Raised Spirits

It's that time of year again, so I thought I'd provide a few updates in the area of holiday gift ideas for anyone that is still hunting for that perfect gift. I stick by the suggestions I made in my post last year, so rather than go through in quite so much detail, this time around I'm going to focus on new, or newly discovered, products that have caught my eye as gift ideas.Books:There have been several worthwhile reads that have caught my eye in this past year. Perhaps tops among t

Happy Repeal Day 2011!

Published on 2011-12-05 06:00:00

Today, December 5th, marks the 78th anniversary of the repeal of the 21st Amendment, also known as Repeal Day! For those of you in Boston, LUPEC Boston is hosting a Repeal Day Bash tonight to honor the occasion - more details here. Other Boston area festivities include a celebratory dinner at Church and another Rowes Warf Sea Grille. Failing that, you can always make your own celebration by visiting a your local tavern of choice or just hoisting one back at home.

Bitters in the City

Published on 2011-11-29 06:00:00

This past week, I took advantage of my usual southward migration for the Thanksgiving (to CT, that is), to stop off in New York to do a little visiting of friends and places. During this trip, I managed to stop in at Amor y Amargo, a relatively new experiment from the makers of the Bittermen's brand bitters and Ravi DeRossi, the mind behind a number of high end cocktail bars including the wonderful Death & Company, which conveniently enough is right down the street from Amor y Amargo d

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