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On Saturday, October 24, 2009 St. Paul Minnesota will be the host city for North America's largest Scotch and Whiskey Festival.



Over 300 different varieties of whiskey will be on hand to sample so it should be a thrill to any fan of the the brown liquor.

The event kicks off at noon with quite a bit of revelry, including music from bagpipes. You'll have the opportunity to visit several tents set up on the property of the local watering hole, The Happy Gnome.

It's hard to to believe the hit Tom Cruise movie "Cocktail" is about to celebrate it's 20th anniversary.



Back in 1988, we were introduced to Brian Flanagan (played by Cruise), the aspiring, up-and-coming bartender who was ready to take over the world. The movie was made before the Cruise couch-jumping days and was the flick that put the young star on the map.

In honor of the big day, the TGI Friday's in New York's Penn Train Station is throwing a birthday party tonight at 6:00PM.

A Malaysian women has been sentenced to receive the punishment of caning for enjoying a frosty cold beer. Kartika Sari Dewi Shukarno, who is 32 and a mother of two, was caught at a resort drinking a beer back in December of 2007. She was sentenced this summer and ordered to pay a fine of $1,400 and six strokes from a cane. Under Islamic religious laws, it is forbidden for followers to consume alcoholic beverages.

Going to a Japanese restaurant for some sushi and ordering some sake seems like perfect combination. If you are like most of us you really don't know what kind of sake compliments your meal. You leave it up to your server to pick the right label for you.

Considering there are over 1700 brands of sake on the market and most grocery or liquor stores carrying as many as 25 different types it is not an easy task. Without the proper knowledge it can be tough picking the right one.

TV shows like Mad Men are reminding us of a day when drinking a high class fancy drink was an experience rather than a guilty pleasure. However finding that perfect old school drink can be a costly endeavor.

Angelo Cammarata served his very first beer just minutes after Prohibition ended way back in 1933. He cracked open a 10 cents bottle of beer called Fort Pitt in his father's grocery store.

Jägermeister is having one heck of a year. We already told you how the it was the drink of choice for the boys from The Hangover. Now thanks to the boy over at the Jäger company we can take the hangover with us anywhere we want. It's every Jäger drinkers dream, Jager on you can carry!

The New Hampshire state motto is "Live Free or Die." With a slogan like that it is no wonder that the state have no income or sales tax. This has made New Hampshire liquor stores a profitable business with many bordering states driving the extra miles to save on that very expensive tax.

Many Americans enjoy a nice glass of Scotch whiskey now and again. It's a nice, high class indulgence beloved by many people who live in the states. But that might all be coming to an end after Scotland made a decision that upset a lot of people -- including Yankees. They released a terrorist.