Booze Complex’s Guide To The Best Silver Tequilas

Patron in the Club, Patron on ice, Patron and Pineapple, Patron and Ginger, Patron and anything. To be honest, we love the stuff. But before the summer winds down, we figured it might be a good idea to see what else was out there on the market in terms of silver tequilas.

Silver tequilas are unaged tequilas, the type you usually get when you order premium tequila without specifying. They are the brightest tasting, which means that they pack a real punch, and go well with mixed drinks and as shots. Good tequila doesn’t come cheap (average around $40 or more per bottle), but it’s up to you what type of hangover/night you want to have, and you should always try to stay with products that are 100% blue agave to make sure you’re on point. There’s a ton of silver tequilas out there, and a lot of really really good ones, so check our review of the best silver tequilas on the market, in our humble Complex (a.k.a. awesome and correct) opinion…

Style Buy It Now: Concord Flask

Company parties can be a lot of fun—unless you work with a bunch of squares and they don’t allow liquor in the punch bowl. Today’s Buy It Now can help you out in that situation though. This flask, handmade with solid pewter by the Master Guild of Pertwersmiths in England, fits 6 ounces of whatever magical libation you prefer. The hammerstone finish is the perfect accent to the gentlemanly decanter. Now take that liquid courage and gather the nerve to tell your boss’s assistant how you really feel. Detail pics and Buy It Now info below…

Booze A Guide To The Best Latin American Beach Day Beers

It’s Friday, and that means it is time to go outside and enjoy the summer sun. If you’re an American, you should be drinking Budweiser and… oh wait. Budweiser isn’t owned by an American company any longer. Ahh. Well Bud is great, but when it’s really hot, step to the Latin adult sodas. Our neighbors to the South know how to put ‘em down, and nothing beats their style of light lager. Hit the jump and check out our favorite Latin beers that you can get in the U.S. We’ll see you on Monday…

Booze Buy it Now: MoMa Spherical Ice Tray

It’s hot out there folks, and nothing washes away the Friday work day like a nice cool drink. And by “drink,” we mean “awesome liquor w/ice in a glass.” One of the side effects of it being hot and sunny out though, is that the ice melts and waters down your cocktail. Luckily for you, the folks over at MoMa have created an XL spherical ice tray that makes giant ice cubes. Big ice cubes not only look cool, they melt more slowly so that your drink stays cool without turning into a watery mess. What’s your adult beverage of choice? Check out our poolside recommendation and the Buy It Now info below for these super ice cubes…

Music Keith Moon Parties Today’s Rockers Under The Table

Keith Moon (with giant electric toothbrush in underwear?) and friends backstage

By coincidence, yesterday’s MTV Video Music Awards fell on the 30th anniversary of the death of Keith Moon, the legendary drummer for The Who who was known for pounding skins (kick, snare, tom), drinking champagne and cognac for breakfast, and pounding skins (the two-legged variety).

With host Russell Brand doing his (lame) blissed-out British rocker routine, it got us thinking'could today’s musicians hang with the Notorious M.O.O.N.? See how they measure up to his bad habits below.

Booze Sammy Hagar Believes In Cabo Wabo Tequila

This week in NYC, we headed down to La Esquina to build with Sammy Hagar about his tequila project Cabo Wabo. The ex-Van Halen frontman has been owner of the brand since 1996, and he hit up New York to conduct taste-tests in the heart of margarita weather.

Although Hagar’s involvement with the spirit may have been a bit under-the-radar, Cabo Wabo has been rivaling Patron and other ultra-premiums for more than a decade. When you order this afternoon’s round of “Thank Gods,” consider showing the dude some love (he’s on his grizzy!) and give CW a try. After the jump, watch a video of Sammy breaking down the history of tequila and showing off his arm tattoo.

Sex Guinness Orgy Ad Proves Sharing Is Fun

Out here in little ol' New York City, this particular Friday is shaping up as one of the best days of the summer. With temps in the mid-80s and cloudless blue skies, some of us were already plotting to roll out of work a little early and find some place sunny to sip a few brews. Then we found this clip and decided it might be just as fun to drink indoors after all.

Enterprising amateur filmmakers have been throwing together fake ads since the dawn of YouTube, but this one for Guinness is easily the best so far. The concept is simple: three dudes split one bottle of the famed Irish stout'while triple-teaming some poor girl, using the small of her back as a table (EF a coaster!). We don't normally advocate sharing a single bottle of beer amongst three guys, but in this case, we'll make an exception. Check the full semi-NSFW clip that everyone will be talking about below.

Technology Cocktail Machine Mixes Booze & Engineering

After watching Back to the Future as kids, we always wanted a morning machine like Doc Brown’s'you know, the Rube Goldberg one in the opening scene that uses like 15 household appliances to make breakfast and feed Einstein.

Well, we’re all grown up now, and enjoy a stiff drink now and again (and again), which is where this dope cocktail-making machine comes in. Made by a New Zealander named Joseph Herscher, it uses a rake, a toy truck, a wooden spoon, and a bunch of ball bearings to make a drink called Falling Water (basically a vodka lemonade with a cucumber slice). The best thing about it? Once you’ve got it set up, all you need to do is set your glass down to make another drink. Check the video after the jump.

Technology Count Your Drinks With The Beer Tracker

If you're like us, you're often searching for answers as to why you're so f'ing hungover the morning after a long night of bar hopping. Now, thanks to this Beer Tracker that keeps a tally of every draft you open, you'll be able to put and end to the short-term memory loss.

Doubling as a bottle opener, the handy tracker uses a digital counter that adds 1 every time you crack open another brewski. Besides being the envy of all the frat-boy types when the Tracker comes out of pocket (so awesome bro!), you'll also be able to use the device as solid evidence that you drank wayyy too much the night before'the only reason you'd ever leave with that 300-pound chick. After the jump, peep the ultimate video compilation of embarrassingly drunk people.

Video Games Parents Protest Wii Beer Pong Game

It won’t be released until next week, but the new Frat Party Games: Beer Pong'a title on Nintendo’s WiiWare download service'is already sparking controversy. Lisa Lombardozzi, chairman of a Virginia Community Coalition, is apparently upset about the game’s “teen” rating, calling for parents to sign a protest petition because “The game encourages younger kids to emulate the patterns of college-age kids.”

A spokesman for the game’s creator defended it by saying, “If anything, you’re going to be drinking less…Because you are too busy playing the game, trying to beat your opponent, to be constantly picking up a beer and drinking it.” In our opinion, the kids need constructive video games like beer pong, otherwise they’ll just end up driving drunk on GTA. Watch the trailer after the jump to see what all the hype is about.