From yesterday's stories about The New York Times having to mortgage its building, it seems like the Grey Lady could use a White Russian right now -- or an even stiffer drink. In addition to real estate, the company also runs something like a thousand-million blogs, so it's not surprising that yesterday they revealed yet another one. Meet Proof, the blog not just about alcohol (NYT already has that) but about alcohol and American life.Proof is already off to a heady start thanks to a post that r
Draft MagazineLast summer I tore into Draft, a trade magazine for professional and serious home brewers, because they chose Boulevard's Zon as the best beer to go with Kansas City barbecue. A lot of good Boulevard beers go with barbecue but Zon is not one of them. It's one of the weakest of the company's seasonals.Draft has done an infinitely better job in the current issue, which has a feature on the best bars in cities across the United States. Kansas City comes in with a whopping five, and I
