{"id":527,"date":"2014-04-01T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cocktailians.com\/2014\/04\/drinky-linky-april-fool-edition.html"},"modified":"2014-04-01T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T14:03:00","slug":"drinky-linky-april-fool-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/?p=527","title":{"rendered":"Drinky Linky: April Fool Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/6a00d8345190b469e201a3fce4a19e970b.gif\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Drunkard\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345190b469e201a3fce4a19e970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cocktailians.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/6a00d8345190b469e201a3fce4a19e970b-500wi.gif\" title=\"Drunkard\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hi there! It&#39;s been a little while. Here are some things I&#39;ve run across lately:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guys, I&#39;m not sure, but I think <a href=\"http:\/\/captainmorganusa.com\/tacorum\/\" target=\"_self\">Captain Morgan Taco Rum<\/a> might be an April Fool;<\/li>\n<li>or <a href=\"http:\/\/caskers.com\/product\/whiskey-toothpaste-by-whiskeylife\/\" target=\"_self\">whiskey toothpaste<\/a> (but it<a href=\"http:\/\/huckberry.com\/blog\/posts\/whiskey-toothpaste\" target=\"_self\"> actually did exist in the &#39;60s<\/a>);<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starbucks.com\/coffeehouse\/starbucks-stores\/starbucks-evenings\" target=\"_self\">Starbucks Evenings<\/a> <em>sounds<\/em> like an April Fool, but apparently isn&#39;t (anyone remember Xando? Some Cosi stores would transform themselves into Xando cafes at night, and serve a full bar);<\/li>\n<li>you can get a <a href=\"http:\/\/gothamist.com\/2014\/03\/25\/neil_degrasse_tyson_cocktail.php\" target=\"_self\">Neil DeGrasse Tyson cocktail<\/a> in Brooklyn;<\/li>\n<li>I wonder why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shiftgig.com\/articles\/new-malort-ad-will-leave-you-crying-laughter\" target=\"_self\">this unaired commercial for Jeppson&#39;s Malort<\/a> stayed in the vault;<\/li>\n<li>the <a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/legless-corkscrew-a-corkscrew-that-looks-like-a-pirate-with-a-peg-leg\/\" target=\"_self\">&quot;Legless&quot; corkscrew<\/a> is pretty cute;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.collegehumor.com\/post\/6947162\/every-cocktail-bar-menu-ever\" target=\"_self\">Every Cocktail Bar Menu Ever<\/a>, according to CollegeHumor;<\/li>\n<li>Food Arts <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodarts.com\/drinks\/bar-cellar\/31611\/stayin-alive\" target=\"_self\">profiles Don Lee and Golden Cadillac<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Drizly names <a href=\"http:\/\/drizly.com\/blog\/5-important-york-cocktails-20-years\/#sthash.4YRyrMt3.IZrdY4S7.dpbs\" target=\"_self\">the five most influential cocktails<\/a> to come out of NYC in the past decade;<\/li>\n<li>and CLASS Magazine counts down the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2014-03-04\/page-7\/cocktail-names\" target=\"_self\">top ten worst cocktail names<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>speaking of CLASS, they&#39;re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diffordsguide.com\/class-magazine\/read-online\/en\/2014-03-25\/page-1\/the-end-of-an-era\" target=\"_self\">saying goodbye<\/a>, and continuing on as the Diffordsguide blog;<\/li>\n<li>&quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.killingtime.com\/Pegu\/2014\/03\/06\/twenty-grand-ill-thought-out-liquor-product\/\" target=\"_self\">vodka infused with Cognac<\/a>&quot; does not&#8230;sound like a good idea at all;<\/li>\n<li>the New York Daily News <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/new-york\/sate-hundreds-bottles-beer-wine-hard-liquor-evidence-room-harlem-article-1.1726157\" target=\"_self\">got a peek inside the State Liquor Authority&#39;s evidence room<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li>Edible Manhattan has an interesting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblemanhattan.com\/drink\/locapour-empire\/\" target=\"_self\">compendium of links to stories<\/a> of New York State spirits and watering holes;<\/li>\n<li>and a neat story on how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ediblemanhattan.com\/departments\/liquid-assets\/booze-lose\/\" target=\"_self\">the Farm Distillery Act of 2007 helps New York distillers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there! It&#39;s been a little while. Here are some things I&#39;ve run across lately: Guys, I&#39;m not sure, but I think Captain Morgan Taco Rum might be an April Fool; or whiskey toothpaste (but it actually did exist in the &#39;60s); Starbucks Evenings sounds like an April Fool, but apparently isn&#39;t (anyone remember Xando? 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