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3 Days in 3 Minutes: Atlanta Food and Wine Festival 2012

3 Incredible Days in 3 Minutes

With just 2 weeks to go, we thought you might need a little reminder for why you need to purchase your tickets to the 2013 Atlanta Food & Wine Festival before they’re all gone!

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Jack Daniel’s Unaged Tennessee Rye

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Jack is changing the game…after 100 years.

After 100 years of tradition, Jack Daniel’s changes their recipe (known as the mash bill or grain bill) and introduces a white whiskey, Jack Daniel’s Unaged Tennessee Rye. This limited edition Distiller’s Run is now available in Atlanta.

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Barrel Bar & Food 101

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Fresh menu items and a brand new bar…

After thirteen years as one of Atlanta’s most popular Southern inspired restaurants, the owners decided it was time for a facelift. The open house at Food 101 introduced their newly designed restaurant and launch of Barrel Bar. The evening provided a sneak preview of Food 101’s inventive cocktails along with Executive Chef Justin Keith’s bar menu featuring bold flavors of the new South.

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Holiday Cocktail Guide 2012

Tis the season…to be drinking

For most, the holiday season can be placed in one of two categories: pure enjoyment and utter annoyance. Being a Scrooge and coming from the school of thought of the latter, I try to keep some extra holiday cheer on hand to get me through the tough times.

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Atlanta’s Culinary Block Party Returns

So this is what Atlanta tastes like…

Atlanta’s premier food experience returns to Midtown in its 11th year with 80+ restaurant tastings, chef demonstrations, and family fun.

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Hit the Links with Caorunn Gin

Blending the past with the now…

Summer may be coming to a close, but there is still time to enjoy uniquely crisp and refreshing cocktails before the onslaught of fall and winter. And what better activity to enjoy the mild weather than on a the golf course. So in conjunction with the world’s premier golf pro’s making their stop in Atlanta to compete for a cool $8M at the PGA TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola, we’ll be clueing you in on spirit the Scots make just as well as whisky…gin. It’s high time you get to know Caorunn Gin.

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The Speakeasy Cocktail Festival

Atlanta’s first cocktail festival takes center stage…

In a city where beer festivals are weekly and almost every street has their own, I often wondered when it would be time for an event solely focused on cocktails. It’s an easy sell. A Prohibition-era themed cocktail festival in the vein of Tales of the Cocktail and the Manhattan Cocktail Classic is the stuff dreams are made of for a cocktailphile like myself.

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A Celebration of National Rum Day with Ron Abuelo

Yo ho ho and a bottle…

Now this is one liquor holiday that gets me excited. Well they all do, but that’s neither here nor there. Today we celebrate National Rum Day 2012 with Ron Abuelo Rums. So whether you’re of the Tiki mindset and love your Mai Tais and Swizzles, enjoy lounging on the beach with your Daiquiris and Mojitos, or do things down and dirty with simply a splash of Coke and lime, you’ll definitely want a bottle of this dark nectar by your side.

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A Toast to National Tequila Day with Clase Azul

You don’t shoot this tequila…you savor it.

National liquor days are the perfect excuse to celebrate your favorite brands, no matter what day of the week it is. Which is exactly why I’m excited to celebrate National Tequila Day 2012 with Clase Azula Tequilas.

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Wake Up to Wild Turkey American Honey

Bourbon. It’s what’s for…breakfast?

We love bourbon here at EDR. This is nothing new. So while perusing Twitter recently, I came across a tweet from our friends at Wild Turkey asking, “How do you prefer your bourbon? In cocktails or on the rocks?” Delightfully retweeting that we love it both ways, it got me thinking about the new renaissance of cocktails using bourbon.

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