If you’ve already purchased your golden ticket for Drink Deck Chicago, compliments of our partnership with Living Social, here are a couple quick pointers:

• Purchase your voucher on Living Social for $15 each Drink Deck (maximum of 3 decks per customer).
• Use your voucher to order on line at thedrinkdeck.com and we’ll send your order ASAP.
• Just enter your voucher number in the field “Enter your discount code“ and tap “check out“
• If you’ve purchased more than one copy, just use your first voucher number. The shipping & tax will go up slightly.
• You pay just $6 for one copy (a little more for each additional copy, up to 3 copies maximum) when you order online, to cover tax and shipping, and you get $520 in food & drink savings with no expiration!
• A Drink Deck normally retails for $30 plus $6 for tax, shipping and handling!
• This offer is only valid for our physical deck of playing cards for Chicago, but if you’d like to order the iphone or android app or Portland or New Orleans decks, please feel free!
• You can use your voucher number to order anytime before May 25, 2012, at which time your voucher will expire.
• If you have any additional questions, please contact us through email at thedrinkdeck@gmail.com

Enjoy your Drink Deckin adventures in Chicago!

Cheers,

Team Drink Deck

Now we’re laying the ground work and setting up shop to bring you thirsty bar enthusiasts an on-going collection of 52 great bar scenes in London! Thus far we’ve made connections with some fab spots from the beery to the punch drunk. It’s been fun and we’ll be releasing the list of our first 52 soon!

We’re shooting for a launch in May, 2012, so stay tuned! You can follow our progress on twitter @drinkdecklondon

For all future orders, we’re replacing the Hall of Records card with a cool new concept called 2nd Story from the folks behind Cellar Door Coffee. We hope you enjoy it!

Join us to celebrate the 1st Birthday of Drink Deck Portland!

RSVP for the event here!

We’ll have drinks from the following sponsors:

We at Drink Deck would be remiss to think that we’re the only ones doing bar marketing and promotion. There are some folks doing cool stuff right here in Chicago, after all it’s a great bar town! So I wanted to give our readers some other sites to check-out:

Know somebody in your family that’s planning to attend DePaul Unversity in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood? We’ll you’d be super rad in their eyes if you turned them on to DePaul Drinks. Sam Hooke and his crack team of bar enthusiasts keep Lincoln Park up to date on specials at every bar in the hood; putting together a solid reference guide. Why did they do this? They got tired of Yelp. Us too guys! Excellent work on this marketing effort! Follow them on twitter or become a fan on facebook for more info!
Now DePaul, as the video says, “go get your drink-on!“.

Speaking of “gettin your drink on”, that’s exactly what this next local bar marketing & event promotions company is all about. My Drink On is an innovative approach to group buying for the top nightlife venues in the Windy City that incorporates socializing, networking and philanthropy into a single experience. They put together some great parties, including a recently released special for Halloween at Cedar Hotel! They’ve even already begun promotion of the 2012 New Year’s Eve Yacht Party. Rock on guys! You may single handely put poggled out of business. Follow My Drink On on twitter or become a fan on Facebook to learn more!

Well, we’ve found a way to get you free beer, but not tomorrow; unless you’re reading this post on Tuesday, November 15th!

Scroll down for details on Drink Deck’s 2nd Anniversary Party!

Wednesday, November 16th Drink Deck is throwing a “free beer today” party at The Beer Bistro’s new Beer Cellar in Chicago’s West Loop!

Three ways to get free beer (oh, and whiskey):
1) Flash your Drink Deck (playing cards or smart phone) and check-in on Facebook/Foursquare or tweet to @drinkdeckchi & @thebeerbistro; and get free beer!

2) Don’t have a Drink Deck? Download our iPhone or Android app and as a bonus you’ll get a free copy of our Chicago playing cards, oh and free beer!

3) No smart phone? Buy the deck for our anniversary rate of 50% off (just $15 cash or credit) and you’ll get over $520 in discounts, no expiration and free beer!

It’s a win-win. A good beer costs between $6-$9. You’ll get free beer (The Beer Bistro’s Winter Brew from Brooklyn Brewery) coupled with the great savings and super bar recommendations of Drink Deck. RSVP here for the party. We look forward to celebrating with you!

Oh, did we mention free whiskey too? Koval, Chicago’s first boutique distillery, will be on hand as well for a free tasting! Oh, oh and don’t forget that you can use your Beer Bistro for 20% off your food and drink tab!

Cheers,
The Drink Deck Guy

No, not that hit TV game show from the 70′s by the same name, but a wild card of sorts that features a local spirits distillery to compliment our curated list of discounts to Chicago’s best bars. Here’s what the card looks like:

With so many options now in Chicago we first had to try them all out….a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it! In the end we chose Chicago’s “first boutique distillery”, our friends at Koval!

“First” of course in the new age! Back in the days before (and during even) prohibition, local distillers were an ubiquitous business, but after the repeal of prohibition these craft distillers were thwarted by large producers. Thankfully, these small batch productions are coming back in a big way; bringing a really cool experience, complete with tastings, to us bar enthusiasts!

Now what’s so “wild” about this Wild Joker? Well, in addition to offering you over $520 in savings on food and drink at 52 great Chicago bar scenes; we’re now giving you a joker card good for a complimentary distillery tour for 2 and 15% off any in-distillery purchase at Koval! All you have to do is present your Drink Deck Chicago Wild Joker!

If you’re not familiar with Koval I’d start by reading this nice post from Cool Hunting on the operation. Then, I’d recommend either picking up the latest print run of Drink Deck or downloading Drink Deck to your iPhone or Android so you can take advantage of Koval’s offer for a complementary distillery tour for 2 (a $20 value)!

Drink up and enjoy my Bar Enthusiast’s!

Cheers,

The Drink Deck Guy!

P.S. – Koval will be joining us for our 2nd Year Anniversary event at The Beer Bistro from 6-9PM on Wednesday, November 16th. More details coming shortly to an RSS Feed, Social Media Feed or Email Address near you!

Comments from Veteran Drink Deckers:

“I think its a great idea, I love going to new bars that I might not have gone to before.” – Colette

“All of my drink deck experiences have been great. The merchants redeem without trouble. I love thumbing through the deck and even though there are some places I will never go to, I have more than made up the cost of my deck.” – Bobbi Jo Delany

“I use it weekly for “Random Wednesday”. I shuffle the cards, make a random selection and head over there. So far the cards have not steered me wrong.” – Paul McKay

“My friends and I love Drink Deck! It’s been really great for us, mostly as a catalyst to get us to go someplace other than where we usually go” – Erin Cooper

“ I love the idea and will definitely use them soon! I love that they do not expire… great idea!” – Sara Ginsburg

“I don’t carry them around all the time. I use foursquare as well, so I always see when I could have used them! If I were to purchase again, I would go with the mobile app.” – Emily Basten

“A lot of fun! I like using these cards and have purchased decks as gifts.” – not disclosed

“I need to go to the bars that I’ve never been to before, and this is an excellent excuse!” – not disclosed

“The drink deck has been a great motivation to try new bars and many have become favorites that I never would have known about otherwise.” – Holly Mashaw

“I initially had some apprehension regarding drink deck. After I ordered it I went on Trip Advisor Louisianna forum. I did not get a response from anyone when I queried if anyone had used the drink deck successfully. The two locations I used were Tracy’s and Lafitte’s and both locations were aware of the discount. No hassles!” – Michael Isserman

“One waitress thought she had to keep the card, but after talking to the manager it was sorted out. That was one of the “selling” points for DrinkDeck; that you can keep the cards as a souvenier and see where you’ve been!” – Dana Tedesco

“The Android App is wonderful-I love the convenience of always having access to it, especially because even though I generally carry my coupons with me if I’m heading out at night with friends I don’t. Thanks!” – “Sandhya Krishnan”

“I love the idea and I always tell people about it. I’m on a mission to use all of my cards! Good luck!” – Sarah Gutierrez

Drink Deck Newbies – When asked, “What’s Drink Deck?:

“The coupon deck of cards you can use to go to all the cool bars in Chicago and Portland“- Kristiana Kaufmann

“Shuffle Drink Repeat – Portland’s Best Drinking Guide” – Shane Rutledge

“awesome. something i need!” – Joe in Portland

“A fun way to learn about drinks!” – E. Moursler

“It’s something I should have because I drink.” Kat Ford

“A great place to sit and drink adult beverages.” Gregory H.

“Sort of like spinning the wheel to determine where you’ll go next.” – Laura Claire