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		<title>Plainfield dry gin? A Chicago favorite</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/12/27/plainfield-dry-gin-a-chicago-favorite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 18:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are you drinking this New Year&#8217;s Eve? If gin or vodka is your tipple, and you order &#8220;well&#8221; drinks at a Chicago bar &#8212; from Emmit&#8217;s in West Town to Grape Street in Streeterville &#8212; your libations will likely originate in southwest suburban Plainfield, Ill., where the U.K.-based spirits, wine and beer giant Diageo [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate repeal this week (and every week)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though Friday, Dec. 9, The Franklin Tap in the Loop celebrates the the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Passed in December 1933, the amendment repealed Prohibition. Quaf $4 pints of Batch 19, a lager inspired by the last batches of beer brewed before 1919, when full-strength beer was banned, and mixologist [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday food porn: Proud Mary</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/09/09/friday-food-porn-proud-mary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;Bloody Birdy,&#8221; served at Saturday and Sunday brunch at Blokes &#038; Birds in Lakeview features Tito&#8217;s vodka infused with bacon, jalapeno and horseradish root and house-made bloody Mary mix, garnished with cherry tomato, house-made sausage, olive, cocktail onion, ham, horseradish havarti cheese, 4 year cheddar, pickle and peppers, served with a Young&#8217;s Double Chocolate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Al Capone&#8217;s favorite rye is back in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/07/07/al-capones-favorite-rye-is-back-in-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 17:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At 7 p.m. Monday, July 11, <a href="http://www.diningchicago.com/2008/show_banner.php?restID=1986&#038;sCate2=" target="_blank">Blue 13</a> in River North fetes  the all-American spirits with a Templeton Rye dinner. ]]></description>
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		<title>North Shore Distillery opens for tastings, tours</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/05/31/north-shore-distillery-opens-for-tastings-tours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 17:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lake Bluff-based North Shore Distillery opens its new tasting room beginning Friday, June 10.]]></description>
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		<title>Eat this! Bourbon, America&#8217;s native spirits</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/02/23/eat-this-bourbon-americas-native-spirits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What it is: America&#8217;s foremost native spirits, bourbon is whiskey distilled from at least 51 percent corn and aged in charred oak barrels. Along with corn, it typically also contains barley malt and rye or wheat. By law, bourbon must be between 80 and 160 proof and aged at least two years. The highest quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Raise a toast to Robbie Burns!</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/01/24/raise-a-toast-to-robbie-burns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/01/24/raise-a-toast-to-robbie-burns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[O thou, my muse! guid auld Scotch drink! Whether thro&#8217; wimplin worms thou jink, Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink, &#160; &#160; In glorious faem, Inspire me, till I lisp an&#8217; wink, &#160; &#160; To sing thy name! . . . Oh whisky! soul o&#8217; plays and pranks! Accept a bardie&#8217;s gratefu&#8217; thanks! When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sample scotch and tequila at January tastings</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/01/10/sample-scotch-and-tequila-at-january-tastings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2011/01/10/sample-scotch-and-tequila-at-january-tastings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cold weather is the perfect time to warm your gullet with powerful spirits. Sample some at these tastings. Dewar&#8217;s Scotch tastings, 5 p.m. Mondays, Jan. 17 and Feb. 7, Cityscape Bar, River North, free. A Dewar&#8217;s consultant will guide you through a free blind-tasting of several different scotches including Dewar&#8217;s 12 and White Label. Dalmore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board the trolley for a Chicago whiskey tour</title>
		<link>http://www.diningchicago.com/blog/2010/12/07/board-the-trolley-for-a-chicago-whiskey-tour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a ride through winter whiskey wonderland at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 19. Starting from Cooking Fools in Wicker Park, this tasting event features a two-hour trolley ride around Chicago and samples of hand-crafted and specialty whiskeys, with commentary by mixologist Angie Jackson. Expect such spirits as: Koval Lion’s Pride Organic Dark Rye Whiskey, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago toasts Prohibition&#8217;s repeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah A. Zeldes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At one minute after midnight, Dec. 5, 1933, Chicago celebrated the first legal tapping of a beer keg after the ratification of the 21st Amendment, ending Prohibition. ]]></description>
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