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Celebrate New Orleans with Cocktails & Mixed Drinks

La Nouvelle-Orléans, now known as New Orleans, was founded on May 7, 1718. The original inhabitants were French, under the helm of Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville.

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After 297 years, New Orleans is continually mentioned as one of the party capitals of America. This means one thing: The history of The Big Easy involves alcohol on a serious level, and not just during Mardis Gras.

To celebrate the anniversary of New Orleans, here are three classic Nawlins drinks that everyone should try:

The Hurricane

While many locals will roll their eyes at the mention of The Hurricane simply because it is a classic tourists’ favorite, there is no denying its place in history. Started in the 1940’s, the Hurricane started as a rum and passion fruit mixture, but now is often offered up as a powder mixed with rum and juice. Proper variations include both light and dark rum, real passion fruit, orange juice, lime juice, grenadine, with an orange slice on the side. Best served ice cold.

The Sazerac

Would you believe us if we told you that this is the Official State Cocktail of Louisiana? Considered to be America’s first cocktail, this drink was created in a French Quarter bar and named after a brandy of a similar name. Nowadays the drink consists of a crushed sugar cube, 1.5 oz of Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Herbsaint, 2-4 dashes of Peychaud’s Bitters, lemon oil, and a lemon peel. For the most authentic version of this drink, be sure to check out The Sazerac Bar, in downtown New Orleans.

Classic Vieux Carré

Named after the French Quarter, this mixed drink was created in the 1930’s by Walter Bergeron in Hotel Monteleone. The ingredients include half an ounce of Benedictine liqueur, rye whiskey, cognac, sweet vermouth, as well as a few dashes of Peychaud and angostura bitters. The ingredients might look funny, but when mixed together, form a deliciously potent cocktail.

Cajun Bloody Mary

What would a proper New Orleans party be without a modified Bloody Mary? Leave it to the Big Easy to take an already intense drink and make it spicy. Super spicy. This version of the Bloody Mary involves a heavy amount of tomato juice, sprinkled with some variation of the following: lime juice, lemon juice, garlic powder, fresh black pepper, tabasco sauce, okra, and of course, a lot of vodka. Garnish with a celery stick if you must.

These four mixed drinks epitomize the various elements of New Orleans: ranging from the fruity, the historic, the potent, and the heavy, all combine together to give one a taste of both the history and the richness of New Orleans. Incorporate one of these drinks in your drinking games when you celebrate! Cheers, and happy anniversary to The Big Easy!

30 Years On From New Coke

On this day in 1985, Coca-Cola introduced New Coke. The backlash to it was so strong that 30 years later, people are mindful of it and nervous of experiencing the same fate. Notwithstanding, innovation is an essential component in becoming and staying a successful company.

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Any company that is still in business and older than 100 years is only around because it adapted with the changing times. And New Coke didn’t spell the end of all Coke product launches. Coke Zero, Coke with Lime, Coke with Lemon and Coca-Cola Life all came after New Coke. So why was New Coke such an unmitigated disaster?

Because consumers were so attached to the original taste that New Coke was too much of a deviation for them. New Coke may have even been a superior product to the original drink, but it wasn’t what they were used to. Consumers don’t buy what is defined as the absolute best, they buy what is their best.

When Coca-Cola scrapped New Coke and reverted back to the original one, sales of Classic Coke skyrocketed. So much so that many skeptics felt the whole thing from start to finish was planned.

Making alcohol is a time-honored process going back hundreds of years and while technology aids the process, today’s end product is very similar to what you were finding in flasks hundreds of years ago.

Learning from New Coke, if makers of alcohol are going to change anything, instead of the new replacing the old, the new needs to complement the old. In this regard, Johnnie Walker has Red Label, Black Label, Blue Label and the like.

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It’s the changing of the status quo that upsets people. When Maker’s Mark announced in February 2013 that it was reducing the alcoholic strength of its bourbon whiskey from 45% to 42%, there was a massive backlash. 8 days later, the feedback and outrage from customers was so strong that Maker’s Mark had no choice other than to restore the alcohol levels to what they were. Many couldn’t help but make the comparisons to New Coke.

Similarly the decision was made in 2002 to reduce the proof of Jack Daniel’s black label from 90 to 80. Social media wasn’t as sophisticated then, so while there was somewhat of a backlash to it, it wasn’t to the same degree. One doesn’t drink Coke like one sips bourbon whiskey and therefore a change in taste due to a reduction in proof won’t be that noticeable, especially for casual drinkers.

Taste is a very personal thing. If you asked 100 people what they had in their flasks, you may be surprised by what the answers are. Different people like different things.

And a person’s attachment to a particular brand isn’t solely due to taste – it can also be due to drinking it at a very special time and so one develops an attachment and fondness to it.

The more of the story is that whatever their favorite it, you don’t want to mess with it!

Hamburgers and Alcohol – A Match Made in Heaven

On this day 60 years ago, Ray Kroc opened the first McDonald’s as we know it. Of course McDonald’s existed previously – it was created in 1940 by the McDonald brothers, but the McDonald’s we know today has its roots with what Kroc created on April 15, 1955 in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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Kroc wanted to take control of the company as he didn’t feel as though the brothers sufficiently recognized the potential of the restaurant. They only wanted to have a small number of branches, while Kroc wanted to conquer the world and conquer it he did!

Now it is impossible to imagine a world without an omnipresent McDonald’s. They have 35,000 branches in over 100 countries.

If one was going to have a barbeque and make their own hamburgers, what would be the drinks to accompany it? Fast food restaurants have been serving alcohol for a while and if you go to any pub they are likely to have food to go with the drinks.

Beer is choice of many especially during the hot summer months, but what if you wanted something a bit more sophisticated?

New York Sour – this whiskey sour with red wine on top is great because it looks like a combination of mustard and ketchup. Like many other drinks, this has existed under a number of different names, but whatever you call it is tastes delicious.

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Margarita – this is a great drink to have at any time of the day. The combination of tequila, lime juice and Cointreau results in a magical mixture of sweet and salty that is great for getting the party started or washing the meal down. The drink’s merit seems so obvious that it would have invented itself and as such there is a debate about the origins of it.

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Whiskey – When it comes to steak, it’s traditional to pair red wine with it, but 21st century drinkers aren’t so wedded to outdated and ancient traditions. There is nothing wrong with kicking back at a barbecue with a flask. In fact, nothing washes steak and whatever else you may consume at your barbecue than a single malt. It will put the finishing touches on a great meal.

With the family values at McDonald’s don’t expect to see whiskey or cocktails on their menu, although in some of European countries they serve beer. Given Ray Kroc’s family comes near Plzeň in the Czech Republic he would definitely approve of this.

Flasks and Golf – A Masterful Combination

Although the PGA golf tour has been happening since January, there is something about the US Masters, the first major of the year to make it feel as though it’s arriving. The US Masters signals the fact that spring is here and the spring weather is far more conducive to playing golf.

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Golf and flasks have a rich association. Part of this is due to golf and whisky both having their roots in Scotland – they share a relationship that is hundreds of years old. When you are spending a day on the links and it’s cold and windy, you definitely want to have a flask in your golf bag for medicinal purposes.

Drinking on the golf course is mostly saved for the 19th hole. After a long day on the course, there is nothing like kicking back and discussing the round. The hyperbole and exaggeration revolving the great shots only increases over time as does the agony over the tight misses.

We have a number of flasks with a golfing theme, so if you have any family or friends who are avid golfers, these would make a great gift.

flask2The 6oz Plaid Flask for Golfers is one such flask. The plaid really contributes to the golfing feel. There is a space there to engrave so you could commemorate a very special round or shot.

Then there are the 6oz Plaid Cloth and Faux Leather Hip Flask and 6oz Plaid Golf Flask with Faux Leather Accents. Both of these flasks also allow for engraving.

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If you want to pay homage to the Scottish roots of the game you can do so with the 6oz Plaid Golf Hip Flask with Faux Leather Trim. The plaid here has a tartan theme that looks very much at home on the golf course.
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For those who love their golf and their flasks, the 8oz Golf Theme Drinking Flask is very popular. If you would like to tweak the design, this flask is a custom flask and so the print and the background can be changed as per your modifications.

Whether you want a flask for yourself, your golfing partner or all of your golfing buddies, we are here to help.

The Ultimate Guide of Flasks Buying for Celebrities

We saw this article, regarding gifts given to the British Royal Family in 2014 and someone had the good sense to present them with a flask. This got us thinking about the flask we would give to various celebrities if we had the chance.

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Taylor Swift – If any celebrity walks the tightrope between naughty and nice it is Taylor Swift. If she had a flask she would like one such as this one. Shake it off indeed!

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Kim Kardashian – this first lady of reality TV and the internet tried to break it with her photos. What could be more fitting for her and her image than a silver crystal bead and rhinestone 6oz hip flask?

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Kanye West – Of course Kanye doesn’t want to be left out so we have a Fading Sat Cat with Clown Fish Hip Flask for him.

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Lena Dunham – No one divides opinion like Lena Dunham. The star of Girls likes to push the envelope and be provocative so this 6oz Well Behaved Women Rarely Make History Hip Flask would be the perfect gift for her.

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Usher – What could be a better flask for this entertainment superstar than one that has his name on it! This 8oz wedding flask is ideal for him.

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Brad Pitt – Despite being a very busy actor and producer, Brad Pitt’s six children are very near and dear to his heart. As such this 8oz Best Dad Ever flask would make a fine gift for him. When he is away on set, he will definitely appreciate it.

Derek Jeter – When someone retires it is customary to get them a gift such as a flask. When it comes to Derek Jeter, it is a great gift given how hard it is to find a gift for the person who has everyone. Given his salaries and endorsements there is nothing the Yankee skipper would want for. Additionally he already received a bunch of gifts from all the teams he played against in 2014.

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When he is sitting on the bench that the White Sox gave him, listening to Yankees games, one of our retirement flasks will provide him with the perfect company.

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Beyonce – The Bootylicious star definitely does not want for anything so if you want to find a gift for her that she would really like, it needs to be something unique. The mistake people make is to think a person like Beyonce would need something big and glitzy, but in reality it’s the little things that would find their way to her heart.
One such gift would be this 6oz Beaded Hip Flask with Actual Rhinestones. Could see her taking this with her on tour.

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Barack Obama – Any flask for the first drinker of the United States needs to have an American theme. We have a few and considered Uncle Sam and also a flask with a golfing theme.
In the end we thought nothing could be more suitable for POTUS than a flask featuring the stars and stripes.

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Michael JordanHis Airness is well known for Chicago Bulls colors red/white and red/black, but he will forever be connected with the blue of his beloved Tar Heels. He would love nothing more than to drink out of a blue flask.

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Floyd Mayweather
– The boxer known as Money is well known for his love of displaying piles and piles of money. As such, this is the ultimate flask for him.

6oz-redneck-woman-hip-flask-500x500June Shannon – You may not recognize who this person is by name but you may do so by her nickname Mama June or as Honey Boo Boo’s Mom. She is the poster child of redneck women everywhere! As such, this is the optimal flask for her.

So there you go. Next time you need to buy a gift for a celebrity, you will have some insight as to what to get them and more importantly, you will know where to get it!

On The Rocks – A Guide to Drinking Whisky With Ice

There is nothing like a swig from a flask when it is freezing outside. It will warm you up and help shake out the coldness that runs along you from head to toe. It will make the cold weather a bit more palatable.

Once it starts to get warmer and you no longer need 4 layers of clothes in order to head outside, the benefits of having a drink won’t dissolve along with the snow. They will still be there.

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Whisky though, isn’t a drink one drinks because one is hot. When one is parched and looking for a drink to cool down, one typically doesn’t grab the Scotch. But once you have cooled down and relaxed, you may find yourself looking for it.

Speaking of dissolving, is the much-debated question regarding the adding of ice to your whisky. Should you or shouldn’t you? Is it ok to do so? For many devout whisky aficionados, this is as close to heresy as one can get. They wouldn’t want to contaminate their whisky with anything let alone ice. To people of this mindset, ice is going to dilute and numb the flavor of the whisky.

Just like single or double malt, whisky drinkers have opinions and aren’t afraid to share them. In their palate, their way is the right way so don’t be intimidated by those who question the sanity of drinking whisky with ice.

Whisky already has water added to it. It is part of the manufacturing process called cutting. This is done to bring down the ABV (Alcohol by Volume) of it otherwise it just wouldn’t be drinkable. The ABV of Beer is around 5%, wine around 14% and whisky is in the 40s. If it wasn’t for the water, the ABV would be significantly higher.

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If there is any impact on adding ice to whisky, it is going to be negligible

People do drink it with ice otherwise the delightful expression on the rocks wouldn’t exist. And then is something exciting about the phrase – the way it conjures up the notion of whisky with ice.

The irony of this is that you can drink your whisky with ice in it even when it is freezing and snowing outside. If you want to drink it with ice you should feel comfortable about this decision and do so without fear of ridicule.

Of course the whiskey in your flask is going to stay at room temperature. If you want to put some ice-cubes in your flask, make sure they are narrow enough to fit!

Why Flasks Are the Perfect March Madness Accessory

March means March Madness which means 63 incredible games of College Basketball. The NCAA Tournament is one of the biggest sporting events in the world and the 2015 version of it is about to get under way.

Part of the reason for the massive popularity for the tournament is it reconnects people to their college days. Cheering for their alum takes them back to the days when they were college students.

What better way to support your favorite school than a college themed flask? We have a wide range of them.

Our 8oz Custom Engraved College Fraternity Hip Flask is a very popular flask and would provide a great accessory to watching the games. Instead of a fraternity featuring on it, you can have the logo of your college engraved onto it.

A big part of March Madness is color. The uniforms, the mascots, the cheerleaders, the T-shirts of the supporters, will cause the stadium to be divided into two colors. Some schools are well known for their association with certain colors; the blue of Duke, Kentucky and Kansas, the red of Arkansas, Ohio State and St Johns and the like.

What this means is that you can buy a flask of color that provides a strong association with your school of choice.

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Syracuse isn’t there this year, but this Orange Hip Flask is great for those who have a strong connection to the color. Texas are competing, but will struggle to go far in the tournament.

The great thing about a flask is that regardless of the result it is going to provide you good company. If your team wins, then what could be better than celebrating with a drink? And if unfortunately your team gets beat than a drink is a great way to drown your sorrows.

Flasks in Movies and TV

Who else watched the Oscars ceremony and saw Benedict Cumberbatch take a swig from a flask?

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Benedict Cumberbatch using a flask

We just saw Wild, the movie starring Reese Witherspoon. Towards the start of her adventure hiking 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail by herself, Witherspoon realizes she packed the wrong things and thus is out of food. She flags down a truck and gets into it even though she doesn’t trust the driver 100%. What choice does she have? They talk for a bit, he hands her a flask – she drinks and so a friendship and bond is formed.

This got us thinking about movies/television and the part flasks play in them. We’ve always paid special attention whenever flasks were present. We knew that we would only be able to scratch the surface so we reached out to three popular-culture experts to ask them their thoughts.

Before we begin, let us say that by no means is this a definitive list – so for any major omissions, please forgive us and send us the omitted instances. Details of this are at the end.

Flasks have a rich place in movies and TVs as a prop. Like any prop, they provide depth to the character.

Some Like It Hot

Of course who can go past Marliyn Monroe in Some Like It Hot. Not only does she have a flask, but a garter flask at that!

Leaving Las Vegas

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Nicholas Cage won an Academy Award for his role of Ben Sanderson in Leaving Las Vegas. In the movie’s pivotal scene, Elisabeth Shue hands him a silver flask.

The flask isn’t just a flask – it is a symbol representing her acceptance of his drinking. It is this scene that won Cage the Oscar.

Little Nicky

Going as far away from an Academy Award winning movie as one can we have Little Nicky. The flask plays a pivotal part in the movie and the quote “get in the flask” is well known.

Harry Potter Franchise

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Harry Potter fans will be familiar with Mad-Eye Moody and his flask.

We spoke to pop culture expert, Luis Prada about this and he said:

Then there’s a movie flask of Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody from the Harry Potter series — a flask filled with an actual magic potion. Moody is fearful of the darker side of the wizarding world, so he drinks exclusively from a flask he keeps on his person as all times to ensure no one slips him an evil potion. Thematically, the flask represents two things: the first being Moody’s paranoia (which is proven to be justified after he is kidnapped and is replaced by a villain who uses the flask to drink a potion that transforms him into a Moody body double), and the second being trust.

In a pivotal part of the series, Harry and his collective are being hunted by the villainous Death Eaters. Moody makes everyone drink a potion from his personal flask that transforms his friends into clones of Harry to confuse attackers. Before this, Moody is highly personal and rarely allows anyone into his life, as represented by his usage of the flask. By allowing others to drink from the flask, it shows his evolution as a character; that he’s reached a point where he has finally found people he can trust.

Seinfeld

Festivus is one of the more memorable episodes of Seinfeld. No alcohol is allowed at the meal so George’s boss, Mr Kruger drinks from a hip flask he brought with him. You can find this around the 2.38 minute mark

Hunger Games Franchise

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In the Hunger Games, Haymitch Abernathy played by Woody Harrelson likes to have a drink. His relationship with alcohol is plays a pivotal part with this character.

Hugo

hugo picIn Hugo, Ray Winstone plays the alcoholic uncle of Hugo and they feature a flask to illustrate his love of a drink.

Animal House

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We spoke to Kevin Maher, a pop-culture expert and the host of the live series “Kevin Geeks Out”.

National Lampoon’s Animal House features all kinds of drinking, but one of the more pointed portrayals comes from Verna Bloom’s Mrs. Wormer.

As the wife of the evil college Dean, Marian Wormer is part of “the establishment”, but she doesn’t pass up an invitation to a frat house toga party. Mrs. Wormer arrives late (having just come from the “God-damn senior honors dinner”) and crashes her Buick station wagon in front of the Delta House. Before entering the party, she takes a long pull from the silver flask stashed in her purse.

In a booze-heavy movie, Mrs. Wormer is the only character to use a flask. The snobs from the Omega House drink (imported?) beer from ceramic German mugs, while the Delta slobs guzzle Jack Daniels straight from the bottle. But Mrs. Wormer’s thirst is something that’s kept concealed. The flask reflects a bored housewife’s double-life. Unlike the joyless villains in the movies, Mrs. Wormer has a vice (and not just screwing a college kid who’s almost old enough to be her son) – her drinking humanizes her and makes the Dean’s wife much more relatable.

The Animal House novelization includes Mrs. Wormer in the extended “Where Are They Now?” post-script, noting that she went on to five unsuccessful stints in A.A. Wherever she is now, her flask is probably with her.

Star Trek Into Darkness

In the rebooted version of the Star Trek film series when Kirk meets McCoy, the doctor drinks from a flask. You can see it in this clip around the 53 second mark

Life on Mars

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Life on Mars wasn’t on television for long but that hasn’t stopped it from becoming a cult classic. What time traveling policeman wouldn’t want to make use of a flask?

Gangster Squad

gangsterYou can be assured that drinking out of a flask was never cooler than when Ryan Gosling did it with Emma Stone’s head in his lap

True Detective

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Rust Cohle flew across our screens like one of the meteors he would like to stare at. Given what he’s seen and what he’s been through, he definitely needs a drink!

Spy Game

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This is an under-rated thriller starring Brad Pitt and Robert Redford. We were reminded of it by pop culture expert, Sam Meyer – . Apparently there’s a gift of a flask in “Spy Game”, but I haven’t seen that movie.
And Sam is right! In a a critical scene, Pitt hands Redford a flask.

New Girl

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Not surprising that a show that has it’s own drinking game also features a flask
Nick’s love of a drink is well known!

Modern Family

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In this Emmy award winning fan favorite, Phil uses a flask to get close to Jay

Mad Men

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If anyone knows Don Draper they know his love of a drink, especially during business hours!

Other Film Instances

  1. Airplane! – 1980
  2. The Outsiders – 1983
  3. Silver Bullet – 1985
  4. Rocky IV – 1985
  5. Big Trouble in Little China – 1986
  6. Highlander – 1986
  7. Maximum Overdrive – 1986
  8. Crocodile Dundee 2 – 1988
  9. School Ties – 1992
  10. Tombstone – 1993
  11. The Beverly Hillbillies – 1993
  12. Jurassic Park – 1993
  13. Wagons East! – 1994
  14. Natural Born Killers – 1994
  15. The Ascent – 1994
  16. The Quick and the Dead – 1995
  17. Strange Days – 1995
  18. The Brady Bunch Movie – 1995
  19. Star Trek First Contact – 1996
  20. The Postman – 1997
  21. Wishmaster – 1997
  22. Bulworth – 1998
  23. Varsity Blues – 1999
  24. Sleepy Hollow – 1999
  25. Titanic – 1999
  26. From Dusk Till Dawn 3 – 2000
  27. American Pie 2 – 2001
  28. A Beautiful Mind – 2001
  29. Gangs of New York – 2002
  30. XXX – 2002
  31. 25th Hour – 2002
  32. Road to Perdition – 2002
  33. Freddy vs Jason – 2003
  34. Thirteen – 2003
  35. National Lampoon’s Holiday Reunion – 2003
  36. Friday Night Lights– 2004
  37. Constantine – 2005
  38. Lord of War – 2005
  39. Cinderella Man – 2005
  40. You, Me and Dupree – 2006
  41. See No Evil – 2006
  42. There will be Blood – 2007
  43. Great Debaters – 2007
  44. Leatherheads – 2008
  45. Babylon AD – 2008
  46. Observe and Report – 2009
  47. Sherlock Holmes Game of Shadows – 2011
  48. Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance – 2012
  49. A Haunted House – 2013
  50. Dallas Buyers Club – 2013
  51. Grown Ups 2 – 2013
  52. 12 Years a Slave – 2013
  53. Grand Budapest Hotel – 2014
  54. TUSK – 2014
  55. 22 Jump Street – 2014
  56. Sin City 2 – 2014
  57. Saved by the Bell (Unauthorized Movie) – 2014
  58. Stonehurst Asylum – 2014
  59. The Expendables 3 – 2014
  60. The Fault in Our Stars – 2014
  61. St. Vincent – 2014
  62. Boyhood – 2014
  63. It Follows – 2014
  64. Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda – 2014
  65. Don Hemmingway – 2014
  66. Blended – 2014
  67. Leviathan – 2014
  68. Black Mass – 2015
  69. The Night Before – 2015
  70. Seventh Son  – 2015
  71. Black Sea – 2015
  72. Avengers: Age of Ultron – 2015
  73. Dirty Grandpa – 2016
  74. Incarnate – 2016
  75. The Magnificent Seven – 2016
  76. Bad Santa 2 – 2016
  77. The Night Before – 2016
  78. Gods of Egypt – 2016
  79. The Lost City of Z – 2017
  80. El Camino Christmas – 2017
  81. Winchester – 2017
  82. War for the Planet of the Apes – 2017
  83. The Ridiculous 6 – 2017
  84. Neverknock – 2017
  85. American Assassin – 2017
  86. The Hitman’s Bodyguard – 2017
  87. Kingsman, The Golden Circle – 2017
  88. Halloween – 2018
  89. Blockers – 2018
  90. The Ritual – 2018
  91. Level 16 – 2018
  92. Between Worlds – 2018
  93. Escape Room – 2019
  94. The Highwaymen – 2019
  95. Doom: Annihilation – 2019
  96. In the Shadow of the Moon – 2019
  97. The Old Guard – 2020
  98. Antebellum – 2020
  99. Bill & Ted Face the Music – 2020
  100. The Unholy – 2021
  101. Those Who Wish me Dead – 2021
  102. Prisoners of Ghostland – 2021
  103. Escape Room: Tournament of Champions – 2021
  104. Army of Thieves – 2021
  105. Reminiscent – 2021
  106. The Popes Exorcist – 2023
  107. The Old Way – 2023

Other Television Instances

  1. Real Husbands of Hollywood
  2. Greg Gutfeld
  3. In Living Color
  4. Key & Peele
  5. American Gods
  6. Impractical Jokers
  7. American Horror Story (multiple seasons)
  8. Dads
  9. Betty White’s, Off Their Rockers
  10. The Vampire Diaries
  11. Falling Skies
  12. The Simpsons
  13. Gotham
  14. The Strain
  15. Inside Amy Schumer
  16. Pawn Stars
  17. Bob’s Burgers
  18. Two and a Half Men
  19. Pushing Daisies
  20. Tosh.0
  21. Quantum Leap
  22. Blunt Talk
  23. West World
  24. Surprise! Instant Xmas Carol! 2016
  25. The Magicians
  26. Family Guy
  27. Rick and Morty
  28. Happy!
  29. Band of Brothers
  30. Young Sheldon
  31. Yellowstone
  32. Seinfeld
  33. The Prodigal Son
  34. Monk
  35. Chucky
  36. Battlestar Galactica
  37. The Umbrella Academy
  38. Outmatched
  39. Paranormal: Caught on Camera
  40. Midnight Mass
  41. Beyond the Unknown
  42. Perry Mason

If we failed to mention any instances of flasks in popular culture that you know of, please email sales@flasks.com and we will update the post and send you a free flask upon request!

United Colors of Flasks

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Some people see things in black and white, but forget about shades of gray, there are so many more colors out there!

We at flasks.com are embracing this with our selection of colored flasks. We’ve always had flasks in many different colors, but not as a section on our website. We began by adding black and pink and have since added blue, brown, green, purple, red and white.

Some of the flasks we have such as the Blue and White Zebra Print 6oz Hip Flask or 6oz Purple and Green Cheetah Skin Printed Hip Flask are a combination of two colors.

So what does your choice of color say about you? Sometimes the choice may be dictated to by circumstances such as groomsmen or bridesmaids flasks that to be consistent with a color choice, but at other time, the choice is going to be an indication of your personality.

Let’s delve a little deeper:

Black – This is a color that relates to being in control of everything to do with your life. It also is connected with modern values and a streamlined design

Blue – A color that related to peace, truth, calmness and serenity. You are very comfortable with yourself and you put a high price on loyalty.

Brown – There is nothing more important to you than your family and friends. You are honest and practical.

Green – You like to feel safe and secure and green gives you a sense of being loved. You are more of an outdoors person.

Purple – A color that symbolizes spirituality, romance and being a very giving and selfless person to others.

Red – A very sensual and passionate color, you use all five of your senses to appreciate life. You are a bit of an extrovert.

White – You are a low-maintenance and independent who is self-reliant. Neatness and presentation are very important to you.

Pink – Love is a very important part of your being. You give a lot of love and receive it back in return. Women are obviously going to gravitate more towards to this color given the strong association between it and females. If a man chooses a pink flask, he is very self-confident!

While there are dominant traits in each of our personalities at times we feel more brown than green or more purple than black. This is why it helps to have flasks in multiple colors – by doing so, you cover all of your bases.

Flasks and Bridesmaids

If you are looking for an original gift for your bridesmaids or maid of honor, you should consider a flask. Flasks have long been associated with groomsmen and the male side of the wedding party, but nowhere is this locked in stone.

A personalized flask is going to be a very special and original gift. It defies the typical and traditional gifts such as jewelry and other fashion accessories.

The great thing about choosing a flask as a gift for your bridesmaids is that you have the scope to go from conservative to a bit more daring. The stainless steel and pink flasks are on the more conservative end of the spectrum and then there are the beaded and glitter flasks on the other end.

The flask is the perfect bridesmaid accessory for a bachelorette party/hen’s night. When a bunch of girls are going out on the town, what could be better than having personalized flasks with them? Here flasks are very much keeping in line with the tone of the evening and are going to provide a very special memento of it, especially when recollections could be a bit hazy.

As was mentioned in our earlier post about groomsmen and flasks, it’s beside the point if the flask is used after the wedding because it is going to provide a fantastic memory that is going to last the test of time.

But there is no reason why the flask has to sit on the shelf and gather dust. The medicinal values of an occasional stiff drink can’t be disputed. While weddings are fun and exciting, they can also be stressful especially for those in the bridal party. Those who say they have no need for a flask, may be saying something different once the wedding is over.