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  1. Booze News
    Is Congress on the Cusp of Making Alcohol Cheaper?A new bill would reduce the liquor tax.
    By Clint Rainey
  2. Random Acts of Wineness
    A Millionaire Calling Herself ‘Secret Somm’ Randomly GivesSo far, the mysterious person has given away 75 bottles worth more than $4,000.
    By Clint Rainey
  3. Booze News
    The Hard Stuff: 5 Liquors to Drink This WinterWhether in a cocktail, straight from your bar cart, or out on the town.
    By Mary Jane Weedman
  4. Booze News
    Japanese Whisky Wins ‘World’s Best’ TitleAn industry authority calls the newly released rankings a “wake-up call” for Scotch makers.
    By Clint Rainey
  5. Booze News
    A New Study Confirms We’re Entering a ‘Golden Age’ of BourbonIt expects investments totaling $800 million over the next five years.
    By Clint Rainey
  6. Simply the Best
    How Pappy Van Winkle Became King of the WhiskeysAnd why it could be even better in the future.
    By Paul Wachter
  7. Booze News
    Brooklyn Now Has Its Very Own Artisanal ScotchThough it’s still made in Scotland.
    By Vanita Salisbury
  8. Booze News
    Whole Foods Columbus Circle Got a Liquor License, Plans Cocktails for ShoppersOver in Brooklyn, the Gowanus store got its application shot down.
    By Clint Rainey
  9. Grub Guides
    Spirited Away: The Japanese Whisky You Should Be Drinking Right NowThis is the time to learn about — and drink — Japanese whisky.
    By Jordana Rothman
  10. Sloshed
    Sloshed: 10 Putrid Drinks You Might Actually LoveGet ready to embrace the next level of serious imbibing.
    By Matthew Latkiewicz
  11. Vive Le Pesticide!
    Burgundy Winemaker Fined $41K for Not Using PesticidesSo much for France’s claims to reduce pesticide use.
    By Belle Cushing
  12. Party Politics
    Right-Leaning Group Tries to Discredit Left by Claiming Liberals Prefer VodkaDo tea-party people drink oolong or what?
    By Belle Cushing
  13. Sloshed
    Sloshed: How to Get Drunk With Your Family This ChristmasProperly deploy a few key techniques and you can have a drunken blast with your family (instead of hearing about your uncle’s knee surgery, yet again).
    By Matthew Latkiewicz
  14. Booze News
    Eighteenth-Century Rum Made by Slaves Breaks Records at Christie’s AuctionThe bottles alone would sell for thousands on eBay.
    By Belle Cushing
  15. I Love Scotch
    Anchorman 2 Gets Its Own Ron Burgundy Scotchy ScotchIt has a nose of rich mahogany, and on the palate, bits of real panther, so you know it’s good.
    By Belle Cushing
  16. Rye Bother
    Reward For Missing Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Surges to $10,000Or, two bottles’ worth.
    By Hugh Merwin
  17. Stiff Drinks
    Authorites Closing in on Pappy Van Winkle ThiefExpect a “significant announcement” next Monday afternoon.
    By Hugh Merwin
  18. Alcohol Problems
    $113,000 Worth of Booze Stolen in Massive British Liquor HeistThat’s one enormous, disgusting cocktail.
    By Belle Cushing
  19. Booze News
    Style and Substance: 7 Outstanding Cocktail Menus That Nail Their DesignsEven as drinks get more complicated, bars across America are nailing their menu designs.
    By Robert Simonson
  20. Booze News
    Red Stripe Markets Raspberry Beer to Young WomenIt’s not called “Hot Pink Stripe.”
    By Belle Cushing
  21. Bookshelf
    New York State Gets Two Whole Pages in World Atlas of WineThat’s a lot.
    By Belle Cushing
  22. Booze News,
    Soon, There Won’t Be Enough Wine to Go AroundChina holds the corkscrew to the future.
    By Belle Cushing
  23. Bourbon Bandits
    Pappy ‘Person of Interest’ Is High School Principal, Says He’sHubbard says he’s been wrongly fingered in connection to the theft of many, many fingers of the rare booze.
    By Hugh Merwin
  24. Beer Me
    The World’s Strongest Beer Is 67.5 Percent AlcoholRemember to sip.
    By Belle Cushing
  25. Bourbon Bandits
    Here’s a Person of Interest in the Case of the Stolen Pappy Van WinklePolice have ruled out Jim Beam and Jack Daniel.
    By Hugh Merwin
  26. Bourbon Bandits
    Someone Stole 65 Cases of Ultra-Rare Pappy Van Winkle WhiskeyThe worst-case scenario has just occurred.
    By Hugh Merwin
  27. Rulings
    Anheuser-Busch Can’t Sell ‘Budweiser’ in ItalyA court rules the Czech Republic’s Budejovicky Budvar can use the famous name.
    By Belle Cushing
  28. Profiles
    Wild Man: Meet New York’s Hottest Cider ProducerAndy Brennan started making hard cider because it was cheaper than buying beer.
    By Geoffrey Gray
  29. Spoiler Alert
    That Breaking Bad Cameo Didn’t Help Dimple Pinch SalesClerks around the country tell Grub Street that sales have increased … not at all since Sunday’s penultimate ‘Breaking Bad’ episode.
    By Khushbu Shah
  30. Video Feed
    Dewar’s Taps Charles Bukowski Poem to Sell ScotchIf the writer whose words you’re pulling for your booze ad was a notorious alcoholic, don’t do it.
    By Belle Cushing
  31. Warnings
    Oktoberfest Bartenders Warned Not to Skimp on PoursDon’t make the cops call the Kreisverwaltungsrefera.
    By Belle Cushing
  32. Booze News
    Hillary Clinton’s Nonxistent Presidential Campaign Gets Its Own WineClinton Vineyards (no relation) launches Victory White.
    By Belle Cushing
  33. Sloshed
    Sloshed: An Actual Formula for Perfect MartinisWe’ve reexamined the king of drinks and come up with a better way to mix them.
    By Matthew Latkiewicz
  34. Booze News
    Coolest Judge in the World Rules It’s Okay to Drink in Apartment-BuildingTime to whip up a batch of elevator mai tais.
    By Belle Cushing
  35. Booze News
    Chicago’s Reviled-Yet-Beloved Malört Will Soon Be Available in NYCA version of the strongly flavored liqueur that’s native to the Windy City will soon hit liquor-store shelves in New York.
    By Roger Kamholz
  36. Interviews
    Hanson — Yes, That Hanson — on Their New Beer, MmmhopsSeriously! It’s a real beer!
    By Rebecca Milzoff
  37. Sloshed
    The Sloshed Guide to Saying CheersHow to perfectly execute the most sophisticated of our drinking traditions….
    By Matthew Latkiewicz
  38. Booze News
    State Senate Says Private Booze Sales Are a Low PriorityDwundling tax revenues and the lack of a budget plan are a much higher priority.
    By Collin Keefe
  39. Booze News
    Of Course There’s a Juice-Cleanse Cocktail Now — And It Sounds GreatIs tequila any healthier if you add kale, cilantro, pineapple and ginger?
    By Amber Gibson
  40. Booze News
    Since That Proposed Soda Tax Went Over So Well, the City’s Now Floating aThe proposed five percent increase to the already burdensome ten percent “liquor-by-the-drink” tax is designed to raise money for the School Reform Commission.
    By Collin Keefe
  41. Booze News
    Latest LCB Privatization Plan Will Keep State’s Liquor Stores OpenThough changes were plenty, the proposal passed committee and could go to the House for vote this week.
    By Collin Keefe
  42. Booze News
    Liquor License Denied For Great Balls on Tires’ Brick and MortarPlans are soundly dashed to bring booze into a building that shelters and treats former Skid Row residents.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  43. Booze News
    Ten Outstanding Irish Whiskeys That Aren’t JamesonEven though Jameson is synonymous with Irish whiskey, the country actually turns out plenty of lovely bottles.
    By Jordana Rothman
  44. Booze News
    Here We Go Again: Plans Introduced to Privatize the State’s Liquor StoresThe latest plan to get Pennsylvania out of the booze business met resistance before it hit the Governor’s desk.
    By Collin Keefe
  45. Freebies
    Free Boozy Punch at The Varnish on SundayThe Downtown haunt won “Best American Cocktail Bar” last summer.
    By Hadley Tomicki
  46. Booze News
    New Jersey Issues Its First Distillation License Since ProhibitionJersey Artisan Distilling will begin rolling out rum some time this coming spring.
    By Collin Keefe
  47. Flips Ahoy!
    Beyond Cocktail: The History, and Future, of Flair BartendingFlair bartending hasn’t disappeared. It’s merely retreated to the fringes, where it is still practiced by a dedicated few.
    By Jordana Rothman
  48. Booze News
    Liquor Store Privatization Plan Doesn’t Add Up For SchoolsWe knew it wouldn’t be long until the other shoe dropped in this latest chapter of the privatization saga.
    By Collin Keefe
  49. Booze News
    Now Liquor Store Privatization Will Generate $1 Billion for Public SchoolsThe latest plan calls for turning over money raised from auctioning off liquor licenses to public schools.
    By Collin Keefe
  50. Booze News
    Outgoing LCB Chief to Get the Last LaughHis return to the booze board as a consultant is totally legal and legit.
    By Collin Keefe
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