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	<title>Booze Muse &#187; Spirits Just Sound Happy, Don&#8217;t They?</title>
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		<title>Unconventional Drinking: &#8220;Working&#8221; the floor at The New York Bar and Wine Show</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2010/07/08/unconventional-drinking-working-the-floor-at-the-new-york-bar-and-wine-show/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ernest Barteldes
The New York Bar and Wine Show, an annual two-day convention that takes place at Midtown Manhattan&#8217;s Jacob Javits Convention Center, showcases what&#8217;s new in the beverage industry, from special registers wirelessly attached to bottles (to better control the drinks sold) to novelties like a Russian roulette-style game wherein a plastic revolver has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skip the Caipiroska: Brazilian cachaca brand defends its national spirit</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2010/04/15/skip-the-caipiroska-brazilian-cachaca-brand-defends-its-national-spirit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cachaca]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leblon]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ernest Barteldes
While living in Brazil, I remember ordering caipirinhas (the famous national cocktail made with muddled lime, sugar and cachaça) at restaurants and bars, and I was hit with the inevitable question: “de cachaça ou de vodka” (“Do you want it made with cachaça or vodka?”).
At the time, I didn’t think much of it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Boozehound Strikes Back: Why Drinks Over Dearborn needs to be saved</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/09/01/the-boozehound-strikes-back-why-drinks-over-dearborn-needs-to-be-saved/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/09/01/the-boozehound-strikes-back-why-drinks-over-dearborn-needs-to-be-saved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spirits Just Sound Happy, Don't They?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Fine Art of Mixology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wine is Poetry in a Bottle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alinea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpana Singh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cap Rock]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Check Please!]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kyle McHugh]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Raleigh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Violet Hour]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Michael Nagrant
“Second floor retail is murder,” says Kyle McHugh, aka “The Boozehound” and owner of boutique wine, beer and spirits retailer Drinks Over Dearborn (DOD). Though McHugh learned this truism in business school, he opened DOD on the second floor of an old office building called The Raleigh on Dearborn between Erie and Ontario [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mark your calendars: National Lemonade Day is August 20</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/08/05/mark-your-calendars-national-lemonade-day-is-august-20/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/08/05/mark-your-calendars-national-lemonade-day-is-august-20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drinking Events (yes, redundant, we know)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chambord]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Citizen Bar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Luxbar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three Olives Vodka]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://boozemuse.com/?p=237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We know, we hadn&#8217;t heard of it either. But when we did, we thought, brilliant! Then we thought, vodka.
Thanks to the folks at Luxbar for bringing this to our attention. You&#8217;ll find us there come August 20. (But if others are doing similar promotions, let us know and we&#8217;ll add them to the list.)
LUXBAR CELEBRATES [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Infusing the Classics: Turning the fruits of summer into all-season savors</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/07/14/infusing-the-classics-turning-the-fruits-of-summer-into-all-season-savors/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/07/14/infusing-the-classics-turning-the-fruits-of-summer-into-all-season-savors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Lynch</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bars of Summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirits Just Sound Happy, Don't They?]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jonathan Silverstein
Somewhere along the line, I discovered that I had both a talent for mixing cocktails and a tragically low tolerance for alcohol. After a few regrettable experiments, which I cannot remember but my former friends cannot forget, I decided to devote myself to the pursuit of quality over quantity.
The big obstacle I kept [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Cocktails, story already in progress</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/06/13/the-art-of-cocktails-story-already-in-progress/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/06/13/the-art-of-cocktails-story-already-in-progress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new cocktail menu at Sepia, curated by Joshua Pearson &#38; Peter Vestinos
libations
sidecar à la grecque   11
metaxa 7, navan, cointreau, lemon juice, oregano
rites of spring   11
cutty sark blended scotch, lavender simple syrup, canton ginger liqueur, lemon juice, benedictine rinse
high road   12
rittenhouse rye, thatcher’s organic blueberry liqueur, st. germain elderflower liqueur, lemon juice, house made green [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stantz-ing in Line: Dan Aykroyd visits the South Loop</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/04/04/stantz-ing-in-line-dan-aykroyd-visits-the-south-loop/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/04/04/stantz-ing-in-line-dan-aykroyd-visits-the-south-loop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 15:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all the celebrities who endorse a premium line of liquor, Dan Aykroyd isn&#8217;t usually the first that comes to mind. Yet that doesn&#8217;t keep a few hundred of his fans from zigzagging through the wine section at the South Loop Binny&#8217;s. The SNL alum is promoting his new premium vodka Crystal Head, which comes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taste of Brazil: Brazil&#8217;s cachaça is no longer a poor man’s drink</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2009/01/20/taste-of-brazil-brazils-cachaca-is-no-longer-a-poor-man%e2%80%99s-drink/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2009/01/20/taste-of-brazil-brazils-cachaca-is-no-longer-a-poor-man%e2%80%99s-drink/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomnewcity</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ernest Barteldes
While I was living in Brazil as an adult in the 1990s, the liquor known as cachaça was regarded as a poor man&#8217;s drink found only in corner botecos (dive bars) where a shot could be purchased for as little as fifty cents. Broke youngsters and college students would buy a cheap bottle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tastings: Cointreau Noir</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2008/12/22/tastings-cointreau-noir/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2008/12/22/tastings-cointreau-noir/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Product: Cointreau Noir
The Premise: A &#8220;society marriage:&#8221; Cointreau blended with Remy Martin cognac

The Tasters and their Qualifications: Erica, Debbie, Brent, Brian and Jan, the self-anointed &#8220;drinking lightweight who never gives up.&#8221; Total years of legal drinking experience: 101
The Packaging: A bright copper metallic bottle announces the product with stylish elegance.

Tasters rated the following on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tastings: Rubi Rey Reserve Rum</title>
		<link>http://boozemuse.com/2008/12/22/tastings-rubi-rey-reserve-rum/</link>
		<comments>http://boozemuse.com/2008/12/22/tastings-rubi-rey-reserve-rum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brianhey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Rum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Product: Rubi Rey Reserve Rum
The Premise: A single barrel finished white rum that’s aged on the coast of northern Puerto Rico and then later filtered for “clarity.”
The Tasters and Their Qualifications: Emily (works at a nursing home, so drinks a lot), Megan (can’t stop drinking), Marcus (“I don’t drink swill, even if it’s free”), [...]]]></description>
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