From top left: Boston Shaker, Hawthorn Strainer, jigger, juicer, bar spoon, muddler, Libbey 3777. We've given you three cocktail recipes in our Mix it Up columns so far—but a fat lot of good they'll do if you don't have...
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[Photograph: Robyn Lee] This Friday, September 11th, kicks off the second annual NY Craft Beer Week, a celebration of local brews—and we couldn't be more excited. Along with the seminars, bar crawls, and tastings you might expect, a few...
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Pulque is made from fermented maguey nectar (maguey is a species of agave). You may recognize it from an episode of
No Reservations when Anthony Bourdain tried it in Mexico—or you've spotted it next to Coors Light at a Williamsburg market. Younger people are rediscovering the drink that had fallen into grandpa domain over the last half-century.
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A website devoted to drink freebies (or really cheapies) happening daily in New York. The guys behind myopenbar.com told the New York Times, "the bad economy is doing nothing but helping us...we’re probably the only company we know of that’s...
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Photograph from molito66 on Flickr Public Assembly in Williamburg is gonna party like it's recession-free 2009. The bar will have a 24-hour liquor license for New Year's Eve, with tickets ranging from $35 (basic access) to $70 (open bar...
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Please don't let this be the end of Red Hook Rye. Photograph by cocktailian LeNell Smothers is "dazed and bitchy beyond normal." The lease on her Wine & Spirit Boutique is up at the end of May, and she...
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