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THE MR. BOSTON APP

THE MR. BOSTON website has now been made into an app, available for both iOS and Android users.  In 2O16 the company launched mrbostondrinks.com with every recipe from the Mr. Boston Official Bartender Guide since the first edition was printed in 1935.  In total, 1O,54O historical recipes have been digitized,...
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PARTYING OPOSSUMS

OPOSSUMS, as it turns out, enjoy a drink . . . or three. Well, one intrepid opossum in particular that is. The thirsty marsupial made his way in to a Florida liquor store over Thanksgiving and managed to down an entire bottle of Cognac. A liquor store employee found the...
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THERE ARE NO RHÔNE WINES FROM MOËT

FOR THE RECORD, Moët Hennessy does not produce any wine from the Rhône.  Therefore it was surprising for the company to learn that a Chinese wine company was selling Rhône wines it claimed were made by Moët Hennessy.  The wines in question, purported to be Côtes du Rhône, were being...
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THE DAREDEVIL PARISIAN WHISKY HEIST

RARE WINE and spirits remain a top target for thieves who can re-sell their contraband on the black market for staggering prices. The most recent heist happened in November in Paris and is considered to be one of the largest whisky thefts on record. A team of burglars struck at...
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EMOTIONS & LIBATIONS

A DRINK IS A DRINK, right? Well yes and no.  While a 12-ounce beer, 5.5-ounce glass of wine and 1.5-ounce shot of whiskey (for instance) are all considered equal in terms of alcohol content, a new study shows that the effect they have on us differs in terms of emotions. ...
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CANCER FIGHTING ALCOHOL JELLY

WHEN IT COMES to research involving alcohol and health they are usually related to benefits derived from consuming beer, wine or spirits. Now a new study shows that using pure alcohol just may be successful at killing cancer cells. A jelly-like implant filled with pure alcohol could be a powerful...
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THE WORLD’S OLDEST WINE

THERE’S VINTAGE WINE and then there’s old wine. Really, really old wine. Wine that was around before the pyramids of Egypt old. Of course it’s just traces of wine so not drinkable but still, it’s very old! Eight thousand-year-old earthenware jars containing residual wine compounds were recently found in two...
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CHEESE WINE GLASSES . . . THEY’RE A THING

LAST YEAR saw the introduction of Cheez Whiz glasses – little shot glasses carved out of cheese designed to hold a shot of wine.  Although it was widely mocked the fad still went viral on social media.  Things have been taken up a notch this year with the limited release...
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STELLA PINOT GRIGIO

    The Pinot Grigio is now available in 3L box format and 25Oml single-serve cans.  Suggested retail is $25 for the box and $13 for a 4-pack of cans. AVAILABLE FROM Winebow

SAMUEL ADAMS 2O17 UTOPIAS

The 1Oth vintage of the Utopias is a blend of batches, some having been aged up to 24 years in a variety of barrels.  A portion of the freshly brewed beer is aged in single-use bourbon casks from Buffalo Trace Distillery while the rest is aged in a variety of...
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