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/19 Nov 2018
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Sebago Lake Distillery Introduces New Barrel Rested Portland Rum

Sebago Lake Distillery, Maine’s only craft distiller focused exclusively on producing rum, announced the debut of Barrel Rested Portland Rum. Portland Rum is the newest craft inspired, superlative rum to join the distiller’s range of super-premium offerings including Original Rum, KOPI Coffee Flavored Rum and Spider Island Rum. Sebago Lake’s...
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/09 Nov 2018
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A FITTING BOTTLE FOR THE CHAMPAGNE OF BEERS

Champagne dreams but a beer budget? Miller High Life has the solution to that. Sort of. The self-proclaimed “Champagne of Beers” will be available nationally through the holiday season in limited-edition 750ml Champagne-style bottles. Suggested retail price is just $3.49, significantly cheaper than virtually any sparkling wine. The bottles, which...
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/05 Nov 2015
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Moldova

AS WE SLURP through life, we are curious about unfamiliar wines.  Made from novel grape varietals grown in faraway places with strange-sounding names, handled by methods unconventional to us, they may offer flavor profiles that expand our horizons and stories that excite our imaginations.  Sometimes we find bargains.  So, when...
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/05 Nov 2015
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Pilsener

IN A WORLD so dominated by IPA, it is refreshing to see an old, much maligned classic make a serious comeback. From the very beginning of the craft beer movement, the pilsener style seemed destined to become a laughingstock, an also-ran in beer history. Seen as the antithesis of everything...
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/01 Oct 2015
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A DRINK WITH PETER SZIGETI

A DRINK WITH PETER SZIGETI BEVERAGE DIRECTOR • COMMITTEE BUDAPEST may be a long way from Boston, but that didn’t stop Peter Szigeti from taking a job as the Beverage Director at Committee, a new hotspot in the Seaport District. One of the restaurant’s owners (same team behind Cafeteria and...
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/01 Oct 2015
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THE ANTOINE SMILE

PUMPKIN BEER, spiked apple cider and cashmere sweaters are bound to make a proud New Englander smile. We came across the recipe for the fine Smile Cocktail, sometimes called Antoine’s Smile, while paging through the modern edition of Charles H. Baker’s work Jigger, Beaker and Glass. What better time to...
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/01 Oct 2015
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NEW WINE BOOKS WITH GRAVITAS

I’D LIKE TO SHARE with you today my impressions of four new wine books with gravitas, books that can be read, one in small portions at a time, and that you will want to keep for repeated dipping into. Two are expensive, but worth their investments. WINES OF FRANCE A...
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/01 Oct 2015
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HAMILTON RUSSELL PINOT NOIR

I was on a panel recently the topic of which was “Demystifying Wine”. A noble concept, I said, as far as it goes, but Pinot Noir is, in essence, a wine of mystery. Why? There is an “X” factor in a great bottle that resists explanation or reduction to a...
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/01 Sep 2015
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Setting The Record Straight

SO MUCH of what’s written about alcohol’s effects upon health is misleading. taking clues from three recent publications drawing applause for their good sense, I shall try to set the record straight. The misinformation mostly warns of the consequences dire of consuming even drops of alcohol. The media seek sensation...
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/01 Sep 2015
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AMER BIERE

AS SAVVY ARMCHAIR TRAVELERS, we LUPEC ladies know to look no further than our cocktail glasses to be whisked away to foreign lands. Fall may be on the horizon but the days are still long and warm, calling for refreshment of the Alsatian variety: a hefty glass of Amer Biere....
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