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A Taste for Equality

The All-Women Freeland Spirits is Closing the Gender Gap in the Liquor Industry

โ€œDo you know what percent of small business loans go to women?โ€ Jill Kuehler is yelling to me over the clamor of construction at the old Athletes Lounge space on Northwest Vaughn. The building is being turned into a home for Freeland Spirits, the distillery Kuehler started with help from Cory Carman of Carman Ranch […]

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Geeking Out on the Wild, Obsessed, and Otherwise Nerdy World of Mixing Drinks

The Waiting Roomโ€™s Ramos Gin Fizz. Natalie Behring Thereโ€™s a cocktail legend that claims Henry Ramos had a team of dozens of โ€œshaker boysโ€ at his Stag Saloon in New Orleans, and each shaker boyโ€™s sole job was to shake the hell out of a New Orleans Fizz. Making the egg-white and cream cocktail required […]

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