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Alcohol: Is it really good for you?
Source: BBC News

Well,people are going to read this with a peg anyway.

Alternate headlines, the CNN edition
Source: Media Matters for America

Media Matters provides a great example of CNN and it's bias headlines.

Nun Arrested, Charged With Drinking And Driving
Source: wpix.com

A Long Island nun is facing drunken driving charges after police say she polished off a half bottle of gin and hit the road for a wild joyride that nearly killed a group

Having pesto? What's your drink?
Source: Savannah Morning News

Victoria Brett offers suggestions on what drinks go well with a pesto sauce.

Gin - The Incredible Dancing Dog
Source:

This is one talented dog. This video blows everybody away that I know who's seen it.

Misery loves TV Unhappy people watch lots more toob. But it doesn't stop there
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Anyway, they don't say, in this cute and obvious new study, what everyone already knows: that there's an entire universe of unhappy things that unhappy people also indulge in besides watching way too much TV, and perhaps those things are all interrelated, and it might be worth ex …

Kitchen Gin: Wine + Spirits + Beer : gourmet.com
Source: gourmet.com

Yes, you CAN make gin at home (Just like your grandparents did during Prohibition.)

Queen Mother 'pack gin' note sold
Source: BBC News

A note in which the Queen Mother asked her aide to pack gin and Dubonnet has sold for £16,000 - well over the expected £3,000.

Top 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die
Source: tastybooze.com

Even booze hounds need to have goals in life so, I decided to come up with a list of the 10 things that every true drinker should accomplish before they die. Not every item on the list requires drinking massive quantities of alcohol.

No, Really, It Was Tough: 4 People, 80 Martinis - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Top martini drinkers sample 20 gins in martini's to come up with Plymouth English Gin as the winner. Is it martini o'clock yet?

The 1688 invasion of Britain that's been almost erased from History.
Source: the Mail online

The fleet lay stretched out across the English Channel, mainsails billowing under an easterly wind, 20 ships in line abreast and 25 deep, filling the water between Dover and Calais. Crowds gathered on the white cliffs of the English coast to watch.

Putting the "In" in "Gin"
Source: Serious Eats

In case you've somehow missed all media coverage of drink trends in recent years, let me fill you in on something: gin is in. In today's Los Angeles Times, staff writer Betty Hallock notes the continuing fondness for the juniper spirit among bartenders nationwide.

Bluecoat American Dry Gin
Source: Serious Eats

One of the newest and most acclaimed gins to arrive is the Philadelphia-distilled Bluecoat. Described as an "American Dry" gin, Bluecoat uses organic juniper, citrus peels and other botanicals to create a crisp, bright spirit

Coming on Sloe
Source: Serious Eats

Chances are if you've had sloe gin in the United States, you've either been somewhat disappointed in the product, or young and exuberant enough that you didn't really care.

72 Things Guys Should Know About Drinking
Source: MSN

1. There is no such thing as a chocolate martini. 2. There is no shame in club soda and cranberry juice. 3. There is a reason for the scarcity of piano bars. 4.

Grandmother accused of giving 9-year-old shots of Gin
Source: Yahoo! News

Police said a 9-year-old girl told them her grandmother poured her two drinks from a gin bottle while she was watching TV...

Gin Blossoms
Source: Epicurious.com

Peter Meehan investigates the life and death of gin — and its 21st-century resurgence. Bon vivant Charles H. Baker, who ate and drank his way around the world in the first quarter of the 20th century, chronicled his adventure in the two-volume Gentleman's Companion.

Long Island Iced Tea Recipe

Ingredients: 1 part vodka 1 part tequila 1 part rum 1 part gin 1 part triple sec 1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix 1 splash Cola Directions:

In Las Vegas, the Drink Makes the Mayor
Source: The New York Times

For the record, the mayor of Las Vegas, Oscar B. Goodman, likes his martinis made with a big cup of gin, on the rocks and a couple of garlic-stuffed olives. Vermouth need not apply, and don't even talk to him about vodka.

Hip Sips- Behind the Scenes of Cocktail Creation

Cocktail development is equal parts art, alchemy and inspiration, as any mixologists worth their swizzle sticks can tell you.

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