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What do you Buy for a Hard-Drinkin' Friend who Loves Candy?

Booze-flavored lollipops, of course! Lollyphile, an online independent candy boutique, offers amazing hand-made suckers in some amazing flavors. Feeling like The Dude? Try a White Russian. Wanna explore your tough side while eating candy? Try the dark, smoky/sweet Bourbon lolly.

              

(Last month we arranged to have our "Properly Sauced" tag team of Anthony and Rob tour North Shore Distillery. North Shore's Sonja Kassebaum told us that today is the distillery's fifth year anniversary. We hope you enjoy this recap of Anthony and Rob's tour.)

  • Out in Roselle, Lynfred Winery is bringing back their Creole Shrimp boil Thursday from 6:30-9 p.m. They're breaking out all the stops: a dixieland jazz band, shrimp and sides and wines from Lynfred, all in their cellar. Cost is $70 for Lynfred wine club members; $80 everyone else.
  • This week, we're doing this in "Extra Extra" format:

    big spirit of the year. We've written about Lucid absinthe before, and we were able to get our hands on a bottle of Kübler, a Swiss absinthe now being sold locally.

    There's a new absinthe on the market called Lucid that's catching on at places like the Violet Hour, Lumen, and Delilah's, namely because Lucid is the first Grande wormwood-based absinthe available in the States since before Prohibition. Now, we've tried the "green fairy" and it was an experience we'll never forget, so we researched Lucid for details on how much thujone (the active ingredient from wormwood) it carries. Turns out, not much at all: under...

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