by DJ Spiess | Mar 15, 2010 | Random
A time capsule from way back in 1985 contained letters, photographs, something called a VHS tape, and even a picture of the late President Reagan. The time capsule in Somerton, Arizona was however missing a bottle of Mexican brandy. Pancho Soto, the Somerton...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 10, 2010 | Events
WHAT: The 2nd annual Light Rail Pub Crawl by The Great Arizona Beer Festival features some of the Valley’s best destinations for craft beer, food and drink specials and prize drawings for tickets to the upcoming Great Arizona Beer Festival presented by azcentral.com,...
by DJ Spiess | Feb 10, 2010 | Events
St. Patrick’s Day meets Hollywood at the 2010 LA St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Hollywood. Live music, folk dancing, sing-a-longs plus great food and entertainment, and did we mention the Beer, Wine and Spirits! When: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2pm – 7 pm Where:...
by DJ Spiess | Dec 5, 2009 | Pub tales
When you hear about prohibition (in the USA during 1920-1933 alcohol was illegal) , people tend to glamorize how the sneaky partiers were always one step ahead of Johnny Law. You hear about the glamorous secret parties, the underground tunnels between establishments,...
by DJ Spiess | Oct 3, 2009 | Beer nuts!
The Russian H1N1 flu remedy According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Kingdom has 16,556 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus (can I still call it the swine flu). Models by UK’s Health Protection Agency estimates there are currently 110,000...
by DJ Spiess | Sep 27, 2009 | Random
Here’s the breakdown of this year’s festival (from the back of the t-shirt): 3 Days 460 Brewers 2,086 Beers 3,374 Beers in the competition 2,712 Volunteers 31,500 People attending 28 Years and still going strong 0 Larger festivals in the nation!! These...