Colin Joliat
Colin Joliat is the 2nd best person to ever come from Flint, Michigan, behind only Andre "Bad Moon" Rison. He covers the alcohol industry with two parts information, one part comedy, and one part WTF is wrong with this guy. When not passing off drinking as research, he can typically be found in parks trying to trick people into believing he's funny. Follow him on Facebook.
Articles by Colin Joliat
Alcohol
Toddler tells his dad that it’s ‘my beer’
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Exploiting children for profit isn’t a new game, but YouTube really brings out the best in parents. There’s nothing like setting your kid up for a lifetime of alcohol abuse in order to get a million views.
Alcohol
Here’s why you shouldn’t get a DUI this weekend
With tonight’s New Years Eve celebrations and tomorrow’s New Years Day bowl parties, we at Guyism want to remind you not to drink and drive. We aren’t riding our high horse, we just know it will cost you a ton of money in the long run.
Food
Hogan’s Beach is more than just a running egg drop
If you thought you saw the last of Hulk Hogan when Hogan Knows Best was cancelled, think again. He’s getting into the Florida restaurant business, and he’s hoping to bring the cameras with him.
Alcohol
Drunk dad shaming is…weird
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Everyone knows not to be the first to pass out at a party, but I never would have expected that drunk dads aren’t exempt from late night shaming.
Boxing Day is a bit of a mystery to most of you, but all you really need to know is
Alcohol
Man steals 13 beer kegs; we pay the price
If you hate laying out the extra upfront cash to buy a keg, you can blame this guy. He recently stole thirteen kegs, and in doing so, screwed all of us.
Food
Dating habits change due to rising steak prices
Steak prices are on the rise thanks to the drought this year. It might finally be the right time to start dating a vegetarian.
Meat prices are “through the roof,” said William Degel, owner of Uncle Jack’s Steakhouses in Midtown and Queens. “It’s at an all-time high.” … “We
Food
Burger chain’s edible wrapper reminiscent of Cinn-A-Burst Gum
Bob’s in Brazil, not to be confused with the titular restaurant of a Fox show, has taken a page out of Cinn-A-Burst’s playbook and created an edible wrapper for their burgers.
Alcohol
The single greatest beer commercial ever made
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This may be the most odd path to a beer commercial I’ve ever seen. It all started when Mothers Brewery winning “Best Looking Mom,” and eventual result is a real life game of Donkey Kong using kegs.
Alcohol
Redd’s Apple Ale commercial borrows from ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’
Miller-Coors is finally taking their talents to the Super Bowl with an upcoming ad campaign for Redd’s Apple Ale. I don’t know if the beer is good, but the commercial is funny.
Alcohol
BROpener may be the most useful Kickstarter campaign ever
We’ve featured quite a few stupid or unnecessary ways of opening a beer bottle, but the BROpener Kickstarter campaign is going to render all of them obsolete. It has “Bro” in the title, so it has to be good.
Food
Play-by-play of an unexpected journey to Denny’s
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With the exception of college kids when hungover, pilgrimage and Denny’s seldom belong in the same sentence. One of those rare occasions happens to be right now to indulge in the Hobbit inspired menu.