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The Alcoholic Beverage Industry Sails Smoothly Over the Recession

By Jon Mejia | Published: July 29, 2010
Imagine this, BusinessWeek reports that the liquor industry is faring quite well in the current economic condition. Whether you own a bar, restaurant or a convenience store, the bottom-line numbers look good. If you would like to make your dream business come to life, give us a call. We can show you everything you need [...]
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Why You Should Consider Using a Consultant When Getting a Liquor License

By Jon Mejia | Published: July 20, 2010
A recent article in the Washington Post illustrates why it’s important to have qualified representation when you file for your city zoning permits and your alcoholic beverage applications. Most neighborhoods empower community boards to ensure that residents rights are protected, which is a good thing. However, community activists are increasingly placing major roadblocks in the [...]
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Will Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka Make a Splash at Your Bar or Restaurant?

By Jon Mejia | Published: June 30, 2010
First there was bacon-flavored vodka from Seattle and now you can savor salmon-flavored vodka from Wasilla, AK, the home of Sara Palin. It seems the inspiration behind the new product was creating a flavor with an Alaska theme. If your restaurant is frequented by super-foodies willing to try anything adventurous, then this alcoholic beverage could [...]
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Is This the Most Exotic Whiskey in the World?

By Jon Mejia | Published: June 18, 2010
If you find beer and wine passe and conventional designer cocktails bore you, or if the Tequila worm is too tame for your manly taste buds, get a load of this alcoholic beverage — real Cobra Snake & Scorpion Whiskey. That’s right, each bottle of whiskey holds a real Cobra snake with a scorpion in [...]
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How to Make Every Alcoholic Beverage Known to Man, From A to Z

By Jon Mejia | Published: June 17, 2010
Here’s a great resource for home, bar or restaurant. drinkindex.com If you started from the first entry under the letter A and made it to the last entry under letter Z, you will make the Guinness Book of World Records for having too much fun. Keep in mind that this covers just distilled spirits. There’s [...]
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Craft Beer Making a Big Splash in Utah

By Jon Mejia | Published: May 26, 2010
The Big Beer Boom started in Utah in 2008 when the Utah Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission decided to allow breweries and distilleries to sell their high-alcohol beverages on site. The craft beer movement is all about creating and drinking fine ales and lagers. “It’s something you sit down and share over food. It should be [...]
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Restaurant Week, Vermont Style

By Jon Mejia | Published: May 20, 2010
Restaurant Week is a concept that’s grabbing the attention of folks around the country. It’s a way for local restaurant owners to band together and promote their facilities while sharing the cost of advertising. And it works. “We’re getting a lot of first time customers, I think it gets the word out about restaurants that [...]
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It’s Another Tequila Sunrise…

By Jon Mejia | Published: May 12, 2010
When the 70′s band, The Eagles, wrote Tequila Sunrise, little did they know that they were launching an agave juggernaut across the nation. This alcoholic beverage is particularly popular in California, no doubt due, in part, to it’s proximity to Mexico, home of the agave plant from which tequila is manufactured. “Tequila to my mind [...]
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Abstinence? No, Absinthe

By Jon Mejia | Published: May 10, 2010
Beloved by bohemian bad-boys for the last 200 years, absinthe is making a comeback in the US. Called the Green Fairy by devotees such Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Vincent van Gogh, Oscar Wilde, Aleister Crowley, absinthe was as controversial in its day as marijuana is today. Banned in the US [...]
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San Francisco Sets a Trend with Fernet Branca

By Jon Mejia | Published: April 13, 2010
Do you have a unique demographic in your immediate area that can identify? If so, you may be sitting on a gold mine. Consider this little known trend. Fernet Branca, an Italian liqueur called the “liqueur of Hades”  due to its potent taste, is all the rage in San Francisco. In fact, around 35% of [...]
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