For most gringos, Mexico is a place to retire. The Mexicans say, “The Americans come here to die.” Not exactly. It isn’t why they come, but it is what they do, there being eventually no choice. Everybody has to croak somewhere, so why not in the sunshine with little brown kids running back and forth and the street dogs lounging contentedly about? It beats, for some anyway, a wretched sanitarium and lots of tubes.

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Time may not cure all wounds, but helps hangovers

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The last of this set, perfect on a summer warm evening with a game from Fenway on the tubes, soothing to aches and pains from old timers soccer. Niether lemony or particularly creamy, this is quite a grainy rendition of the style with both banana and clove as supporting class. Massive rich white head over cloudy dark straw beer verging on orangey. There is something savory as well in the palate, making me thing of soaking a pork roast in this one. Of the selection above, most like the Rogue with that beer's untraditional use of corriander but the notes of spice here are in the yeast. Another amazing expression and, for what it is worth, one of the best logos in all of commerical trade.

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From Candy Cane Cocoa to Skyy Winter Wonderland, here are ten holiday toddy recipes to warm you this holiday season.  Salud!

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No other drink counters oppressive heat better than a gin and tonic. The Gatorade of British colonial days, it was what allowed Englishmen to join mad dogs out in the noonday sun. To my taste, a brisk gin and tonic cuts the dust far better than its closest competitor, the rum-based umbrella drink. That, along with its hard-won stature as a cultural icon, has made the gin and tonic one of the greatest cocktails of all time.

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It's been called mind-altering. It's even said to have been the cause of murder. It's a strong alcohol, but some say it's a dangerous drug. It's called Absinthe.

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