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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>beverages | The Love Network</title><link>http://beverages.love.com</link><language>en-us</language><docs>http://beverages.love.com/rss.xml</docs><description>A Blog with news about beverages</description><copyright>AOL LLC. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><generator>Blogsmith | Relegence | AOL LLC.</generator><item><title>Wine &amp; Beer: The Pen &amp; Wig 1 Park Grove, Cathays Cardiff CF14 3BJ</title><link>http://t.love.com/310954798</link><description><![CDATA[Set in Cathays, the heart of student land, the Pen & Wig is the Cardiff CAMRA Pub of the Year 2010. 
This busy Mitchells and Butlers pub is housed in a Victorian three-storey building and features a choice of drinking areas, with wooden floors in one section and flagstones in another. 
At the front of the pub is a large Victorian window and an equally large old Bass brewery mirror is set to one side. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 5:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Raise a glass on first day of Bristol Beer Festival</title><link>http://t.love.com/310945782</link><description><![CDATA[Pints were flowing as hundreds of real ale lovers sampled the brews on offer at the first day of Bristol Beer Festival. 


The annual event, which continues today at the Brunel Passenger Shed , Temple Meads , sold out with thousands of tickets bought well in advance. 
The festival is organised and run by unpaid volunteers from the Campaign for Real Ale (Camra). 

]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Preakness: Infield party to pour unlimited refills of beer</title><link>http://t.love.com/310943087</link><description><![CDATA[Every spring for six years, Derek Lofti joined the crowd at Pimlico Race Course 's packed infield for Baltimore's biggest outdoor party. 
But last year, when the Maryland Jockey Club banned outside beverages, Lofti, a 29-year-old who lives in Baltimore, stayed home.  

"The whole mystique of the day was gone," he said. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:44:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Old Bristol pub wins pub of the year</title><link>http://t.love.com/310940524</link><description><![CDATA[One of Bristol 's oldest character pubs in Redcliffe, dating back to the late 1600s, has been voted the best pub in the city.  

The Seven Stars Inn, tucked away on a cobbled street near St Thomas Church, has been crowned the Campaign for Real Ale's Pub of the Year 2010. 
The traditional old-style pub, which was last year's runner-up, has been managed by 25-year-old Paul Wratten for just six months.  
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 4:23:00</pubDate></item><item><title>St. Patrick’s Day at McFadden'smcfad</title><link>http://t.love.com/310929593</link><description><![CDATA[St. Patrick's Day at McFadden's will begin at 7 a.m. with an all-you-can-eat and drink special until 11 a.m., priced at $20. 
Enjoy music from Desert Skyy Pipe Band all day long, a performance by Acoustic Soul from 2 until 6 p.m. and Irish dancers. 
Green beers will be $4 and the cover charge is $10, which includes a free yard glass filled with green beer. ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 3:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Hour: Big O</title><link>http://t.love.com/310876798</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://media.onsugar.com/files/2010/03/11/5/192/1922195/e6b777777f40def1_IMG_0304.large.JPG"><br>I have two perfectly ripe blood oranges waiting to be juiced. 
That's why I thought I'd give this recipe from Food & Wine Cocktails 09 a try. 
It's an ode to oranges with orange vodka, fresh orange juice, and orange liqueur. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:25:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Review: Travis Hasse’s Apple Pie and Cherry Pie Liqueurs</title><link>http://t.love.com/310876529</link><description><![CDATA[Sweet tooths, rejoice. 
Someone has indeed taken a pie, liquefied it, added a little alcohol, and bottled it for sale. 
Behold Travis Hasse's Apple Pie Liqueur and Cherry Pie Liqueur, both of which are absolutely crazy. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:24:00</pubDate></item><item><title>LA Beer Fest</title><link>http://t.love.com/310863123</link><description><![CDATA[In a festival dedicated to one of the world's most popular beverages, the annual LA Beer Fest promises to be a sold out event once again. 
With a mix of quality beer and quality entertainment, it makes a great spring weekend activity. 


Here is what this year's LA Beer Fest has in store: 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Korean Rice Wine Sees Renaissance</title><link>http://t.love.com/310859880</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://english.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2009/11/03/2009110300291_0.jpg"><br>Korea is seeing a renaissance of traditional rice wine or makgeolli. 
Once popular, it saw annual sales of 1.42 million kl in the 1980s, but the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games brought drastic changes to the domestic liquor industry. 
Foreign alcoholic drinks like beer and whiskey have since then dominated the liquor market, with rice wine seen as a cheap drink for the poor. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:40:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Getting a handle on Kiwi 'pints'</title><link>http://t.love.com/310852308</link><description><![CDATA[While the British and Irish pride themselves on their precisely measured pints of beer, it seems you won't find the same consistency in New Zealand. 


A snapshot survey conducted by the Weekend Herald has revealed a wide range in the serving sizes and the type of glasses used when a patron walks in and asks for a pint. 


Five Auckland bars all serving Tui on tap had a range of between 400ml and 520ml, which may leave some Rugby World Cup visitors disappointed next year. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:03:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Banning energy drinks for kids.</title><link>http://t.love.com/310851614</link><description><![CDATA[Children are gulping down energy drinks, to manage demanding schedules: like school, sports and homework. 
But doctors say, each sip brings dangerous health risks. 
Nbc 6 reporter Karen Hopkins joins us now live in the studio to tell us about, an effort to keep the "high caffeine cans" out of the hands of kids. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Serious drinking spots</title><link>http://t.love.com/310850363</link><description><![CDATA[This is a sprawling, multileveled restaurant that caters to neighborhood Baby Boomers and specializes in Southwestern-influenced dishes, along with Italian, Asian and American comfort food. 
That's why it's so shocking that this restaurant and bar is at the forefront of Valley cocktail culture. 


Owner Robert Gabrick has spent more than 1,500 hours over the past three years (obsessively, he admits) developing a liquor program built around personally selected spirits representing what he considers to be the]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>3@3: Retro cocktail spots</title><link>http://t.love.com/310850331</link><description><![CDATA[Director of beverage Trudy Thomas makes sure this restaurant and bar gets most everything right. 
She designs signature cocktails, constantly refreshing them, using herbs and spices from her own on-property bartender's garden, where she cultivates sage, cilantro, three basils, four mints and five kinds of thyme. 


"I'm pretty fanatical about fresh everything," she said. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>dama de la noche</title><link>http://t.love.com/310841946</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/frederix2/dali716.jpg"><br>Wet the edge of a cocktail glass with orange flower water and rim with sugar. 
Shake ingredients with ice and strain into glass. 
Garnish with five or six drops of orange flower water. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:28:00</pubDate></item><item><title>New Study: Apple Juice Contains High Levels Arsenic</title><link>http://t.love.com/310833853</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.slashfood.com/media/2010/03/apple-juice.jpg"><br>Pediatric dentists have long told parents that drinking apple juice rots kids teeth. 
Now there is a new study that should cause more concern for parents who serve up endless sippy cups of apple juice to thirsty toddlers. 


According to an independent study released by the St. Petersburg Times newspaper, apple juice contains high levels of arsenic. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:53:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Health Canada OKs addition of caffeine to non-cola soft drinks</title><link>http://t.love.com/310813601</link><description><![CDATA[Health Canada has authorized the use of caffeine as a food additive in all carbonated soft drinks instead of in cola-type beverages only. 


The federal department says beverage companies will be allowed to add synthetic caffeine to non-cola soft drinks in concentrations no higher than 150 parts per million. 


The maximum amount of caffeine allowed for cola beverages is 200 parts per million. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the Bar: The Zakuro at Sens</title><link>http://t.love.com/310811725</link><description><![CDATA[Sens Asian Tapas and Sake Bar is working to make a name for itself as the sake headquarters of Phoenix, offering more than 60 varieties of the rice-based libation, in different cocktail formations reaching far beyond your standard sake bomber. 


Of all the sake-tinis on the menu, bartender Jason Catlin (from yesterday's Behind the Bar) has a decided favorite: the Zakuro. 
Almost like a gateway drink, Catlin says the cocktail is a great starter for those intimidated by sake. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:31:00</pubDate></item><item><title>The Grape &amp; Grain at the Phoenician Offers Affordable Specialty Beverages</title><link>http://t.love.com/310811691</link><description><![CDATA[You don't generally associate Scottsdale's Phoenician resort with "affordable retail," but in the case of it's latest endeavor Grape & Grain, you actually can. 


While it is considered a wine, beer and spirits boutique, the Grape & Grain doesn't purchase any of its inventory and can therefore can keep the prices lower. 
There was also a conscious decision to avoid the typical "resort markup." 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:31:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Just Released: "Beer, Cider and FABs in the Netherlands to 2013"</title><link>http://t.love.com/310801862</link><description><![CDATA[This databook provides key data and information on the beer, cider and FABs market in the Netherlands. 
This report is a comprehensive resource for market, category and segment level data including value, volume, distribution share and company & brand share. 
This report also provides expenditure and consumption data for the historic and forecast periods. 

* ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:04:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Nestle build R&amp;D centre in Chile</title><link>http://t.love.com/310796835</link><description><![CDATA[reformulation of existing products. 
CEO Paul Bulke said that it will allow for creative development in a very important product category' and that it will help Nestlé offer consumers in Latin America and beyond the choice of tasty, healthy, more nutritious biscuits'. 


Nestls biscuit unit represented around 1.3% of the company´s total turnover in 2008. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:47:00</pubDate></item><item><title>"Beer, Cider and FABs in Middle East and Africa to 2013" available at Fast Market Research</title><link>http://t.love.com/310796519</link><description><![CDATA[This databook provides key data and information on the beer, cider and FABs market covering seven countries in the Middle East and Africa region. 
This report is a comprehensive resource for market, category and segment level data including value, distribution share and company & brand share. 

* 
Contains information on three categories: beer, cider and FABs . 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:46:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Vital statistics</title><link>http://t.love.com/310795471</link><description><![CDATA[Beer is good! 
Whilst here at RealAleBlog we love all beer (well perhaps not that Euro-fizz nonsense) we get particularly horny about the live kind. 
No beer necrophilia for us. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:42:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Big beer companies bringing back old beer recipes to compete with craft breweries</title><link>http://t.love.com/310771688</link><description><![CDATA[Apparently MillerCoors is planning to release a pre-prohibition lager called Batch 19. 
This bad boy supposedly comes equipped with better taste and ingredients that the other MillerCoors products. 


I saw this posting on BeerNews.org recently , which referenced a Wall Street Journal article , and it made me reflect on the current state of the craft beer industry. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:18:00</pubDate></item><item><title>La. considers ban on 'speed in a can'</title><link>http://t.love.com/310766596</link><description><![CDATA[BATON ROUGE, La. Lori McHughes calls energy drinks, those jolts of caffeine popular with teenagers and college students, "speed in a can." 
And she wants restrictions on who can buy them in Louisiana. 


Lawmakers will consider the idea of a ban on the sale of the drinks to anyone under the age of 16, after McHughes' health concerns about the beverages persuaded state Sen. Robert Adley, R-Benton, to propose the prohibition. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:00</pubDate></item><item><title>The Top 10 Soft Drinks Companies: Consumer drivers, SWOT analyses and format and flavor trends - new market report published ..</title><link>http://t.love.com/310764939</link><description><![CDATA[-Business-related strengths and weaknesses of the top 10 soft drink companies, and insights into the opportunities and threats facing them. 


Market dynamics of the global soft drinks market during the period 2009-13. 


Key market drivers and resistors. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>william of orange</title><link>http://t.love.com/310754026</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l55/frederix2/botr714.jpg"><br>Stir with ice and strain into a rocks glass. 
Twist an orange peel over the top. 
The last drink of the night at Bartenders on the Rise was Green Street's own Emily Stanley. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:28:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Brewery Experiments with 19th-Century Flavors</title><link>http://t.love.com/310723301</link><description><![CDATA[In a region better known for heirloom tomatoes and heritage pigs, a small craft brewery is reaching back to an 1840s recipe for its next beer. 


Craggie Brewing Co. in Asheville, N.C., plans to start producing its Antebellum Ale later this week, following a few successful test runs that surprised even brewmaster Bill Drew. 

"I wasn't a big fan of brewing this, but I actually really like it," admits Drew, who found his inspiration in a trio of beer recipes included in a business plan for a 1930s Statesvill]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:52:00</pubDate></item><item><title>International Spirits Announces Florida Re-Launch of Ivanabitch Vodka and Launch of Ivanabitch Gin With New Pricing Structure and Sizes</title><link>http://t.love.com/310718184</link><description><![CDATA[]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Dinowitz: Why not tax all sugar?</title><link>http://t.love.com/310715880</link><description><![CDATA[Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz likes the governor's soda tax — so much so that he wants it expanded to all products that contain sugar, not just soda and other drinks that contain sugar. 


That, the Bronx Democrat believes, would go even farther in the battle against obesity and it could raise more money as well. 


On the other hand, opponents of the proposed tax — which appears to be on life support in the Legislature — noted that it would raise the price of not just soda and juice but of drink mixes such ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:31:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Voice of the People letter: Jackson County Fair doesn't need beer, but a return to old ways</title><link>http://t.love.com/310708741</link><description><![CDATA[I read in disgust about the Jackson County Fair wanting to sell beer. 
This is a very bad idea. 
I can see it now, folks walking around half smashed, picking fights, trying to get out of parking lots banging into cars, etc. 

The fair is a family thing — a place to go and enjoy music, animals, rides, exhibits and monster trucks. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:20:00</pubDate></item><item><title>'Makgeolli' Exports Equal 50% of S. Korea's Beer Shipments in February</title><link>http://t.love.com/310702218</link><description><![CDATA[SEOUL, South Korea—Exports of "makgeolli," a traditional Korean rice wine, rose sharply last month to equal more than half of the country's beer exports on the back of the beverage's ever-increasing popularity, a government body said Friday. 


According to the Korea Customs Service, outbound shipments of makgeolli—a milky brew with an alcohol content of 6 to 7 percent—came to 1,227 tons worth US$1.18 million in February, up from US$751,000 the previous month. 


The value of makgeolli exports equaled 50.4 ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:59:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Fat Tuesday brings its frozen fun back to Orlando</title><link>http://t.love.com/310698767</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/media/photo/2010-03/52812136.jpg"><br>Those of you who have lived here for at least 10 years may remember a bar in downtown Orlando called Fat Tuesday . 
Turns out there were three of them in the area once upon a time — the one I remember on Church Street , then two others at The Mercado (no longer around also) and on Park Avenue in Winter Park . 
These were obviously before my drinking time. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:47:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Enterprise &amp; SMEs: Worcestershire Fruit farm invests £120k in expansion</title><link>http://t.love.com/310696001</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/birmpost/mar2010/7/6/clives-fruit-farm-5529250.jpg"><br>A Worcestershire fruit farm has invested £120,000 into diversifying its business. 


Charlie and Jane Clive have run Clives Fruit Farm at Upton upon Severn since 1988 and in addition to the regular farming, the couple have created an apple and pear juicing plant, established a successful children's nursery and opened a farm shop. 


The pair have invested £120,000 into re-fitting out the farm shop, creating a new educational room and strengthening its juice operation by building a specialist storage facilit]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:39:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Hot water bottles on menu at cafe</title><link>http://t.love.com/310694683</link><description><![CDATA[Spring may be on the way but it's still a little chilly – especially when you sit outdoors with a hot drink. 


Dog-walkers and folk who just love the fresh air down by the riverside are being well catered for at the hugely-successful Green Cafe at the Millennium Green in Ludlow. 


So well looked after in fact that they can actually request a hot water bottle from the cafe proprietor Clive Davis or his assistant, Becky Finden. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:35:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Knowledge is our best defense</title><link>http://t.love.com/310682917</link><description><![CDATA[In the past I only had to worry about "shade-tree" mechanics taking advantage of me, but this self-serving approach to doing business seems to be spreading like wildfire these days. 


I first noticed it when I was in Seattle and found myself having to stand my ground with my dentist, whose suggestions for an unnecessary monthly teeth-cleaning and replacement of fillings for "cosmetic" purposes eventually brought me to the realization that he wasn't offering me what I needed, but what my insurance would pay]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 9:58:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy drink ban gets backing of LSU doc</title><link>http://t.love.com/310677461</link><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://imgsrv.wwl.com/image/DbGraphic/201003/1522669.jpg?1269005595"><br>A Louisiana lawmaker who suggests banning the sale of energy drinks to kids under 16 said he just wanted to put it up for discussion Now a researcher at LSU says she thinks it's a good idea. 


Dr. Kathy Champagne is a nutritionist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge. 
She says the energy drinks can have profound effects on adult physiology and thinks State Senator Robert Adley is on to something when he suggests prohibiting the drinks sale to kids. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 9:36:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Atlas Bar: The 'high dive' bar</title><link>http://t.love.com/310676145</link><description><![CDATA[Charles Village 's comfortable new bar is tucked away in a side room inside the Charles Street Carryout, which isn't even on Charles Street. 
It's near the corner of St. Paul and 25th streets. 


Trust me: The Atlas Bar is well worth the hunt. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 9:32:00</pubDate></item><item><title>National campaign preventing underage beer sales “Already 18? Prove it!” starts in Vladivostok (Translation)</title><link>http://t.love.com/310651849</link><description><![CDATA[Today in Vladivostok, a national campaign preventing underage beer sales begins. 
The campaign is run by the SABMiller RUS company with the support of the Primorskiy region administration and the city of Vladivostok. 


The aim of the campaign is to encourage beer and alcohol sellers to pay particular attention to the age of consumers and ban sales to consumers under 18 years old. ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 8:22:00</pubDate></item><item><title>All hail Lord Hobo</title><link>http://t.love.com/310593438</link><description><![CDATA[LORD HOBO: B+ The closing of the popular B-Side Lounge, the Cambridge A-list destination dive, was bemoaned by the Hub dining community. 
But if you loved the B-Side's cool food, cool drinks, cool look and cool vibe, you will surely love Lord Hobo, its equally cool successor. 


Lord Hobo is owned by Daniel Lanigan, proprietor of legendary Amherst beer hall The Moan and Dove and the beer-centric Other Side Cafe on upper Newbury Street. 

]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:42:00</pubDate></item><item><title>Mixologist: Getting Chi Chi in Menlo</title><link>http://t.love.com/310546350</link><description><![CDATA[Where are you from originally? 
I was born in Abilene, Texas. 
I grew up in Bakersfield, and I've been living in the Bay Area ... it'll be 13 years in October. 

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