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Pabst Blue Ribbon Sales up 25% in 2009 (Prices, Too)

Pabst Blue Ribbon Sales up 25% in 2009 (Prices, Too)

The hipster backlash has begun! Per Advertising Age : For starters, PBR isn’t that cheap any more. The brand hiked prices this year, and a case of PBR now costs $1.50 more than MillerCoors’ Keystone, $1 more than Anheuser-Busch’s Busch... 

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Hanky Panky Cocktail

Hanky Panky Cocktail

This awesome cocktail has strange name with mysterious etymology, great story and elegant old-school composition – main alcohol (gin), vermouth and Ferne-Branca as bitter. This awesome cocktail has strange name with mysterious etymology, great... 

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Yamazaki 1984 Whiskey

Yamazaki 1984 Whiskey

With just 300 bottles coming to the U.S. this fall, odds are good you are not going to be drinking any of Suntory’s Yamazaki 1984 vintage whiskey — the first vintage-dated whiskey the company has released in the U.S. And that’s a shame,... 

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Hands-On: Apollo Single-Serving Blender and Grinder

Hands-On: Apollo Single-Serving Blender and Grinder

Smoothies for one? Smoothies for one? Who wants to break out the giant blender, then clean up the mess afterwards, just for a single-serve drink? Enter Tribest’s Apollo AP-200, a pint-size blender with vessels that let you mix drinks or grind... 

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Fernet Cocktail

Fernet Cocktail

This very interesting cocktail was found in the Coctails and Mixed Drinks by Anthony Hogg . This very interesting cocktail was found in the Coctails and Mixed Drinks by Anthony Hogg. Elegant and delicious composition of brandy and Fernet-Branca. Actually,... 

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Jefferson’s Presidential Select 17 Year Old Bourbon

Jefferson’s Presidential Select 17 Year Old Bourbon

Produced in the final years of the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, this high-end bourbon rounds out the Jefferson’s line of Kentucky whiskeys, though supplies will be limited, to say the least. Plus, it’s Jefferson’s Presidential... 

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Volga Boatman

Volga Boatman

This cocktail with amazing russian-sound name – Volga Boatman – has classic composition – vodka (as main alcogol), cherry-brandy liqueur (as sweetener) and orange juice (for diluting). You may find another recipe with kirsch instead... 

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Super-Cheap Winepod on the Way

Super-Cheap Winepod on the Way

The Winepod gizmo I used to create my own Chateau de Null may no longer be for sale — a victim of the recession that made $4,500 DIY wine urns a tough sell — but former CEO Greg Snell has a new trick up his sleeve : A $500, stripped-down... 

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2005 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley

2005 Silver Oak Cabernet Sauvignon Alexander Valley

Recent vintages of Silver Oak have not really impressed me, and that’s sad — in the ’90s, Silver Oak was one of the most reliable wines you could buy… and you paid for that reliability, too. But then the ’00s came along... 

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El Grado Tequila Reposado

El Grado Tequila Reposado

Released this summer, El Grado is a new, ultrapremium, 100 percent agave tequila to arrive on U.S. shelves. Available in the three traditional expressions (and mainly in Texas for now), we got our hands on the reposado for a sample. Released this summer,... 

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