Ben Hanten

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The Best Gin You're Not Drinking

I love gin. While vodka's goal is to be colorless, odorless and tasteless, gin is infused will all kinds of botanicals and flavors to make you're drinking less boring. Plus gin usually clocks in between 88 and 95 proof, compared with vodka at 80 proof. 

Hendrick's Gin is a little harder to find and a little more expensive, but it's well worth the search.  Made in Scotland, it clocks in at 88 proof. And wile it has the usual botanical infusions of juniper, coriander and citrus peel, what makes Hendrick's so unique is the addition of cucumber and rose petals.  Find a bottle today!  It will probably cost you about $30 for a 750ml bottle.

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Posted August 31, 2009
 

Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler

For when one night of crying in a cold shower isn't enough, the Jägermeister 6-Bottle Shot Cooler puts six bottles of the licorice from hell on ice, making them accessible through a spigot that looks suitably impossible to properly sterilize. At $120, the price must look a bit steep to most college freshman. But this is your future we're talking about, people. Spare no expense. This college certainly isn't going to drop itself out. [Jägermeister via Uncrate via uberreview]

 

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Posted August 31, 2009
 

World's Oldest Bartender, 95, is Retiring in Pa.

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WEST VIEW, Pa. — Only minutes after Prohibition died in 1933, Angelo Cammarata, 19, served a 10-cent bottle of Fort Pitt beer to a customer in his father's neighborhood grocery.

Ever since, except for a 30-month hitch during World War II, the son of Italian immigrants has been tending bar and serving drinks. Guinness World Records dubbed him the longest-serving bartender a decade ago, and he's earned induction into Jim Beam's Bartender Hall of Fame and numerous other honors.

Now 95, he's calling it quits.


via the AP  http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iVcWJR1bFTRvp7n_S8_eGIjiDJjwD9AC1HU00

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Posted August 29, 2009
 

Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario

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Jose Cuervo, the world's oldest maker of tequila, celebrates 250 years with the Jose Cuervo 250 Aniversario bottle. Limited to 495 bottles at a cost of $2,250 each! Hand blown decanters and a custom box. Each box will also have a reproduction of the Spanish land grant for the original Cuervo agave plantation.

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Posted August 19, 2009
 

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Minneapolis Zombie Themed Bar

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Donny Dirk's Zombie Den is a zombie themed bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The stunning new interior comes straight out of a 1950s Las Vegas lounge (the classic part). The zombie stuff (i.e. the kitsch) is hilarious, and more nuanced than you'd expect from a bar named Donny Dirk's Zombie Den. In the corner, a small chainsaw sits inside a glass case that reads "In case of zombie attack, break glass." The bartenders all dress like Simon Pegg in "Shaun of the Dead" -- white button-up, red tie and blood stains. The friendly female servers wear long black gowns. Again: This is a classy zombie joint.

Zombie resurrection [startribune]

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Posted August 18, 2009
 

Booze Detector Reveals Purity Of Your Drink

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Seems like a great idea if you think your bar is watering down your drinks. But, unless you regularly drink JB, Havana Club, or one of the other four brands the device is familiar with, you have to go back to the old system - trust.

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Posted August 16, 2009