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For Showing Off: The Handmade Kaufmann Mercantile Flask

Yolanda Evans — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:00:26 +0000

Ostensibly, task of the flask is to keep the swigging of liquor discreet, so even more of a reason to make use of a canteen that’s of discerning taste. One such vessel? The gorgeous, sexy, how-can-you-possibly-want-to-hide-this-thing-away Handmade Copper Flask by Kaufmann Mercantile. Ok, so maybe having a flask that taunts you to show it off isn’t helping the cause of discretion, but

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Tanqueray Malacca is Back…For Now

Yolanda Evans — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 16:23:46 +0000

There’s a gin relaunch that’s putting us in a fizz over here…Tanqueray Malacca. Never heard of it? That’s ok, it was only briefly sold in the US back in 1997, became a cult favorite among bartenders but was killed in 2001 as gin fell out of favor. So just what’s so special about this gin? Find

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3 Celebrity Wines For the Holidays

Yolanda Evans — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 18:30:25 +0000

Celebrities make great wine connoisseurs. Why not? They’ve got cash to buy the good stuff (maybe even their own personal sommelier), and if they can manage to stay on their game, after a few years they’ll have been inundated with the creme de la creme of everything in the world. For free. Including the best

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Plantation 3 Stars: A White Rum To Get You Through Winter

Yolanda Evans — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:37:03 +0000

Ok, so white rum is nothing new. Almost all the rum companies have one, but there’s something utterly special about Plantation 3 Stars. In a technique only performed by spirit masters Cognac Ferrand, this spirit uses the very best aged rums from around the Caribbean and Latin America that are then brought back to

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Savor the Season Uptown

Yolanda Evans — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:01:51 +0000

If you love good food and want to hang out with some talented chefs, then you won’t want to miss the First Annual Savor the Season Uptown on September 18 at Dinosaur Bar-B-Que in Harlem. Harvest Home along with world-renowned chefs Marcus Samuelsson and Nils Noren will be hosting this culinary event to benefit Harvest

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Fashion Week Break: Barrel Aged Cocktails

Yolanda Evans — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:41:33 +0000

Fine whiskey just gets better with age. And the same can now be said about cocktails as the latest trend of barrel aged cocktails is sweeping the nation. Bar menus from New York to San Francisco are being filled with aged cocktails like the Negroni, Manhattan and other classics drinks that will come out the

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THE NEWEST FLAVORED VODKAS

Yolanda Evans — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:37:33 +0000

It seems like just only yesterday that the only flavor vodkas that were on the market were mandarin orange and lemon. Today, the liquor market is being oversaturated with flavored vodka as spirit companies have release a range of flavors like cake, peanut butter, bacon, chocolate and the list goes on. In fact, it’s one

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Sazerac: The Cocktail Of New Orleans

Yolanda Evans — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:49:48 +0000

New Orleans natives say that hurricanes are for tourists and sazeracs are for the locals. Considering that the Big Easy is the birthplace of what most consider America’s first cocktail, locals take their love of the Sazerac to heart. This cocktail is so beloved that in 2008 the Louisiana legislature proclaimed Sazerac the “Official cocktail

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