Category Archives: Cocktails

Classic Beer Commercial: Pabst

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Greg Thomas

What can I say. It’s Friday, time to have some fun. I’ll be downtown tonight at the First Friday walk in Missoula. I’ll be looking for an ice-cold Pabst, but I won’t be looking for the rest of it. Hope … Continue reading →

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If You Grew Up In The Northwest: Classic Beer Commercial

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Greg Thomas

If you grew up in the Northwest in the 1970s this commercial is probably part of your childhood experience. And if you grew up in Seattle, you know that town kind of went to hell when the old neon red … Continue reading →

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Drink of The Week: Dirty Martini

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Greg Thomas

The exact origin of the Dirty Martini is unknown, but like all martinis it quickly grew in popularity after Ian Flemming published the James Bond book, Casino Royal, in 1953. I was first introduced to the drink in Sun Valley, … Continue reading →

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AT Drink of The Week: Dark and Stormy

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Greg Thomas

Hope this gets all of you rolling on your way to good weekend.

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Drink of The Week: A-Bar to Reopen

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Greg Thomas

Bigtime News—A-Bar to Reopen July 4 This is big. The A-Bar closed in 2008 and it was the place for a long time to get your drinks when you came off the river, whether that was after a morning hatch, … Continue reading →

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Canada Media Market and Street Food at 3 a.m.

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Greg Thomas

Burning up Manhattan There’s been an absence of new posts for a few days and I’m sure you may have wondered why. The answer is I was in New York at an event called Canada Media Market, rubbing shoulders with the … Continue reading →

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Drink of The Week: The Diver

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Greg Thomas

Sleeping with the dogs. by Rick Bach NOTE: Thanks again to Bach, who’s generosity with these drink of the week posts is much appreciated. You can check out more of his work at www.outdoorlife.com In the likely event that my … Continue reading →

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The World’s Greatest Fly Fishing Bars

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Greg Thomas

Hookers, Painkillers, and Soggy Dollars. Must be fishing and drinking wrapped into one. Yellowdog Fly Fishing Adventures just came out with their new, wet off the presses catalogue and it’s worth getting your hands on one whether you can afford … Continue reading →

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Drink of The Week: Lunch Box

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Greg Thomas

In the name of culture. This past summer, fall and winter, I fished my way around the country while blogging for Outdoorlife.com. Tough life, I know. I spent 202 nights on the road, and caught 49 species in 102 towns … Continue reading →

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Vincent van Gogh

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Greg Thomas

van Gogh—the master and the madman Two of my favorite things are absinthe and Vincent van Goh, so it was nice to find them both in one place, in a video by Kris Kluthe that depicts van Goh’s brilliance and … Continue reading →

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