If you love draft beer even half as much as I do, you’ll really dig this insulated growler bag. Sized perfectly to snugly fit a growler of your favorite beer, it keeps your brew cold and safe from rolling around during transport.

Our insulated growler tote features:

• A single top-loading compartment is designed to accommodate your growler perfectly
• Walls padded with rigid foam for insulation and shape
• A zippered top for easy growler access
• A durable hand strap for easy carrying
• A comfortable, adjustable and removable shoulder strap

Get yours today for $29.95!

TAGS [ GROWLER BAG | GROWLER TOTE | BEER GROWLER ]

Journals are a way to keep the simple things in life more personal. The act of touching a pen to a piece of paper and gracefully curling, or forcefully pushing ink across a page is a dynamic action that invokes feelings of abstract expressionist painting, like action painting made popular by Jackson Pollock, if we peel back the layers of pomp and circumstance surrounding the art world. It’s a method of communication, through and through.

The pen striking the paper is an action that has been lost in this digital world. I don’t even know if I could pick out some of the most important people in my life’s handwriting at this point, as well as I could pick out their style of writing. I’ve seen love letters from my Grandparents courting each other in their youth and looking back on this simpler, more direct time, it seems to translate feelings and emotions through calligraphic looking sentences much better than the 16 or so, default web safe typefaces available to blog in.

The digital revolution gives us an opportunity to share information, quickly and efficiently with little to guess at a precise meaning, but some of the translation does get lost in the bits and bytes. Sometimes you just need to keep things to yourself or share with one or two people who are physically present.

A tasting experience is a very personal thing that deserves your full expression of emotions and full insight that might include doodles or scrawling not available on your laptop or phone. Sometimes you just need to write it down on a boundless page, without the confines of a 400 pixel wide column. For personal experiences let your feelings really flow. Short snippets on Facebook or Twitter don’t always give you the room you need to express yourself. For your life, get a journal. For tastings, get a beer tasting journal.

TAGS [ BEER TASTING | TASTING JOURNAL | TASTING NOTEBOOK | BEER TASTING BOOK | BEER REVIEWS ]

Looking for an easy way to make a great drink?

KegWorks has just what you need. BAR-TENDERS INSTANT COCKTAIL MIXES.

I know you’re saying to yourself, no way am I using a powdered drink mix. But I’m here to tell ya these mixes taste just like what your bartender can make and they are really easy to use.

Take for instance my favorite, Lemon Drop. Yeah, Lemon Drop. Simple directions, just add 3-ounces of water, 2-ounces of vodka and contents of 1 pouch. Shake vigorously with ice and strain into your favorite glassware. Not too tart and if you add an extra shot, MAN. What can I say? A great drink.

Now the Mrs. likes the Apple-Tini, no extra shot, (sadly) but she actually prefers the Bar-Tenders brand better than some of the snooty places she drags me to.

We have 9 different mixes to choose from:

• Whiskey Sour
• Lemon Drop
• Margarita
• Cosmopolitan
• Appletini
• Pina Colada
• Collins
• Daiquiri
• Slightly Sour

If you don’t have a shaker, hey, KegWorks gotcha covered there too.

Drink Happy! Drink Responsible!

TAGS [ COCKTAIL MIX | BARTENDER MIXES | BAR-TENDERS DRINK MIX | INSTANT COCKTAILS ]

If you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day like we do in Buffalo, then you’ll need some ways of bringing along your favorite beer, liquor or both. Here’s two of my very favorite items, perfectly suited for the parade and parties.

Disposable Flasks
These plastic flasks come in a set of 4 and are ready to party anywhere. They fit easily in a pocket or handbag and even come with little funnels so that you don’t spill your liquor everywhere while filling them. Grab 4 flasks for just $8.95.

KegWorks Beer Pouch Hoodie
I bought one of these the very day in arrived in our warehouse. I love my beer pouch hoodie. It’s wicked comfy and of course, there’s a place to keep my beer, leaving my hands free for… whatever. The pocket is lined so the hoodie doesn’t get wet and beer stays nice and cold. Beer pouch sweatshirts start at $35.95.

TAGS [ ST. PATRICKS DAY | PARADE | FLASKS | BEER POUCH HOODIE | BEER SWEATSHIRT ]

If you have a bar, whether it be a busy commercial bar or a home bar, purse hooks will set you apart from all the others you frequent or have visited. I’m not kidding. Give a place for patrons or friends to hang their belongings, instead of draping things over the bar or piling them on the floor, and you’ve added impressive functionality for years to come.

Funny how a $3.50 little bronze hook can make that much of a difference, but it does.

A pub that my best friend and I frequent, Wellington, just installed handbag hooks across the face of the bar a few weeks ago. What a difference it’s made! No longer are coats, bags and the like taking up valuable bar, floor or chair space. Plus, patrons’ belongings are staying cleaner, too (if your crap isn’t all over the bar, you’re less likely to dowse it in whiskey).

Like I said before, these aren’t only great for commercial pubs. I know home bar owners who picked some up and it really keeps things tidy, especially when you have more than one guest at your bar.

On a completely unrelated note, I have an extreme aversion to the word "purse" and don’t really dig using it. I prefer "handbag" or just "bag," straight up.

TAGS [ PURSE HOOKS | HANDBAG HOOKS | COAT HOOKS | BAR FACE HOOKS ]

Yep, we’re on our way to St. Patrick’s Day which means Oh Ryan’s Irish Potatoes are back! Coconut cream, rolled in cinnamon… positively delightful.

They go wicked fast though and aren’t around all year, so scoop ‘em up while you can.

TAGS [ IRISH POTATOES | IRISH POTATO CANDY | ST. PATRICK'S DAY ]

Looking for an original way to draw beer from your tap(s)? Maybe you just really dig unique tap handles form breweries you love. Either way, we have a ton of new tap handles in stock, and they’re going fast. Here’s some of my favorites, this time around:

TAGS [ TAP HANDLES | TAP HANDLE | BEER BRAND TAP HANDLES | BRANDED TAP HANDLES ]