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The 21 Tequila Taste-Off

You know how it is. You're waiting to taste all the booze that comes in the mail before you file it into its appropriate liqu... 1 day ago From Alcademics

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Liquor Snob Monthly Roundup: August 2010

Well, we suppose it's time to say goodbye to summer, and start thinking about where we're going to set up our permanent outdo... 6 days ago From Liquor Snob

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Top Misspellings on Cocktail Menus

I see certain words misspelled over and over on cocktail menus. Most of them are brand names in conflict with spellcheck. St.... 8 days ago From Alcademics

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Champagne Campaign, Days 36 & 38: Pol Roger Brut Reserve "White Foil"

People don’t want to believe me when I say I pair fine Champagne with takeout food. Why not? Champagne & fresh fried chick... 15 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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(via letsgrowwings) Now THAT is the way to start a party!

(via letsgrowwings) Now THAT is the way to start a party! 23 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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jtotheizzoe: French scientists get paid to pour Champagne. I...

jtotheizzoe: French scientists get paid to pour Champagne. I think more people should support booze-related research in t... 23 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Airbooze: Alcohol Selection on Airplanes

Because I am a geek who feels the need to categorize everything, I try to track which airlines carry which spirits. I started... 15 days ago From Alcademics

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“I’m thinking of becoming a bartender. Where do I start?” is a question I get asked regularly. It generally comes from ... About 1 hour ago From Drink Boston

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Cold Remedy Cocktails (Or: How to Make Being Sick not Suck)

Somewhere along the way during an extra-long weekend, we've gotten a cold. And it's not one of your piddly little nasal dribb... About 2 hours ago From Liquor Snob

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San Francisco Cocktail Week September 21-27, 2010

Finally! We have the details of San Francisco Cocktail Week 2010. Events are listed below but check the website for updates. ... 13 days ago From Alcademics

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PARTY MONSTERS

We saw a werewolf drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic’s.  And some zombies drinking Zombies, and a goblin nursing a Mai T... About 9 hours ago From Beachbum Berry

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Champagne Campaign, Day 44: The Ruins

What’s the first thing that pops into your mind when you think of South Africa? Abject poverty? Disease? The lingering effe... 1 day ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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panicshoes: Dom Perignon ad shot by Karl Lagerfeld

panicshoes: Dom Perignon ad shot by Karl Lagerfeld 1 day ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Champagne Campaign, Day 43: Dom Perignon

Few things in the world evoke awe quite like a bottle of Dom Perignon Champagne. Indeed it is the very liquid symbol of all t... 1 day ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Mad Men and Drinking, Season Four, Episode 4

"He's a drunk."That's how Don Draper was described in the episode "The Rejected," and for the first time in the history of "M... 21 days ago From Off The Presses

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Three Parts New York, One Part L.A., One Part Boston...

What kind of bar do you get when you mix Pernod Ricard USA brand ambassador czar Simon Ford, cocktail consultant Willy Shine,... 17 days ago From Off The Presses

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PreTOXX Hangover Supplement v2 Arrives

We'll come out and say it - we know something about hangovers. We'll also say we've tried a few different pre-boozing hangov... 4 days ago From Liquor Snob

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The first time I ever heard the term "brand ambassador" was in 2006 at Tales of the Cocktail, when I first met Charlotte Vois... 26 days ago From Off The Presses

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Champagne Smash

In the world of drinks, a smash is usually a drink that contains a spirit, mint, sugar and sometimes lemon or lime. The Mint ... 1 day ago From Art of Drink

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Review: Pay Day (1922)

USA/Silent/B&W-26m./Dir: Charles Chaplin/Wr: Charles Chaplin/Cast: Charles Chaplin (Laborer), Phyllis Allen (His Wife), Mack ... 2 days ago From Booze Movies

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It’s amazing what a journey will reveal to you. Since...

It’s amazing what a journey will reveal to you. Since starting this campaign to drink Champagne every day for a year, I’v... 2 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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A Beer At...Milano's

One reason I enjoy doing the "A Beer At..." column is that it causing me to enter historic bars that I didn't know existed. C... 4 days ago From Off The Presses

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The Sipping News

An argument in favor of bartender copywriting cocktails and techniques as intellectual property, which may be one of the most... 4 days ago From Off The Presses

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Roberta's Begins Serving Cocktails

I went to Roberta's, the ultra-hip pizza joint in Bushwick, this week and had me a cocktail. This, I was told by a friend who... 4 days ago From Off The Presses

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The Corn Harvest Arrives at PDT

For some time now, I listed the Imperial Silver Corn Fizz under the Damn Good Cocktails column to the right. Which has been r... 5 days ago From Off The Presses

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Gilpin Family Whisky: URINE for a Treat!

Talk about a new spin on an old product - a gentleman in the UK has started making what is colloquially known as "pissky" - w... 5 days ago From Liquor Snob

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Top Ways Liquor Websites Fail

Nearly all liquor websites are terrible for those of us looking for product information, brand history, or recipes. These thi... 6 days ago From Alcademics

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The Barrel-Aged Aged Cocktail Trend Will Not Be Stopped

First Portland, then New York and Madison, and now Boston. Barrel-aged cocktails are spreading across the nation at wildfire ... 6 days ago From Off The Presses

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Name Change

You may have noticed that the title of this blog has changed.When I began this liquor-soaked chronicle in January 2007, "Off ... 7 days ago From Off The Presses

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Pegu Club Fifth Anniversary Menu Celebrates Half a Decade of Significant Drin...

It's strange to think that The Pegu Club celebrated its fifth anniversary this past Sunday, August 29. It feels like it's bee... 7 days ago From Off The Presses

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Royalton's Forty Four Bar to Open Sept. 20

The opening date for Forty Four, the revamped lobby bar at midtown Manhattan's Royalton Hotel, will be Sept. 20. As for the m... 7 days ago From Off The Presses

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Silvertone Bar & Grill – Best Boston bars

Established: 1997 Specialty: Wine, cocktails Prices: Low to moderate Atmosphere: Retro-tinged neighborhood joint, bartender... 7 days ago From Drink Boston

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NewAir AI-210W Countertop Ice Maker Review

Now that we've had a bit of time to play around with the ice maker supplied to us by Air N Ice, we've taken some time to put ... 8 days ago From Liquor Snob

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Mad Men and Drinking, Season Four, Episode 6: Blotto!

Get a couple hundred ad men in a room and you're going to see some serious drinking.Episode six, titled "Waldorf Stories," of... 8 days ago From Off The Presses

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Nips – 8/12/10

A friendly reminder that this coming tax-free weekend doesn’t just apply to TVs, leather armchairs and solid-wood shellcase... 25 days ago From Drink Boston

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Champagne Campaign, Day 34

Sushi & sake? Too much rice! But sushi & Champagne? Now that is nice! The sheer amount of culinary myths that surround food ... 23 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Sasha Petraske Keeps It Simple at Lamb's Club

I must say I do appreciate cocktail man Sasah Petraske's unflagging classicism. When all others are dabbling in this trend an... 14 days ago From Off The Presses

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Mad Men and Drinking, Season Four, Episode 5: Sake!

Sake makes a splashy debut in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword," episode five of the fourth season of "Mad Man." From the sec... 15 days ago From Off The Presses

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Champagne Campaign, Days 39 & 40: Henkell Trocken

I drink sparkling wine to make me feel good. Sometimes it does not work. Sometimes I have a hunger so deep it cannot be satis... 13 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Champagne Campaign, Days 32 & 33

You don’t always have to pair sparkling wine with fancy food. Take, for example, the 2007 Familia Zuccardi Vida Organica S... 27 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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A sit-down with Periodista Tales

Watch out when making off-hand remarks around Devin Hahn, author of the blog Periodista Tales. He will record everything you ... 11 days ago From Drink Boston

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More on the New Lamb's Club

I stopped by the softly opening Lamb's Club in the Chatwal Hotel yesterday and learned a bit more about the Sasha Petraske-cr... 12 days ago From Off The Presses

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Mayahuel at Jake Walk

I was throwing a leg over a stool at Carroll Gardens' Jake Walk when I noticed a new cocktail on the menu. Set apart from the... 15 days ago From Off The Presses

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Champagne Campaign, Day 37: Pol Roger Pure Brut

Imagine putting a pit bull on a leash into your mouth - & liking it. It seems the more someone gets into wine, the more that... 15 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Scarlett Johansson Photoshop Disaster

The good folks over at Photoshop Disasters bring us this photo of actress Scarlett Johansson, uncorking Moet Champagne. Probl... 21 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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NewAir Countertop Ice Maker Arrives for Review

We've been on pins and needles waiting for our new ice maker to arrive, and it's finally been delivered. The folks at Air & W... 14 days ago From Liquor Snob

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Champagne Campaign, Day 35

People seem surprised when I tell them Champagne Ruinart is available by the glass at my favorite Boston-based restaurant, Tr... 19 days ago From DRINKS ARE ON ME

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Official Drinking Day du Jour: Whiskey Sour Day

I thank Michael Collins Irish whiskey for clueing me in on the significance of Aug. 25, which is apparently National Whiskey ... 13 days ago From Off The Presses

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Booze News: Withnail and W.C. on DVD

No sooner do I proclaim Flicker Alley's Chaplin at Keystone to be the soused cinema DVD release of the year than I hear about... 16 days ago From Booze Movies

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New Brooklyn Brewery Beer Detonates in Prospect Park

Holding a launch party for its latest Brewmaster's Reserve release, Detonation Ale, at Prospect Park's Boat House was a prett... 21 days ago From Off The Presses

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Bartender Nick Jarrett put in his final shift at Philadelphia's Franklin Mortgage & Investment Company on Aug. 24. Now, ... 13 days ago From Off The Presses

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KONA COASTING

“Do you want to see Skipper Kent’s grave?” asked Doug Miller, Kailua-Kona’s resident urban archeologist.  It was a r... 4 days ago From Beachbum Berry

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Brooklyn Farmacy to Roll of Egg Cream Cart at Brooklyn Flea

Pete Freeman, owner of Carroll Gardens' retro soda fountain Brooklyn Farmacy, and all-around nouveau evangelist of the egg cr... 7 days ago From Off The Presses

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A Beer At...Grassroots Tavern

If Bob Dylan never drank here, I'd be very surprised. I've never been in a bar that reminded me more of the folk music moveme... 18 days ago From Off The Presses

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Heaven’s Dog – Part I

Join Jackie Patterson at Heaven's Dog in San Francisco and enjoy one of her original creations, the Fleet Street. Based on th... 23 days ago From Oh Gosh!

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Official Drinking Day du Jour

I thought Aug. 16 was just another Dog Day Monday. But the folks at Koloa Premium Hawaiian Rum have shown me how wrong I... 22 days ago From Off The Presses

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A Visit to Strong Place

Strong Place—which is not on Strong Place, but a block away, on Court Street—is the third Cobble Hill venture by the folk... 11 days ago From Off The Presses

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Italian Soda

Ask most people what an Italian Soda is and they’ll usually describe a combination of flavour syrup and carbonated, or ... 16 days ago From Art of Drink

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A Homemade Giant, Crystal Clear Ice Cube Tray

As you're probably aware, I've been dabbling in experiments making clear ice at home. The way I've found that works best is t... 11 days ago From Alcademics