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		<title>The future is now</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jul 2011 16:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please accept my apologies for the silence on this blog, but it is for good reason. Later this summer I will be opening my own bar here in Seattle, and it has been occupying most of my time. Once the bar is up and running, I plan to start blogging more regularly once again. In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=872&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>St-Germain Cocktails</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;m aware that most people that read my blog won&#8217;t require this help, I&#8217;ve created a small database of St-Germain cocktail recipes that is organized by spirit for those of you who are having difficulties trying to figure out what to do with your bottle of St-Germain. I&#8217;ve imaginatively named the site St-Germain Cocktails and it can be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=856&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Old Fashioned, Cubed and Syruped</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 00:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a bartender I find that I’m constantly being asked what my favorite cocktail is, to which I have always replied that I don’t have a favorite cocktail, but that what I truly enjoy is change and when I frequent my local watering hole it is a rare occasion indeed that I would order the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=823&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balvenie 17yr Madeira Cask &amp; Drinking at Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve decided to take this moment to opine on something that is dear to me: drinking well. Now while this will mean different things to different people at different times, today I want to talk about the selection of our spirits when we imbibe. While we are in a economic downturn right now, it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=813&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Combier, Haiti and the Blood and Sand</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/combier-haiti-and-the-blood-and-sand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had in my possession for some time a bottling of Royal Combier Grande Liqueur, and while I had wanted to mention it, I wasn’t sure how to present it, as I’ve already discussed Combier’s other bottling and had compared it favorably to Cointreau in its use in cocktails. My first thought was to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=805&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bitter Truth to hit U.S. shores</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/bitter-truth-to-hit-u-s-shores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Big news for all you cocktail nuts out there: Bitter Truth bitters will become more readily available in the U.S. While one can always order them online from Cocktail Kingdom, it appears that one will soon be able to walk into their nearest speciality store and get Bitter Truth bitters at a reasonable price (as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=792&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Service Announcement</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/public-service-announcement-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The folks at magnificentbastard.com have embarked on a quest to invent a new cocktail called the Magnificent Bastard and are asking mixologists and drink enthusiasts for worthy recipes. In exchange, the winning entrant will receive all the glory for inventing a new cocktail plus a $500 shopping spree at kegworks.com. All the info and entry form is here: http://www.magnificentbastard.com/features/magnificent-bastard-cocktail<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=788&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Xmas Shopping Continued&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/xmas-shopping-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To continue with the holiday shopping theme of late, here are a couple of suggestions for the cocktailian in your life that has everything. First off, why not get them a bottle of tequila that they&#8217;re sure not to open: one of 1800’s beautiful artist designed bottles? I wrote about this last year, and it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=776&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Carre and Xante</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/le-carre-and-xante/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I’d received a bottle of Xanté from a PR firm, and while it wasn’t in quite the seductive packaging that my fellow writer Jeffrey received his in, I found it worthy of mentioning, which brings me to the keyboard this evening. A luscious copper hue, I opened the bottle expecting to find a sample [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=766&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Xmas Scotch</title>
		<link>http://spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com/2009/12/02/xmas-scotch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 06:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Boudreau</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s getting to be that time of year again, so I thought that I’d give you some ideas for Xmas presents for that Scotch drinker in your life. Without further ado: Talisker 25-Year-Old (SRP $199.99) This highly praised, award-winning single malt is matured in American and European Oak refill casks and is an extremely limited [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=spiritsandcocktails.wordpress.com&amp;blog=558043&amp;post=752&amp;subd=spiritsandcocktails&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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