March Madness always starts with the “play-in” round, the opening games which allows the low-seeded teams to qualify for the actual tournaments. While many don’t bother watching it, we know better. These “do-or-die” games played in Ohio have always brought intense action, as two hungry teams battle each other for legitimacy, sometimes paving the way for amazing Cinderella runs in the Big Dance. We start huddling on the TV set most afternoons to catch these barnburners with these two fast and fruity drinks serving as our in-house thirst quenchers.
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Spices can turn a simple drink into something extraordinary. The unique flavors derived from the seeds, barks, nuts and flowers of plants can bring a whole new world of taste into otherwise typical alcohol mixes.

This Christmas, why not infuse your party cocktails with different spices and give your holiday guests a treat they won’t soon forget? You can experiment with the variety of spices you have stocked inside your kitchen cabinets or try one of these spicy Christmas drinks we guarantee will warm you up with an explosion of taste.
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When it comes to winter warming, few can challenge the charms of the eggnog. Sweetly distracting and endearingly traditional, it’s a great Christmas drink whether you’re looking to perk up in the morning or launch into an activity-filled festive night.

Unfortunately, good eggnogs have always proven difficult to find. Don’t even start me on the boxed grocery variety - they’re thick, syrupy and next to impossible to imbibe without flinching uncomfortably. I’d sooner grab the worst-tasting beer on tap before (mis)treating myself to one of those, regardless of what alcohol I cut it with.
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In 2006, Allison Evanow created Square One Organic Vodka at an Idaho distillery. Square One is an ultra-premium spirit with a real difference. Square One is one of very few modern vodkas made with rye, the original grain used in Russian and Polish vodkas. And not just any rye, but 100% certified organic dark North Dakota rye and pristine clear spring water. The rye gives Square One a sweet, smooth, slightly nutty flavor that belies the traditional definition of vodka as a flavorless spirit.

Square One was introduced as a niche product in April 2006 in New York and San Francisco. It is now available in almost all the United States as well as Ontario and B.C. in Canada, mostly as a result of consumer demand.

On June 18th at 20.00(GMT)/3:00pm(EST) Laphroaig Distillery (www.laphroaig.com/live) will be broadcasting a live whiskey tasting on the internet, direct from their distillery on the Isle of Islay in the Scottish Hebrides Islands!

Robert Hicks (master blender) will be joined by Martine Nouet, one of the World’s leading authorities on single malts for a very special tasting event. Tastings will include Laphroaig’s 10 Years Old, Laphroaig Quarter Cask, a new expression - Laphroaig Triple Wood, Robert Hick’s latest “friends” creation - Cairdeas, and a very special limited edition 30 Year Old Cairdeas.

The 45 minute live event will include some prize competitions as well. You can send in your questions before the evening by posting them on the website and every question read out will win a prize.