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1. Trick or Treat: A Halloween Drinking Game

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   Chatting with the nice folks over at Instructables about Halloween, I was telling them how I was looking a fun, easy and adult Halloween drinking game to share with all of you. Leah, one of the great problem solvers they have over there, took the challenge and quickly came up with this dastardly contest. The ...Read More

2. D'usse Cognac VSOP Review

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   D'usse Cognac VSOP is the lastest offering from Bacardi's Chateau de Cognac, the Cognac house that produces Baron Otard.  This is not your ordinary bottle of Cognac.  It's producers have gone for a completely different look on the bottle.  It's a bit gothic, a bit midieval with a double cross on a squat bottle with ...Read More

3. How to Create a Fog Effect for Your Halloween Punch

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   Dry ice turns an ordinary party punch into a spooky Halloween brew! Instructions: Start with 2 punch bowls of different sizes. The smaller bowl will hold the actual punch while the larger bowl will hold the smaller bowl and the dry ice. With tongs or gloved hands (dry ice can freeze your skin), place chunks of dry ice ...Read More

4. Happy Pi Day! (A Mathematical Reason to Drink)

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   Today is Pi Day! (March 14 is 3/14 ... pi's first digits are 3.14 ... get it?) Even if the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter isn't the type of thing you'd normally celebrate, Pi Day is another great reason to mix a cocktail. The fun folks at ThinkGeek came up with this cocktail: The ...Read More

5. Shark Attack

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   Reader Tim invented this treat with his roomies. Inspired by shark week on the Discovery Channel, this is what my roommates and I pieced together on HOT afternoon. Super sweet, super strong, and sea-foam green. Ingredients ½ cup white rum ½ cup Southern Comfort ½ cup Hurricane Pucker ½ cup ginger ale 1 cup white grape juice 2 cups crushed ice Instructions Mix everything in ...Read More