies who are out of touch with the audience they are trying to speak to. But not this quality, yet very funny New Zealand commercial. It urges blokes to be “legends” by not letting their friends drink and then drive.
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Let’s Drink Tonight Helps You Find People To Drink With
12 Sep 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
If people keep telling you that drinking alone is a sign of alcoholism, then you either need to drink less, or find a way to make sure that there are people to drink with all the time. The geniuses behind the social network app ‘Let’s Drink Tonight’ figured the latter choice made more sense too.
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Seizure From Quitting Alcohol Killed Amy, Says Family
29 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
How’s this? Amy Winehouse’s family believes that a seizure related to abstinence from drinking is actually what killed her. The family says the singer quit alcohol cold turkey three weeks before she died. They think her tiny frame could not handle the shock of withdrawal, leading to her untimely death.
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Should SA’s Legal Drinking Age Be Raised To 21?
08 Jul 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 5 Comments
In the US, you can drive a car, go to war and get married, divorced and re-married before you can legally have a beer, at the age of 21. But there may be some merit in that. Two in three South Africans polled on the issue think so, anyway.
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