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The Past, Present & Future of Gin - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion

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The Birth of Luxury Spirits - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion

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How the Margarita Became a Cocktail Sensation - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion

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La Dolce Vita The Birth of Italian Cocktails - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion

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A Look Inside the Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails - Life Behind Bars: The Oxford Companion

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The Past, Present and Future of Rye Whiskey - Life Behind Bars Live

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The Next Cocktail Frontier? Smaller Cities - Life Behind Bars

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The Next Cocktail Book Collecting Obsession - Life Behind Bars

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Rebuilding an Irish Single Malt Whiskey Powerhouse - Life Behind Bars

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The Canned Cocktails Craze: Are They Here to Stay? - Life Behind Bars

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Bourbon’s Newfound Star Power: Andy Roddick and Peyton Manning - Life Behind Bars

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The Good, the Bad & the Ugly—The Long Island Iced Tea - Life Behind Bars

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The Search for the World’s Fastest Bartender - Life Behind Bars

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Nick Offerman is Living his Best Scotch Life - Life Behind Bars

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What Do Bars Do Now? - Life Behind Bars

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The Future of Craft Whiskey is Hyper-Local Ingredients - Life Behind Bars

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Does the Type of Cocktail Glass You Use Really Matter? - Life Behind Bars

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Mission Impossible: Reinventing the Piña Colada - Life Behind Bars

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Christopher Kimball & the Grateful Dead School of Bartending - Life Behind Bars

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The Secret History of Bourbon - Life Behind Bars

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It’s Time to Change Your Cocktail Game. Here’s How to Do It. - Life Behind Bars

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The Hunt is On for Rare Vintage Spirits - Life Behind Bars

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Can the Roaring Twenties Teach Us about Post-Pandemic Life? - Life Behind Bars

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How to Avoid Overhyped and Overpriced Bourbon - Life Behind Bars

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Vodka is No Laughing Matter for Dan Aykroyd - Life Behind Bars

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Closing Time: Running Out the Clock on 2020 - Life Behind Bars

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Forget Eggnog. Hot Buttered Rum is the Drink of the Holidays. - Life Behind Bars

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Single Malt Battle Royale: The U.S. vs. Scotland - Life Behind Bars

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Building a Whiskey Empire in 85 Years - Life Behind Bars

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Is it Sacrilege to Use 15-Year-Old Bourbon in Cocktails? - Life Behind Bars

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’Tis the Season for Hot Cocktails - Life Behind Bars

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How Kentucky Bourbon Distillers Saved Their Archrival Rye Whiskey - Life Behind Bars

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Meet Dale DeGroff, the Father of the Rebirth of the Cocktail - Life Behind Bars

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What’s Next for Bars? - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned

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The Modern Cocktail Menu - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned

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Staffing Up During a Pandemic - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned

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Yes, There is an Official Bourbon Holiday - Life Behind Bars

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The New World of To-Go Drinks - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned

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The Fight to Get People to Wear Face Masks in Bars - Life Behind Bars: What I’ve Learned

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Are the Manhattan & the Martini the Same Cocktail? - Life Behind Bars

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Fostering Diversity in the Beer & Spirits World - Life Behind Bars

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Can Bars Survive the Pandemic? - Life Behind Bars

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Gone but Not Forgotten: Bars We Wish Were Still Open - Life Behind Bars

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The Bars We Can’t Wait to Visit Again - Life Behind Bars

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Test Case: Bars Are Reopening in New Orleans - Life Behind Bars

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 57 The Return of Cocktail Hour

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 56 The Bizarre History of Pandemic Cocktail Cures

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 55 A Concise History of Bourbon Street’s Cocktail Culture

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 54 Toasting a Bourbon Legend

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 53 Fixing the Craft Cocktail Menu

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 52 Remembering Legendary Drinks Writer Gary Regan

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 51 A Cocktail Tour of Old New York

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 50 The Year in Drinks: 2019

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Life Behind Bars Live - Episode 49 The Unspoken History of Scotch Whisky

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 48 American Whiskey’s Miraculous Comeback Story

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 47 Death to Scotch Snobbery

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 46 The Undisputed Heavyweight Bar Champion: Vodka

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 45 From Zero to Hero: The Rise of Vodka Cocktails

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 44 The Greatest Drinking City in America: New Orleans

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 43 Is the Next Big Drink a Rum Old-Fashioned?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 42 The Greatest American Whiskey Myth

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 41 Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Negroni

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 40 The Highball is Taking Over America

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 39 Is Rum Finally Ready to Seriously Challenge Whiskey?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 38 Are Dive Bars an Endangered Species?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 37 Drinking Your Way Across Ireland

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 36 Pushing the Boundaries of Single Malt Scotch Whisky

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 35 The Bastardization of the Hot Toddy

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 34 Future Cocktails: What You’ll Be Drinking in 2019

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 33 The Year in Drinks

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 32 The Ultimate Holiday Party Drink: Cognac Punch

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 31 The Wide World of Whiskey

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 30 - The Greatest Bartenders the World Forgot

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 29 - You Only Know Half of Rum’s History

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 28 Everything You Know About the Sazerac is Wrong

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 27 - Did Trump Curse New York’s Tiki Bars?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 26 - Your Summer Drink: The Tom Collins

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 25 - Punch Will Save Your Summer Party

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 24 Are Drinking Rules Made to be Broken?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 23- Are There Any Classic Cocktails That Are Still Lost?

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 22 The Guilty Pleasures We’re Not Embarrassed to Drink

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 21 - The Art of Drinking & Flying

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 20 An International St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 19 Debunking the Biggest Cocktails & Spirits Myths

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 18 Burns Night Scotch

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 17 - How to Shake Up Your Drinks in 2018

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 16 - Holiday Drinks

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 15 - What You Should Drink on Thanksgiving

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 14 The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 13 - The Manhattan

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 12 - The Boilermaker

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 11 - The Old-Fashioned

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 10 - Bartender Drinks

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 9: The Martini

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Life Behind Bars, Episode 8: The Cocktail Dark Ages

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Life Behind Bars - Episode 7 - Cocktail Pet Peeves

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Cuban Cocktails - Life Behind Bars - Episode 6

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Mixologist vs. Bartender - Life Behind Bars - Episode 5

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War-Time Drinking - Life Behind Bars - Episode 4

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Midwestern Mixology - Life Behind Bars - Episode 3