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Taste the Difference

Posted on June 7, 2010 by | Leave a comment

TipsyGrrl on why you have a favorite vodka…

You know it’s true. I know it’s true. Although the recipe for vodka does not vary, you have your favorite brand.

You like the way it tastes. You like the kind of buzz it gives. You like the way it doesn’t give you a hangover. (Except that one time when… well, usually.)

And you have the brand you absolutely will not swallow, because it gives you memories of college parties that went outside the keg, and ended up outside of your memory.

But what is it that allows mixtures of 40% pure ethanol and 60% pure water to taste so different from one another?

Chemists (with TipsyGrrl-approved priorities) believe they’ve discovered what gives. Seems vodkas are not simple solutions of ethanol and water, but hold a more complex structure within their liquid. Continue reading →

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Study: Cleverer Women Drink More

Posted on April 9, 2010 by | 2 Comments

TipsyGrrl ponders the odd connection between doing well on tests and drinking more.

And no, unfortunately, the London School of Economics study did not draw the inverse causal connection: that drinking more leads to being smarter. (Which was my first thought when I saw the headline. Back to reality…)

As reported by the UK Telegraph, what this large study (with between 9,500 and 17,000 subjects) did find was that better-educated women are the ones who engage in high levels or high frequency of alcohol consumption. Women with higher-ed degrees were found to be 86% more likely to “engage the most in problematic patterns of alcohol consumption” than those less educated. Continue reading →

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Dilemma: Eating When Drinking

Posted on March 3, 2010 by | 1 Comment

TipsyGrrl delves into the science of getting drunk…

If I order a cocktail when I sit down at a table in a restaurant, I want it brought out before my appetizer. I don’t care if the bar is packed, or if the kitchen is rushed. I have been known to walk out on spots that don’t follow this etiquette. I want to drink a bit before I eat.

While taste and flavor are perfectly good reasons to enjoy a glass, the point behind drinking alcohol is — at least on some level — to get a buzz. Which brings up a question that faces all tippling persons: when should I supplement my liquid with food? Continue reading →

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Welcome Tipsygrrl!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by | 5 Comments

Here are PG, we are thrilled to welcome Tipsygrrl, the latest writer to grace the site. Tipsygrrl is a Philly girl who’s had a little too much to drink. But in a good way. We think. Not sure, we’ll let you know how that AA  intervention goes.

Well, yes. I am a bit tipsy writing this post. Cliche as it seems, a bit of alcohol helps loosen things up. Clichés exist for a reason. And there are many things I’m not that bad at after I’ve had a drink. Or two. (After three… well, see this James Thurber quote.)

Drinking alcohol is pretty widely accepted in American culture, and indeed, in all Judeo-Christian societies. In Europe even more so, where adults readily give their kids sips of wine at their 10pm dinner hour. Jesus is worshiped for turning water into wine (among other things). For Muslims, the Qur’an presents a journey of thoughts about drinking, starting with a note that “the sin is greater than the profit” and ending with a call to total abstinence. Continue reading →

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I love my friends and family

Posted on April 16, 2009 by | 5 Comments

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Guest blogger TB on partying hearty with PG….

I have the best family and friends here in PA.

Back in Cali I could drink bottle after bottle of hard liquor and still be able to walk a straight line. Since I moved to the East Coast my drunk times have been cut back drastically. But like a dumbass I thought I could still drink like a champ. BIG MISTAKE!

The other night I went out with a bunch of friends for a night of drinks and good times. For some stupid reason I thought it would be a good idea to bring a water bottle full of vodka thinking everyone would take turns taking swigs. Well, no one wanted any so I ended up drinking it all. I didn’t think it would be a problem since I was so used to getting tore up every day back home. We left the Cactus after dinner and by this time I was one water bottle full of vodka and three Yuenglings deep. And we headed to Manayunk Brewery.

That’s when things started getting a little… blurry. I had 100 dollars in my wallet which magically disappeared. I remember ordering drinks but I have no idea if I paid for them or not. Maybe I did since I had no more money left when I woke up. My phone was broken and I have a huge scrape on my knee. Turns out I couldn’t remember anything that happened after we left the Manayunk Brewery. Supposedly a friend of mine helped me half way to my cousin’s car and another friend helped me the other half. Can’t say I remember any of that. And the knee? Well I was told I was running all over the street and I fell. Continue reading →

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