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Horizon Beverage Brings Broken Shed Vodka To Massachusetts

Broken Shed Distilleries announced that Horizon Beverage Company has expanded their relationship with Broken Shed and will now be distributing, the award winning, GMO, additive- free, sugar free and gluten-free vodka from New Zealand in Massachusetts effective August 1, 2018. New Zealand’s Broken Shed Vodka with its distinctive character and...
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MassPack Partners with Intellicheck on Age ID

Intellicheck, which specializes in identification authentication solutions, announced a partnership with the Massachusetts Package Stores Association to make Age ID available to its hundreds of members throughout the state. Age ID authenticates driver licenses and other forms of identification to prevent the use of altered and fake IDs when making...
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ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH: THE VESPER

VODKA has gotten something of a bad rep amongst the gatekeepers of the last decade’s cocktail renaissance. It became so dominant as the go-to tipple for modern drinkers that many of these recently enlightened mixologists shunned the stuff in protest, reaching for stronger spirits to build their drinks. In some...
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BEER 101+

Knowing a little bit about a subject tends to spark a desire to learn more. Whether a detail about the playing style of John Coltrane, the brushstroke methods of Georges Seurat, or the hand-eye coordination of Peyton Manning, a little extra knowledge adds a new level of appreciation and fun...
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ROSE

IT SEEMS LIKE many years ago now but for a long period of time there were few people in the US, respectable people that is, who wanted it known that they liked rosé. This was a wine category consumed primarily at home, so as to avoid stares. Marketers substituted euphemistic...
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MACDUFF What three things does drink provoke? PORTER Marry, sir, nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir, it provokes and unprovokes: it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance; therefore much drink may be said to be an equivocator with Lechery: it makes him, and it mars him; it...
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INDIA PALE ALE

INDIA PALE ALE was not always such a big deal. Hops were once anathema to what drinkers wanted. Whether in the form of bold aromas, citrusy and herbal flavors, or big, bold bitterness, American beer drinkers did not gravitate towards the hoppier end of the spectrum. During the earliest days...
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BARBARESCO

NEBBIOLO is certainly among the most enigmatic of grape varieties, far more “fickle” in nature, if one can even apply that word to a wine, and more site specific than Pinot Noir. Often spectacular in its home setting, the Langhe hills of Piemonte, interesting further north in the Norvara Vercelli...
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