November 2015
Check out SLUG Magazine's first-ever Distillery Issue! This month, SLUG brings you the latest news about up-and-coming distilleries, as well as longtime state favorites. If you're thirsty for some local liquor, check out the November issue of SLUG!
Review: Bottle & Bee Artisan Syrups
Bottle & Bee Artisan Syrups Artisan Syrups, 8-oz. bottles bottleandbee.com Bottle & Bee Artisan Syrups allow the aspiring home bartender to take their cocktail-making to the next level—not to mention that their syrups are super tasty. I tested their grenadine, gum, orgeat and peach syrups, which delighted my palate and helped me perfect a couple
Review: Garwood’s Ginger Beer
Garwood’s Ginger Beer Ginger Beer, 12-oz. bottles facebook.com/garwoodsgingerbeer Thomas Garwood and Ashlee House Kickstarted the market in Salt Lake for fresh, organic ginger beer in early 2015, and have been the valley’s sole local supplier of the gingery, effervescent beverage ever since. Garwood’s flagship ginger beer is a mouthwatering concoction—made from a potent amount of
Review: Stanley Classic and Adventure Series Drinking Vessels
Stanley Classic and Adventure Series Drinking Vessels stanley-pmi.com In June of this year, I praised Portland Growler Co.’s ceramic Sprocket growler, but after trying Stanley’s Classic Vacuum Growler, I’m glad that the ceramic behemoth fell off my refrigerator and exploded into a thousand pieces on my kitchen floor. Stanley’s steel growler is more durable, lighter,
Review: Aspire Eyewear
Aspire Eyewear Creative Lens aspireeyewear.com Maybe you’re a trendy glasses connoisseur, maybe you’re just one of the unfortunate nerds (like me) who is afflicted with bad eyesight and needs a sturdy pair of specs. Either way, you’re in luck, because these glasses from Aspire are both extremely wearable, and extremely durable. These specs revolutionize and
Review: Euclidean
Euclidean Alpha Wave Entertainment / AAD Productions Reviewed on: PC (exclusive) Street: 09.25 Don’t get me wrong—I love the fact that Euclidean is a VR-enabled exploration of Lovecraftian insanity-horror. It looks beautiful, the narration is batshit crazy, and it excels at impressing a feeling of claustrophobic dread upon the player. As a piece of immersive
Review: Overruled!
Overruled! Dlala Studios Reviewed on: PS4 Also on: PC, Xbox One Street: 09.15 Overruled! is a multi-player brawler that is best enjoyed with a group of friends. It also has a single player mode that is basically a bunch of mini-games, but it’s really not any fun. The multi-player battle mode is absolutely frantic and
Review: Fermentation Without Representation
Fermentation Without Representation pours an extremely dark-brown color with a small, tan head. The nose is huge with pumpkin, squash, ginger, cinnamon, chocolate, roasted malt, clove and caramel. The taste is just as big, with chocolate, roasted malt, pumpkin, caramel, cinnamon, ginger, light coffee, clove and spices. … read more
Review: Burning Salts: Issue 4
Zine reviews for Burning Salts, Dithering Doodles, Gupter Puncher and Psycho Holosuite. … read more
Review: Brooklyn
Movie reviews for Brooklyn, Hot Girls Wanted, Crimson Peak, The Martian and Pan. … read more
Review: The Pop Festival
Book reviews for Beale Street Dynasty, The Pop Festival and Prompt Me. … read more
Review: Beehive Bitters Co.
Product reviews for Beehive Bitters Co., Bitters Lab, Bottle & Bee Artisan Syrups, Garwood’s Ginger Beer and Stanley. … read more
Review: The Book of Unwritten Tales 2
Game reviews for The Book of Unwritten Tales 2, Euclidean and Overruled!. … read more
