Cracked.com has an article up highlighting 5 very cheap, very dangerous ways to get drunk.   Check it out: Nectar of the Broke: The Worlds 5 Worst Ways to Get Drunk.  My favorite from the list is probably Pruno.  I’ll have to try that sometime.

These all sound pretty nasty but I feel like maybe i really haven’t lived life since I haven’t tried any of them.  Well, I guess I’ll always have my Snake Wine…

So i was bored on the internet as usual and thought it was a good idea to type “beer dog” into google.  Look what i found:

Thats right ladies and gentlemen.  Beer for dogs.

Here at 40cozy we’ve always been interested in product and packaging design, after all thats kind-of what we do.  Anyway, i was surfing the nets the other day and I came across the greatest packaging design ever created.  Its for pudding and its from Japan of course, those bastards always beat us at everything.

Sand & Cotton has put together a great collection of malt liquor commercials with youtube videos of each.  Here is one of the crazier ones for Shlitz Malt Liquor:

I’m not sure what it is, but men have this irrational desire to equip every gadget and appliance with a beer bottle opener. Sandals, BBQ spatulas, wheelchairs, staplers, steering wheels…well some of those I made up, but you get the point. One handy little gadget for those beer swillers who decided to purchase an iPod shuffle (cheap ass) is The Bevy. Behold:

You can purchase one of the bad boys at Firebox for 15 bucks. So if you feel like a pussy for owning an iPod Shuffle, you can earn some street cred with this kick ass case. This gadget actually won the 2007 MacWorld design contest, whatever that means.

I dunno if this means I hate my own race, but this is probably the greatest blog ever made: Stuff White People Like.

My favorite is #28:

“If you are in a social situation and wish to turn into one more conducive for romance, you should always ask “does anyone know a club with a good 80s night?” at which point the entire group of white people are likely to invite you to an event.”

In my days before the 40cozy and after college I did a lot of world-wandering. I’ve backpacked through four continents and over twenty-five countries on a very limited budget. Along the way I drank a lot of different things but probably the most memorable was snake wine. It was during my days in Nam, taking a tour up the Mekong Delta that I happened upon this wonderful beverage.

Snake wine is made by taking your best Vietnamese whiskey, and then going out in the jungle and finding a snake. Along the way you pick up any roots, herbs, scorpions and whatever other tasty tidbits you want to add. You take your snake, whiskey and random goodies, put them all together in a great big jar and let them sit there covered for about six months. At the end of six months its ready to drink.

The Vietnamese say snake wine is good for all kinds of things. Its the medicine of the people. Some say its “good for your banana”, while others say it cures rheumatism and arthritis. Others just tell you it gets you nice and drunk. There is no question, however, that after drinking snake wine you feel it. You feel it in your veins and in your mouth and in your head. Everything has a hard-to-explain buzz to it. And the flavor… what can I say about the flavor? Probably the best way to describe it is it tastes like rotten scales and whiskey. Thats a funny thing about snake wine; if you take a shot of it, you’ll probably agree that its the worst thing you’ve ever tasted in your whole life. Everyone who takes a shot agrees on that, but then about ten minutes later you’ll find yourself strangely yearning to take another.

I drank snake wine when I was in Vietnam but I’ve also had it back here in California. I got a couple bottles through customs and in the early days of 40cozy.com we cracked open one at a party. All of the 40cozy crew that was present took a shot and its been in our veins ever since. A few days after that bottle was opened and everyone was still feeling it, one of our designers, Carlos, gave me a gift. He had stuffed a rubber lizard into a 40 as a memento to the snake wine, a California version of a drink none of us will forget.

Well I guess it was just a matter of time before somebody made a 40cozy LOLcat. This is probably the fattest cat I have ever seen too. I wonder what he would look like shaved….

I kinda dig this sweet inside out martini glass I found on the web. It seems a lot less breakable than the regular kind, which is important after a few martinis. Its also pretty cool looking, however at $55 I’ll stick to 40’s for now.

When I first heard about the “World Series of Beer Pong” I thought to myself “Sweet!! I should drive to Vegas right now!” But then it occurred to me that I really suck at beer pong. I just use it as an excuse to get really drunk at parties. And what a great excuse it is.

The 40cozy team has a special bond with Beer Pong. Its a little known fact that a 40 fills up one team’s cups perfectly and playing with Mickey’s or Colt45 definitely ups the stakes a bit. Anyway, check out the site and the contestants. Maybe next year you’ll be competing.