Wine listings
<h1>Wine Night Out</h1> This is a growing list, so check back with each publication to see your local shop featured. Bellevue Wine & Spirits 181 Bellevue Ave, Newport 401-846-7993 bellevuewinespirits.com/ Food & Wine pairing classes* every Sunday, now through Labor Day April 6, Perrin Family Tasting April 13, Easter Tasting featuring Wagner Family Vineyards ($5 […]
The Great International Beer Fest — Meet the Beer that Could Change Your Life
Beer on tap and in your hand The snow has finally subsided and given way to the rain that will nourish the earth from which hops and barley will burst forth. With it, public places are abuzz with people starting to come out of their months-long hibernation. Not me, though. I’ve always preferred a nice […]
Newport Craft Beer Festival Blooms and Magic Hat Mistreats Naughty Beer Lovers
Class Reunion, Family Reunion, Craft Beer Reunion New craft beer events pop up all the time, and while this one isn’t exactly a newborn, it’s still young enough to be fawned over by all of us like a pack of proud grandmothers at a family reunion. Attracting nearly a thousand people every year, the Third […]
IMBIBE: A Beertail or Four
Lust-Worthy Concoctions If beer is proof of God’s love for us, then beer cocktails (beertails) are proof of man’s ability to lust. And lust you will when you try these concoctions from my friend and the very well-schooled Scott Lefler, assistant manager of Eno Fine Wines. Scott’s command of all things beer-worthy can also be […]
Wine Shop Listings
Local fermentation is a beautiful thing Want to see what’s new at your local wine purveyor? We’re starting to list events related to wine (okay, okay, the occasional beer or spirits, too). This is a growing list, so check back with each publication to see your local shop featured. Bellevue Wine & Spirits 181 Bellevue […]
Bar Crawl Makes it to Broadway
Dirty martinis and trendy creatures of the night There exists a nightlife destination in Providence that the average man dare not enter past 10pm. Not out of fear of criminals, but fear of the Providence hipster. Stereotyped as young, pretentious, naïve and all around annoying, they receive their name from the often-overlooked reality that they […]
Got Beer? Beer Tasting 101
The science behind beer The world of craft beer can seem more than a little exclusive to those of you who swear by your lite beer. Maybe for you, drinking beer is just an exercise in getting alcohol into your system and you have no idea what moon language your homebrewing friend keeps spouting off. […]
Tharr Be Whaler’s!
Whaler’s Brewing Company at RI Winter Brew Fest It was more than a year ago when I went to that forsaken place … the kind of place that only the reprehensible and hopeless would congregate. It was a rough area to say the least; there were always a few broken bottles in arm’s reach. The […]
The Cranston Dirty Dive Crawl
Cranston and its inhabitants are given a pretty bad rap by its neighboring towns, stereotyped as a pack of uncultured townies who take the Rhode Island accent to all new levels of, “Wait, what did she just say?” So naturally, it’s not exactly a nightlife destination. Despite this, there is no shortage of watering holes, […]