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Boca Java knows that to make something better, just add bacon. This is also true with their latest flavored artisan roasted java. The Maple Bacon Morning Coffee ($8) offers a full-bodied, sweet and savory treat you’re sure to enjoy without worrying about clogged arteries.

Crafted from a selection of the finest crops harvested in Washington Island, Death’s Door Spirits ($35) offers clean, crisp aromas and taste. Death’s Door uses only organic wheat to produce their vodka, and wild juniper berries to create their gin. Both are made in small batches using a three-step distillation process inside 90-gallon copper stills.

Move over Bakon Vodka, there’s a new savory drink in town. Straight from Alaska Distillery based in Wasilla, the Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka is sure to thrill Bloody Mary drinkers, mixologists and chefs alike. Its versatile, smoky taste lends a unique and rich flavor to savory and sweet cocktails, as well as sauces and dishes.

A possible permanent addition to Coors’ line, Batch 19 is based on a pre-Prohibition recipe found in the brewery archives predating 1919. The Batch 19 lager consist of bold, hoppy flavor and will be available for testing in limited quantities in five lucky cities, including Chicago, Milwaukee, San Francisco, San Jose and Washington DC.

Beam Global extends their product line to provide the traditional Maker’s fan with another flavor and price option. Displaying the same trademark red wax and seal, Maker’s 46 ($35)  is a close cousin of the original but with a different aging method in toasted oak staves to give it a distinctive woodiness flavor in a [...]

Packaged in a finger print-magnet, mirrored bottle, Fenom is the world’s first modern absinthe. Authentically handcrafted by one of France’s few remaining absinthe experts, this easy favorite contains traditional herbs to provide a smooth and lightly aromatic drinking experience.

Although most people don’t normally consume vodka with cola because of the nasty taste, 360 found a way to mix the two together in one delicious and refreshing blend. The 70-proof 360 Cola ($20) is made with quadruple distilled vodka laced with a distinct cola flavor and kick. Even better, partial of each purchase goes [...]

Distilled by New York’s first legal whiskey distillery since Prohibition, Tuthilltown’s Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey ($40) is a unique spirit with a fresh taste. The Baby Bourbon is pot-distilled from 100% New York State corn and aged in special 53-gallon American Oak barrels. This aging process produces a mildly sweet, smooth spirit with notes of [...]

When it comes to manly drinks, there are flavored ones that fail and there are ones that stay in style. Stick with the latter and enjoy a neat pour of Glenrothes Whisky ($47). Glenrothes offer specific vintages of single malt speyside scotch that deliver a sophisticated blend of scents and flavors with notes of citrus, [...]

The Virgin Island distiller Cruzan’s Single Barrel Estate Rum ($30) goes down smooth and has a clean taste that leaves you wanting more. The special, handcrafted blend of multiple rums aged up to 12 years are aged in a new, charred oak barrel for an extra year until it gains an inviting amber hue and [...]