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		<title>Crushed Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a dumb technical question: how do you crush ice from cubes for stirred drinks? I&#8217;d hate to take a hammer to it. &#8212; Wolf Young fellow, in the past, I have done exactly that&#8211;wrapped ice cubes in a dish towel and hammered away until it was limp and soggy and my latent aggressions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ins and the Outs</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2006/05/the-ins-and-the-outs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 May 2006 01:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to drink &#8212; a lot &#8212; and I&#8217;m good at it. I&#8217;m not so good at talking about drinking. But more and more often I find myself at parties stuck talking to guys who want to discuss where the grapes were grown or what grain goes into which whiskey. My general inclination is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fire Inside</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2006 03:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do Americans insist on taking their beer so cold that it kills off half the flavours? Could it be that some of the American beers taste so bad&#8230;? &#8212; I. C. Double Your name seems familiar to me. Perhaps you come from the Hampstead Doubles? Surely you&#8217;re not Makeit A. Double&#8217;s son? Well met, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Regular</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do I become a regular at a bar? &#8212; Dave Young fellow, I should skewer you for the sheer dunderheadedness of your question. Americans, however, are wont to say that &#8220;There is no stupid question.&#8221; That assertion is patently false, but in the spirit of happy society I&#8217;ll instead answer the subtext of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sparkling Dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2006 19:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some prick at my New Year&#8217;s party told me that I couldn&#8217;t call the stuff I was serving &#8220;champagne&#8221; because it didn&#8217;t come from France. Is he right? And if so, who the fuck cares? I still call my facial tissue &#8220;kleenex&#8221; even if it&#8217;s the store brand. &#8212; Darren Young fellow, your guest was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Your Noggin</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2005/12/using-your-noggin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 15:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t like egg nog. But it seems like everyone&#8217;s trying to get me to drink it. What do I do? &#8212; Kevin Young fellow, the social contract has many clauses, and none of us wish to initial all of them. But we don&#8217;t get to pick and choose, and that is a fortunate thing. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Wine the Bird</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2005/11/giving-wine-the-bird/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2005 15:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is pretty last minute, but what kind of wine should I serve with Thanksgiving dinner? We&#8217;re having the usual stuff. &#8212; Todd Young fellow, first be sure that, whether muscatel or Margaux, the wine is wine you like. There&#8217;s nothing sillier than running off and buying six bottles that some critic has anointed (even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gulping One&#8217;s Drinks</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2005/08/gulping-ones-drinks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2005 22:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have any advice for someone (me) who tends to drink their drinks too fast? I can&#8217;t help it &#8212; I&#8217;m a gulper. (Advice about how to SLOW DOWN, that is. I don&#8217;t want to deal with any underlying issues.) &#8212; Kirstin An excellent question, young lady, and one that has plagued sober-minded drinks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gins Genteel and God-Awful</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2005/07/gins-genteel-and-god-awful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My long-lasting bottle of gin has given up its last gin and tonic. If I drank this thirst-quenching summer drink more frequently, I’d undoubtedly have settled on a favorite brand by now. Rather than an indeterminate period of experimentation, however, I am turning to you. What are the middle-of-the-road gins (for party situations, say, when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frank Talk about Your Drinking Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.designateddrinker.com/2005/07/have-a-drinking-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2005 03:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a drinking problem? I&#8217;m sorry to hear it. I&#8217;ll do my best to assist you. Please bear in mind that I&#8217;ll do a sight better answering queries such as, &#8220;Which is the appropriate whisky to serve in hot weather?&#8221; than &#8220;How do I quit drinking?&#8221; I have an opinion as to the [...]]]></description>
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