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October 17, 2012
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A NEAT Night
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Ariela Kozin |
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Leave it to owner Aidan Demarest to finish off NEAT 's first year of business with a bang. To celebrate the major feat, Demarest invited some of the industry's finest to enjoy a live band (The ... |
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October 08, 2012
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A Little Piece of Ireland
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Ariela Kozin |
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Among the flock of bars that open and close every year in Los Angeles, Tom Bergin's Old Horseshoe and Thoroughbred Club has prospered for over 60 years. Despite a recent make-over that forced the bar ... |
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July 31, 2012
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Red Carpet Wine & Spirits
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Jamie Solomon |
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At first, Red Carpet Wine looks like your average retail store. Stepping out of the brutal Glendale heat, I was welcomed by a refreshing blast of air. As I meandered the rows of wine and spirits that ... |
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July 10, 2012
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Captivating Caribbean Cocktails
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Jamie Solomon |
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Bahama Breeze Island Grille is a casual dining restaurant that makes you feel as if you have escaped to the Caribbean...and what is a true vacation without a cold cocktail in your hand? Bahama Breeze ... |
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April 24, 2012
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Adventures in Victorian Drinking II: Kentucky Derby Edition
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Sara Joyce Robinson |
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Every spring, as the first Saturday in May approaches, my thoughts turn to the ponies. To the great lady of American horseracing, the Kentucky Derby. I can almost hear the roar of the stands, and ... |
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April 10, 2012
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Irreconcilable Differences
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Sara Joyce Robinson |
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I've known my husband for fifteen years (married for almost six), and in that time we have (of course) disagreed often. Our first argument happened over a game of Monopoly. We had differing financial ... |
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March 27, 2012
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Wednesdays Call for Whiskey
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Megan Wieczorek |
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Whiskey has long been hailed as the quintessential man's drink, so imagine my surprise and delight when I arrived at the Next Door Lounge's "Whiskey Wednesdays" to find a table dominated by women. As ... |
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March 26, 2012
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Adventures in Victorian Drinking
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Sara Joyce Robinson |
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It happens every time I watch Masterpiece Theater. I develop a craving for some archaic food or drink. Like Turkish delight, claret, or mead. Something I have never actually tasted, but sounds so ... |
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November 09, 2011
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Any Excuse to Shoot Lasers, Right, Scotland?
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Zack Jenkins |
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Researchers at Andrews University in Scotland have figured out the best way to test scotch-whisky authenticity-fire a laser at it! It sounds like a perfect Star Wars moment for alcohol lovers, doesn't ... |
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February 17, 2011
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Clear, Non-fat Chocolate Dessert
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Becky Sue Epstein |
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It's Godiva. The vodka, not the truffles. Well, we might have had the truffles, if there had been any left. But we ate them as soon as we opened the box. The Godiva people sent over chocolate and ... |
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February 14, 2011
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A Dinner Party Hosted by a Great Scot
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Becky Sue Epstein |
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I like the way marketing spirits and wines is changing. Instead of summoning the press to a morning seminar or mid-afternoon comparison tasting, some companies are demonstrating the way their wines or ... |
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January 26, 2011
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How to Drink Great Vodka Every Night
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Becky Sue Epstein |
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Start at 14. Most guys probably start around then, just not officially. But if you’re seriously interested in the spirits business—as opposed to just drinking—you can become a Brand Ambassador and ... |
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January 13, 2011
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Galliano L'Autentico
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Becky Sue Epstein |
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When I was young, I eyed the long, tall, yellow Galliano liqueur bottle with suspicion, when I saw it on people’s home bars. Rather than a mark of sophistication, I looked at it as a demonstration of ... |
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December 22, 2010
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Averna Amaro dal 1868
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Becky Sue Epstein |
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Averna. The word reminds me of taverna. In my mind, there’s group of us lingering over coffee at the end of a long, particularly warm day early spring. We’re in a little town west of Palermo, in a ... |
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September 26, 2010
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Courvoisier Updates Image with Connoisseur Collection
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New York Barfly |
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Courvoisier is changing things up with the launch of three new Cognacs. First up is their Connoisseur Collection. These two new labels will start hitting shelves in October, and aim to stand out with ... |
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August 02, 2010
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Kanon Vodka Launches, Jello Shots in Tow
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New York Barfly |
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When spirit brands launch, they hire bartenders to showcase the product. It’s rare that a liquor company comes up with something so inventive – and so tasty – as Kanon Vodka’s “Reverse Mojito”. This ... |
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July 12, 2010
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Smirnoff Splashes Down with Mango and Peach
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New York Barfly |
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It’s flavored vodka mania! During the past few months, we’ve witnessed the launch of countless vodka concoctions. Absolut has their Berry Acai, Three Olives now slings a bubble gum label, Ciroc is in ... |
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June 07, 2010
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Decoding the Shaker Face.
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New York Barfly |
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What does your shaker face say about you? That’s the question that one cheeky website asks. Shaker Faces ( www.shakerfaces.com ) thinks that you can learn a lot about your bartender from the face that ... |
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May 25, 2010
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Get Ready For Maker’s 46
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New York Barfly |
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The folks down at the Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto, Kentucky have only ever made one thing. Until now. A new label from Maker’s Mark is on the way to the market. Deemed Maker’s 46, this spirit ... |
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May 11, 2010
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A Bar Bottles their Mixers for Retail
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New York Barfly |
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Most high-end New York cocktail bars make their ingredients in house, but only one is getting ready to bottle their mixtures and sell them retail. The West Village’s Employees Only restaurant is set ... |
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April 19, 2010
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A $1,000 Mint Julep, For a Good Cause
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New York Barfly |
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This year’s Kentucky Derby is May 1st, and you’re going to need something to put your mint julep in. Tiffany & Co. has created a special receptacle to commemorate the race. They’ve made 73 silver ... |
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April 10, 2010
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How to Make Tequila
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The Liquid Muse |
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The Liquid Muse takes a trip to Jalisco to find out how tequila is made at Jose Cuervo. Find more at TheLiquidMuse.com. |
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April 05, 2010
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New York Gets a Cocktail Festival
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New York Barfly |
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Everyone summer, cocktail lovers and industry professionals flock to New Orleans for Tales of the Cocktail. This year, New York is trying to create their own world-class libation festival. Spirits ... |
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March 22, 2010
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The Magic of Agave Nectar
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New York Barfly |
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In the span of a few months, a new ingredient has found its place behind many of New York’s top notch bars. Agave Nectar, made from the heart of the tequila producing plant, is replacing simple syrup ... |
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February 22, 2010
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The Scotch and Curling Connection
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New York Barfly |
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With the Olympics well under way, alcohol companies and bars are using some innovative marketing to ride on the coattails of the winter games. Gold medal martinis and Olympic drinking specials are ... |
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February 08, 2010
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Shochu, The Next Big Thing?
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New York Barfly |
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New York drinkers have seen a trend of single spirit bars dominating the cocktail scene. The city’s drinking public has moved on from wine and beer bars, they now head to Tequila or Rum focused spots. ... |
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January 25, 2010
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Angostura Bitters Shortage Affects Cocktail Boom
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New York Barfly |
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Cocktail makers might have to ration the dashes of bitters in their recipes due to a looming shortage of the popular Angostura brand. Word has it that distributors and sales reps are running low on ... |
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December 28, 2009
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Another Jägermeister Competitor Enters the Ring
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New York Barfly |
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Spirits companies have been hard at work trying to come up with their own proprietary herbal blends to counter the long time dominance of Jägermeister. In 2008, Hungarian liqueur Zwack was released to ... |
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November 30, 2009
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Ardmore Online: A Decades Old Scotch Goes Digital
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New York Barfly |
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Spirits companies are seeking new ways to engage consumers in the digital age. For Ardmore, a Single Malt Scotch Whisky, this meant going 3-D. No, not donning the funny glasses and watching ... |
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