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Deck the Halls with Less-Frizzled Hosts

by Guest Mixologist

This is the time of year when the calendar pages for the next few months are red-lined with parties, making December through January look like they’re on fire.

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Wines That Rock For the Holidays and After

by Rachel Halpren

There's a trend for celebrities, alive and dead, to have their own wine labels. These wines are fun and make a great gift to bring for a party. This is important as we enter fall and the party season. I know that we are often scratching our heads as to a fun and appropriate gift to bring to a party. There is the added pressure given that we right about wine and booze.

We have recently been exploring the rock-n-roll labels. Honestly, it's been pretty fun. We didn't have high expectations about the wines given that the focus was on the bottle. But, we weren't disappointed. The quality varied but none of them were bad or undrinkable. In fact, most of them were pretty good.

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Happy Repeal Day – aka Cinco de Drinko

by Rachel Halpren

Today marks the 80th Anniversary of the implementation of the 21st Amendment, also known as Repeal Day (for repealing the disastrous 18th Amendment, which went into effect on January 17, 1920). Make sure you enjoy a tipple today to celebrate!

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Drink More Whiskey – Book Review

by Rachel Halpren

In Drink More Whiskey, Mr. Yaffee takes a new approach to examining the spirit that is fun, witty and bordering on irreverant. Mr. Yaffee doesn't write a dissertation on whiskey in his book. Instead, it's written as he speaks, as though Mr. Yaffee were discussing the topic with friends. Believe it or not, it's a somewhat novel approach in the drinks book category. You generally see technical dissertations or cocktail books.

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Creating Interactions With Bar Rescue’s John Taffer

by Jonas Halpren

John Taffer is the President of Bar & Nightclub Media and the Host of Spike TVs Bar Rescue (new episodes start October 6th!). I sat down (ok, had a call) with Mr. Taffer recently to discuss the new season of Bar Rescue and his years in the bar business. John has been creating and running bars for over 35 years. To say the least, he's seen it all.

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Jacob’s Ghost White Whiskey Review
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