You’ve had Fireball and you probably have snacked on some beef jerky a time or two, but what about Fireball infused beef jerky?  Yup, we’ve gone mad in the kitchen again.  Beware! The following recipe has been known to make even the most daring Fireballer spit fire.

What you’ll need:
1 electronic food dehydrator
1.5-2lbs lean beef sirloin tip
1 & ¼ cup Fireball Whisky
¼ cup pineapple juice
4 tbsp. liquid smoke
½ cup soy sauce or tamari sauce
¼ cup teriyaki sauce
¼ cup worcestershire sauce
3 tbsp. sriracha® sauce or to taste (the more the hotter!)
¼ cup balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. cracked black pepper or to taste
½ cup brown sugar
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1.5 tsp. onion powder
1.5 tsp. habanero salt or to taste (optional)

Time to put on that crazy kitchen hat:
• Try to purchase the sirloin tip already cut to 1/8’’ thick to make prep time quicker. To easily cut the sirloin into strips stick the whole package in the freezer for an hour. You’ll want about 2‘’ wide pieces by about 6’’ long. Remember they will shrink slightly. Wash your hands!
• Take all the dry ingredients except for the brown sugar and mix together in a bowl. Use this as drub rub to season the meat thoroughly. Set aside.
• In a medium saucepan over low/medium heat, mix all of the wet ingredients including the Fireball & brown sugar. Heat until the brown sugar has dissolved. Refrigerate marinade until cool.
• Take a freezer size Ziploc bag and pour the cooled down marinade in it along with the sirloin pieces, go ahead and pour a little more Fireball in the bag and take a sip while you’re at it. Seal the bag and shake it to the beat of your favorite 90′s rock song, please nothing by Creed though. Time for a break, let the bag & it’s contents marinade for 4-7 hours.
• Arrange all the sirloin pieces on the dehydrator trays and dehydrate on 155° for 5-7hrs.
• You’ve done it; now feast like there is no tomorrow!

It’s time to bring the heat. In fact, it’s going to get hotter than hell come July, especially if you enter our latest giveaway! Picture this, you and a guest in a helicopter flying over the Valley of Fire, round trip airfare to Las Vegas, a suite at the Hard Rock Hotel… Dare I say more? Well the buck doesn’t stop there. Click here for all of the details and who knows, maybe you could be one of our winners. Good luck! 

Another year and another South by Southwest throw down.  This will be Fireballs fourth consecutive SXSW celebration and we couldn’t be more stoked!

Below you’ll find our itinerary during the music, film, and interactive conference in ATX.  As always follow us on Twitter to catch us in real time for shots, swag, and high fives!  Cheers.

Friday March 8^th, 2013

9:00 pm – 12:00 am - Fireball Island SXSW kickoff Beach Party @ Lucy’s Retired Surfer Bar.

Tuesday March 12^th, 2013

7:30 pm– 10:30 pm -Waller Creek Boat House – Fireball/Firefly/Buffalo Trace Sound Cloud SXSW Interactive Party 

Wednesday March 13^th, 2013

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Waller Creek Boat House – Firefly/Buffalo Trace Sound Cloud SXSW Interactive Party 

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm – Cocktails on Terrace at Bobs Chop House

10:30 pm – 12:00 pm Whiskey Wednesday Pub Crawl: Shagri La, Brixton, Violet Crown, Liberty Bar (follow us on twitter to find us in real time @fireballwhisky)

12:00 am – Fireball Whisky West 6^th Street Pub Crawl (follow us on twitter to find us in real time @fireballwhisky)

Thursday March 14^th, 2013

2:00 pm – 6:30 pm - Blind Pig Fire Island SXSW Experience

9:30 pm – 11:30 pm – Fireball Pub Crawl West Campus- University of Texas Bars (follow us on twitter to find us in real time @fireballwhisky)

12:00 am – Thirsty Thursday Fireball/Firefly Pub Crawl- 6^th Street Austin TX (follow us on twitter to find us in real time@fireballwhisky)

Friday March 15^th, 2013

2:00 pm – 6:30pm - Blind Pig Fire Island SXSW Experience

Saturday March 16^th, 2013

2:00pm – 3:00 pm - Blind Pig Fire Island SXSW Experience

Our friends at Anonymous Longboards in Fort Collins, Colorado sent us over a limited edition, hand-painted board by artist Karin Schwarz. This 6mm Baltic birch board was pain-stakingly crafted and outfitted with quality trucks, flashy red wheels, and plenty of layers of polyurethane.

Needless to say, it’s pretty awesome and very exclusive. We have one and only one to giveaway and that’s where you, our fans come into play. Head over to our Facebook page to enter our giveaway or simply click here and BOOM, we’ll be announcing the winner on March 28, 2013. Go ahead! What are you waiting for? (Must be at least 21 years old to enter. One entry per person. Click here for official contest rules)

Let it be known, Fireball Whisky doesn’t do Valentines Day. Feel free to share these images with friends and remember, loves stinks, lets drink!

With a new year comes a new Instagram photo contest. Up for grabs this time: a winter themed swag bag with a Fireball sweatshirt, scarf, & beanie. We’ve done #winnerwinnerdragondinner, #fireintothewild, #fireballfanatics, & #giftoffireball and now time for….. #frostyballs.  Yea, you read that correctly!  A cold arctic blast has swept in and given us at Fireball HQ a case of frosty balls so we dug through the swag closet and pulled out the warm stuff. To go along with the the hash tag we’ll also use the general theme of “winter”. So bust out those cameras and lets see some wintery & cinnamony pictures (Yea, I said cinnamony).

Using our secret scientific algorithm, we will post the two winning pictures and send them our winter themed swag-bag. Do you have what it takes to out-hipster-filter the rest?

1) Follow @fireballwhisky on Instagram.
2) Post a wintery (or as you close as you can get my warm weathered friends) and have Fireball Whisky featured.
3) Tag us by using #frostyballs in the photo caption.
4) We will pick two winners and repost their photo.
5) Winners will win a custom Fireball beanie!
6) Contest runs for two weeks through Fireball Friday (1/18/13).

Click here for the official Fireball Whisky Instagram photo contest rules

 
Ever had an ice cold chilled shot of Fireball? Of course you have. What about at home? Who am I kidding, that’s probably happened too. But, I bet you’ve never had a shot at home from your very own Fireball chill machine. NOW IS YOUR CHANCE! We’re giving away 1 (one) Fireball “home” chill machine and all you have to do is enter. The sweepstakes giveaway starts on December 28 and ends January 28. You can enter once an hour for the entire duration of the contest. The winner will be randomly selected, so the more you enter the more likely you’ll get picked. Clink on this to enter. Good luck!

Recently, Anonymous Longboards out of Fort Collins, Colorado hit us up with this gem. Artist, Karin Schwarz, did the artwork by hand on 6mm of Baltic birch and the Anonymous team finished it up with quality trucks, flashy red wheels, and plenty of layers of polyurethane. This may or may not have become the best way to get around Fireball Headquarters.

Aside from loving Fireball, Anonymous Longboards is a grassroots company that strives on making quality long boards while promoting local artists. We like to think that we truly have the best fans arounCan you feel a long board giveaway in the near future? Because, we can! Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page for details.

Anonymous Longboards Facebook Page
www.anonymouslongboards.com

What a tradition this has become!  We’ve had a blast with our last 3 Instagram contests and from all of the entries that we’ve seen we can tell you all have as well. So what’s the hold up?

drum roll please….

Starting Fireball Friday, November 30, 2012 and running through 11:59am on Fireball Friday, December 14, 2012 we will be running our #giftoffireball photo contest. The theme this time around is: ‘Tis the season & all things jolly.  The holidays are a great time to gather with family, friends, & Fireball and we want to see it!  Whether you’re getting cozy around the fireplace, decorating the front yard or caroling in your favorite watering hole, we want you to snap a pic of the action and ignite the nite!

Using our secret scientific algorithm, we will post the two winning pictures and send them the newest addition to our swag-bag, a warm custom made Fireball beanie. Do you have what it takes to out-hipster-filter the rest?

1) Follow @fireballwhisky on Instagram.
2) Post a creative picture with your friends and have Fireball Whisky featured.
3) Tag us by using #giftoffireball in the photo caption.
4) We will pick two winners and repost their photo.
5) Winners will win a custom Fireball beanie!
6) Contest runs for two weeks through Fireball Friday (12/14/12).

Click here for the official Fireball Whisky Instagram photo contest rules

Come April 17th-20th our Columbus ambassador and I will be in Indy to ignite your night! We’ll be crawling our way from bar to bar hopefully crossing paths with you. To better the odds, we’ve included our list of bars below. If that isn’t enough, follow us on Foursquare for real time updates on where we’ll be! https://foursquare.com/fireballwhisky

O’Reilly’s

Coaches

Tin Roof

Taps & Dolls

Tilted Kilt

Rathskeller

Mass Ave Pub

Front Page Sports Bar & Grill

Wild Beaver Saloon

Baseys Downtown Grill & Spirits

Slippery Noodle Inn

Blu Night Club

Kilroys Bar & Grill

Nicky Blaines Cocktail Lounge

MacNivens Restaurant & Bar

Chathum Tap

The Ball & Biscuit

Howl at the Moon

The Ugly Monkey

Cadillac Ranch

Moe & Johnnys

Alley Cat Lounge

The Vogue Theatre

Landsharks

Old Pro’s Table (OPT)

Sometimes at Fireball we have to do things we don’t want to do, like show up, and show up wearing pants. And sometimes showing up is followed by doing stuff, and sometimes that stuff leads to awesome.

Wait, hang on, I’m going too fast. Let me start at the beginning…

Recently at Fireball, we were working on a quiz. An amazing quiz. A quiz for all of you, the little people. Oh, this quiz is going to blow your socks off. It would, using what may seem to be a few simple questions, reach into your soul and draw forth your very essence, that special thing that makes you YOU. That’s right. This quiz will tell you what kind of Fireball Drink You Are.

Now before you start clamoring and shouting and rabble-rousing and pleading, nay, demanding, that I direct you to this fabled quiz, you should know that it isn’t finished yet. This kind of exhaustive research can take days, weeks, hell, sometimes 4 to 5 thousand years. No, today I want to share with you some of what our research has uncovered. Some of this may or may not make it into our soul-defining quiz, so I present for you here…

WEIRD WORLD RECORDS

1. Fastest 100-meter hurdles…wearing swin fins (female)

This is Maren Zonker.

She ran the 100-meter hurdles in freaking flippers, and she did it in 22.35 seconds. To put that in perspective, the fastest time EVER for an electronically-timed, regular, boring ol’ 100-meter hurdle in normal person shoes is 12.21 seconds. It only took Maren an extra 10 seconds to do this. She must be incredibly fast, which begs the question: why in the hell doesn’t she just run normal hurdles?

2. The World’s Largest Pocket Knife

This one is just stupid. Here’s a picture of the world’s largest pocket knife.

Notice anything wrong with this picture? If you said, “there’s no way that knife will fit in a pocket,” then congratulations, you’re smarter than the two dudes that built this ridiculous not-a-pocket-knife knife. According to Wikipedia, “A pocket knife is a folding knife with one or more blades that fit inside the handle that can still fit in a pocket.” So unless this is for an 80-foot-tall pair of pants, I don’t think this counts. Someone call Guinness and let them know they’ve been hoodwinked!

3. Most Beer Steins Carried Over 40 Meters (female)

This is Anita Schwarz carrying 19 beer steins:

There isn’t a joke here, we just want to hire her to carry Fireball around this way.

4. Full body ice contact endurance

This is Wim Hof:

He spent 102 minutes encased in ice. Amazingly, he looks pretty miserable in this photo. Wait, did we type “amazingly’? We meant obviously. Get this man a shot of Fireball, stat.

5. Largest display of Star Wars™ Clone Troopers built with interlocking plastic bricks

The force is strong with this record. Like, 35,310 individual models strong.

No word yet on whether or not The Emperor is pleased with their record-breaking effort. Too bad they’re going to get blown to hell, all because of a small, unprotected thermal exhaust port. Tragic.

Speaking of breaking records, there’s been a lot of murmuring from bars around the country trying to one-up each other by getting the largest number of people to take a Fireball shot at once. Any bartenders out there up for the challenge? Post your record breaking Fireball pictures to our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/fireballwhisky

- by Richard

Ever seen someone belly up to the bar and buy a round for everyone in the place? Plenty of thoughts begin to race. Who is that guy? Did he win the lottery? That guy must be crazy rich? Well there’s always one more option and in this case that guy may be with Fireball Whisky. Sometimes you need to show up and say thanks to the fans so that’s exactly what we did with a few Fireball GIFts. Cheers!

Football season is here my fellow Fireballers. Tonight we have the Cowboys invading the Giants in East Rutherford where it is sure to be a smash mouth game. So, while we can’t change the outcome of the game, we can change how we prepare for it… I’m talking about tailgating here folks. One of the few times in our adult lives when it’s acceptable to practically bare it all, paint our chests & faces like a long-lost ICP fan, while chest bumping our best friend, all in honor of a football team.

But there are rules and guidelines we need to adhere to. I’m here to educate you on how to truly party like the Lord of the Lot you are. These are the must-haves you can’t go without to guarantee you’re one-upping that notorious group of amateurs one section over in lot J. You know the guys who think they are real fans because they have been wearing the same jersey for the past 10 days, while continuing to bump “We Are The Champions” over & over? Trust me, they’re ridiculous. Follow these simple tips to take back the mythical tailgating trophy and show those Chads over in lot J how it’s supposed to be done.

1. Fireball
This is a given, but make sure you bring enough to share as we Fireball fanatics like to spread the fire. Also, if your state sells Fireball in plastic bottles, I’d encourage that. Nobody wants be navigating around broken glass in a parking lot.

2. Beer
I feel like this a given too, as no tailgate is complete without a cold beer to enjoy alongside Fireball. Bonus: Pick up some hard cider when you’re at the store, it mixes perfectly with Fireball, especially in the fall.

3. Bottle/Can Koozie
You’ve got to show off your team pride with a koozie of your favorite team. Bonus: For only $5, you can get a Fireball bottle & a can koozie over here: http://www.fireballwhisky.com/gear (Come on, its $5. We’ll even ship it to you for free!)

4. Sausage
Grease and meat, that is all.

5. Chicken Wings
Bonus: Try our Fireball original formula hot sauce, again available on our website. http://www.fireballwhisky.com/gear/

6. Folding Chairs
Another basic item to make sure you have a few of in your trunk. You know that without these, your lazy bum is making friends with the concrete.

7. Folding Tables
As you would guess, it will complement the chairs quite well. Plus if you’re able to hang with me so far, you’re going to want somewhere to cook that food on!
And yeah, eat it off of too.

8. Team Flag
Not too large, but not too small. It’s all about the height!

9. Portable Power
Bet you wouldn’t have thought about this one, but you’ll thank me later. You’re running quite the operation here, so you’re going to need some juice to make sure you keep it all together my friend.

10. Ginormous cooler
You have to store the Fireball! Depending on how long you plan to keep the party going, you’re going to want to make sure it all stays cool.

11. Footballs
Yes, plural, everyone needs to warm up. You never know when the coach will put you in, dude!

12. Television or live streaming computer
Now a serious tailgater is not only interested in the game about to go down inside, a serious tailgater also needs to keep an eye on his fantasy players playing around the country.

13. Lastly but most importantly, a Designated Driver.
Enjoy the game, enjoy the Fireball and thank your D.D.!

Are you ready for some Fireball?

Posted by Bob
bbowling@fireballwhisky.com

With our inaugural Instagram Photo Contest in the books it’s time to do it again! Starting Fireball Friday, October 19, 2012 and running through 11:59pm on Fireball Friday,  November 2, 2012, we will be running our #FireIntoTheWild photo contest.  The theme of this contest will be Fireball and the great outdoors, the best of both worlds.  Let’s see your most creative picture of Fireball in the great outdoors during this fall festive season. Using our secret scientific algorithm, we will post the two winning pictures and send them the newest addition to our swag-bag, a Fireball Zippo style lighter!  Do you have what it takes to out-hipster-filter the rest?

1) Follow @fireballwhisky on Instagram.
2) Post your most outdoorsy picture with Fireball Whisky featured.
3) Tag us by using #fireintothewild in either the photo caption or comment section.
4) We will pick two winners and repost their photo.
5) Winners will win a Fireball customized Zippo style lighter
6) Contest runs for two weeks through Fireball Friday (11/2/12).

Click here for the official Fireball Whisky Instagram photo contest rules

Our Halloween weekend extravaganza in New Orleans has come to an end and we’re still licking our cinnamon wounds waiting for it all to happen again. Costumes, good friends, and of course Fireball made for quite an eventful weekend.

Toph, a bartender from Oregon who won our inaugural bartender contest on Facebook joined us in New Orleans to ignite the nite and visit some of our favorite watering holes in The French Quarter. Here is his recap from the weekend:

“New Orleans, Halloween 2012

Our Fireball weekend in New Orleans was absolutely awesome. Shoulder to shoulder with thousands of folks dressed up in the most elaborate and creative costumes imaginable. We strolled in awe, soaking in the sights and sounds of the night. Music made up of chatter laced with jazz, laughter and acoustic panhandlers, echoed through the pillars of the French Quarter. We watched a constant mingling of the good, the bad and the ugly. Super heroes, Unicorn ballerinas and the walking dead stumble through Bourbon Street with a hurricane in hand, in a sort of controlled chaos. From then on our diet would consist of Fireball, Abita Amber, oysters, café au lait, Beignets, turtle soup, gator sausage, crawfish, catfish, seafood gumbo and of course more Fireball. The Fireball crew, led by The Mad Hatter, Jeff the Magical magician, and an entourage of colorful characters, led us on a blurry 8-hour pub-crawl marathon.

It went kinda like:

“Fireball appear!” “Fireball disappear!” “Fireball appear!” “And for my next trick… Shots shots shots!” “ FIREBALL!!!!! FIREBALL!!!” “Where is Bob? Hey, look Pizza!!”
We had a blast hitting up some of the coolest bars and many of the locals favorites. We are thankful for meeting and being able to party with the Fireball crew. Thanks guys!!

Christopher and Clare”

We love hooking our fans up with wicked cool swag and what not better way than by doing it through creative photo contests!

Starting Fireball Friday, November 2, 2012 and running through 11:59am on Fireball Friday, November 23, 2012 we will be running our #FireballFANatics photo contest. The theme of this contest is simple; we want to see your faces! We want to see our great fans do what they do best with Fireball, have fun! So gather your friends, a bottle of Fireball, and your camera and ignite the nite!

Using our secret scientific algorithm, we will post the two winning pictures and send them the newest addition to our swag-bag, a set of Fireball rocks glasses. Do you have what it takes to out-hipster-filter the rest?

1) Follow @fireballwhisky on Instagram.
2) Post a creative picture with your friends and have Fireball Whisky featured.
3) Tag us by using #fireballFANatics in the photo caption.
4) We will pick two winners and repost their photo.
5) Winners will win a set of Fireball rocks glasses.
6) Contest runs for two weeks through Fireball Friday (11/23/12).

Click here for the official Fireball Whisky Instagram photo contest rules