Just a fraction of the glorious cocktail bitters selection at the Boston Shaker. (Photograph courtesy of Sean Frederick.)
- Did humans become civilized to eat bread, or to get drunk? [Pennsylvania Gazette]
- Beer is good for you. Soft drinks will kill you. We've been saying this all along, but now it's been translated into British: "Topflight boffins have discovered that the swilling of pop is a fantastically unhealthy thing to do." So, "quaff a tankard of ale instead." [The Register]
- Some thoughts on pairing wine and ramen. [SF Gate]
- The Boston Shaker is finally open in Davis Square and selling cocktail-related marvels, like cherrywood muddlers and gomme syrup and Dutch cordial glasses. (They'll celebrating with St-Germain cocktails tomorrow evening from 5 to 7 pm.) [Bostonist]
- Local "gypsy brewers" Pretty Things are throwing a party for their newest, most Dickensian beer at Deep Ellum. [Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project]
- For those who wish to be initiated into the secrets of Tiki, here's a treasure map. Kowloon does not mark the spot. [Stuff]
- The Martinez predates the Martini, and its formulae are equally worth fussing about. [Kaiser Penguin]
- Brewtarget is open source software for homebrewers and their recipes. [Lifehacker]
- Is it an Angostura bitters crisis, or a Xocolatl Mole bitters opportunity? [Serious Eats]
- Good news for anyone who's ever wanted to "pour" a "shot" of Jagermeister on their "iPhone." If they read news. [Slow Cocktails]
- Boston is not as think as you drunk it is. [Bostonist]
- You, too, can drink like an old man playing cards in Tuscany. [Half Dracula Half Cinderella]
- A "major television network" is creating a series on craft beer and food, for which they shot a pilot at Cambridge Brewing Company last week. [What's Brewing at CBC]
- This weather calls for Tom & Jerry, eggnog's older, fatter cousin. "Never mind the cholesterol, that's what January is for." [A Dash of Bitters]
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