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  High-tech tippling

  26 December, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  People spend too much time staring at their phones at the bar. But if you're going to do it, you might as well be using boozy apps like these, all developed in the Boston area. BrewGene With so…

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  Think less, drink more: Resolutions to imbibe by

  26 December, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAKThe New Year is typically a chance to consider what came before and look ahead at what's to come. Or, in other words, to think about all the ways we've failed and lie to ourselves abou…

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  Southern sips

  12 December, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  A Facebook friend of mine has been posting a lot of photos from her trek through South America: stunning vistas, red lagoons, coral-filled seas, mountains of the finest Bolivian marching powder (proba…

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  An upside to downsizing

  12 December, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAKRemember when microbreweries were a thing? Old news. Now we're on to nanobreweries, those that put an even smaller supply of beer on the market. Among the latest entrants is Everett's …

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  Toast with the most

  28 November, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  What's the best part of any wedding? Well, besides love or whatever, I mean. It's the drinking, right? It's the experience of elbowing up to an open bar and drinking yourself sideways with your oldest…

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  Hidden hooch

  14 November, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JANICE CHECCHIO Finding quality spirits when you need them has never been easier. But there are still certain occasions that necessitate a little boozy smuggling. These Izola flasks, arriving a…

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  Root of the matter

  14 November, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Everyone likes root beer, right? It brings back fond memories of childhood - of big, frothy mugs of the stuff topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, of being a really chubby fifth grader. (Ah, the …

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  Drink it down

  31 October, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  The best drinking often happens underground. There's something primal about the experience that harks back to the first dark, dank, primitive watering holes. (Which, come to think of it, were literall…

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  Future classics

  17 October, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Over the past decade, we've seen the term "renaissance" used a lot to describe what's happening in the cocktail world: a return to old-school ways of thinking about how we're drinking, and a fonder ap…

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  Bitter truths

  03 October, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAKWe spend much of our time talking about alcohol in consideration of its form (its tastes, colors, and textures), but less frequently do we turn to its functions. The primary one is obv…

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  Cordially Yours

  19 September, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: Joel VeakThe laws regarding drinking in Massachusetts are a bit complicated. In fact, they're so Byzantine that many bars, particularly those without full liquor licenses, have a hard time u…

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  Glam glasses

  05 September, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  PHOTO BY JOEL VEAKIf there's one thing I've learned from heroic TV marathons spent on the couch, it's that in fashion, one day you're in, and the next day you're out. Sure, certain classics stay with …

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  Privateer practice: Meet a new rum distiller with very old roots

  22 August, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAKIn talking about rum, we're talking about Massachusetts history. In fact, we're talking about our country's history. (Does that mean downing a Hemingway Daiquiri is a show of patriotis…

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  Pop art: House-made sodas are raising the bar

  25 July, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAK There's really no delicate way of putting this, so I'll just come out and say it: if your default drink is an "and" drink, meaning a rum and Diet, say, or a Jack and ginger, then you …

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  Letter from the Editor: Liquid Issue 2011

  11 July, 2011 | Stuff We Love | Stuff Boston

  Photo: JANICE CHECCHIO When it comes to slaking our thirst in the summer heat, sometimes water just won't do. Every now and then, we need a cold beer, a chilled cocktail, or a pitcher of sangria to q…

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  Return to blender

  11 July, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAK Whether we're talking music, fashion, or cocktails, accurately predicting trend cycles is really quite simple. Here's the formula: 1) remember an old trend you haven't seen in a few …

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  Band-tenders

  27 June, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAK Bartenders are the new rock stars in Boston, at least if you consult magazines like this one, where more and more space is being devoted to the art of cocktail mixing instead of - wai…

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  Pitcher perfect

  13 June, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAK I've done a lot of thinking about this lately, and I may have finally figured out the best part about going out to a bar: drinking. You know what the worst part is? Standing there no…

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  Getting crafty: Small brewers find a big showcase

  30 May, 2011 | Liquid | Luke ONeil

  Photo: JOEL VEAK Watery beer from the back shelf of the corner packie is so last season. So says Matt Lambo of Nantucket's Cisco Brewers. "American craft beer is, in my experience, the hottest sectio…

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