2022 Alcoholmanac
The Alcoholmanac heralds the beginning of the spring drinking season in Oklahoma, but it’s not like any of us need any extra reasons to pour one this year.
Cover Stories
Family ties
Ciara Brooke and Brody Farrow go together like peanut butter and jelly, milk and cookies, macaroni and cheese. As a two-person brother/sister band, they are snack-size compared to some music groups, but for a new project rooted in sibling camaraderie, there is no need for a third ingredient. “You’d think we were twins,” said Brooke,…
Hop dreams
Gail Shore had never brewed a beer until the year before she decided to take over The Brew Shop, but she’s still slinging hops and yeast more than a decade later. “It was actually opened in 1995. So this is our 26th year. Personally, I bought it in 2010. So this is my 12th year.…
Native homecoming
Distant Thunder, the latest in Lyric Theatre’s New Works Initiative, is a world-premiere musical that has already had a life and story before it ever made it to opening night. Broadway alum Shaun Taylor-Corbett first experienced the Blackfeet Nation, a Native community in Montana, when he was fifteen years old. On a trip with his…
Conservatives sure are doubling down on banning books no one would ever accuse them of reading.
Conservatives sure are doubling down on banning books no one would ever accuse them of reading. Given, Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor has since rescinded his plan to investigate 51 books found on library shelves, as originally reported by The Frontier. But the fact that he even considered it should send shivers down all of…
Core audience
It’s the night before a winter storm is expected to hit Oklahoma City and the wind hacks and slashes at anyone or anything in its path. But inside a slice of the Paramount Building, the taproom at Core 4, 7 N. Lee Ave., is packed. It’s board game night, so the regular crowd is there…
Private stock
As the “Bourbon Boom” wears on and on, it’s getting harder every day to get your hands on the good stuff. With producers and distillers blasting through their stock of mature barrels for blending and bottling, even the best and most respected bars and restaurants are struggling to stock all the great whiskies and spirits…
Strain Review: Ajo
Strain name: Ajo Grown by: The Hive Collective Acquired from: The Joint Cannabis Club Date acquired: March 4 Physical traits: light green with wiry orange stigmas Bouquet: earthy and gassy Review: I certainly didn’t mean to end up with two garlic strains this round, but I don’t speak Spanish, so I didn’t learn that “ajo”…
Soundcheck: Jason Scott and The High Heat — Castle Rock
Castle Rock knows it’s amazing. Filled to the brim with crafty songwriting and smart arrangements, it could dazzle. It could toot its horn, but it doesn’t. Will fresh listeners catch Jason Scott’s play on words describing a punchdrunk time clock in opening track “Quittin’ Time”? Will they follow that the “six ideas in rotation” on…
The bad news is that U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe still represents Oklahoma. The good news is that this is the last year any of us can say that.
The bad news is that U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe still represents Oklahoma. The good news is that this is the last year any of us can say that. To those of us who have lived with his name in our local headlines all of our lives, it feels like hell has frozen over. His retirement…
Brew cruise
Lloyd Vines believes in the power of good beer to bring people together. When he took over as the owner, manager, driver, tour guide, and sole employee of OKC Brew Tours in April of 2021, he’d only been with the business for about four months. After coming on board as a part-time driver and host…
The Toe Tag: Put your finger on it.
Fingerprinting has come a long way since the days of the detective with his trusty magnifying glass. Made up of friction ridges in skin found on fingers, toes, palms and feet, they are unique to the individual. Even identical twins have different fingerprints. Ours are developed during the first trimester of pregnancy by the baby’s…
Gazedibles: Bar Bites
It is the Alcoholmanac, and what goes better with a tasty beverage than delicious bar snacks? Oklahoma City has a plethora of amazing places to choose from, but here are seven spots we can guarantee you’ll find something delicious to accompany whatever spirits you choose. Good Times 405-609-3647 1234 N. Western Ave. www.facebook.com/GoodTimesOK Good Times…
Happily ever after
Most people go on honeymoons, but the founders of the Honeymoon Rock Fest are bringing the honeymoon to themselves. The festival’s founder will be wedding her husband on March 17, the day the three-day event kicks off. A who’s who of 90s mainstream rock acts, the festival runs March 18 – 20 at Remington Park.…
Strain Review: Garlotti
Strain name: Garlotti Grown by: Crush Cannabis Acquired from: Eden Rose (Edmond) Date acquired: March 1 Physical traits: Light green and purple, densely frosted Bouquet: earthy and gassy Review: This one is a Trojan horse. It smells super earthy until you start grinding it up and then that sickly sweet garlic stink rears its head.…
Tap in
Alcohol laws have finally evolved in Oklahoma, paving the way for dozens of taprooms to serve their brews directly to the public. In addition to the design of each individual brewery, from the white and bright interiors of places like Vanessa House to the cozy stylings of Cross Timbers, each creates an ambiance that marries…
Irish goodbye (to winter)
Straddling the stark winter and the renewal of spring, here are two heavy brews as well as a couple heralds of the spring thaw as we approach St. Patrick’s Day. Magner’s Irish Cider Magner’s is a goldilocks cider in that it’s neither too sugary nor too dry. The label says it’s made from the juices…
