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Alaska Distillery's Smoked Salmon Flavored Vodka.

Have you ever compared a freshly picked farmer's market tomato to a store-bought one? There's a difference and it's the same for beer. Have you tried a factory-produced, shipped-up Corona or Coors next to a pint of local IPA? Every summer ...

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Controversial comedian

Comedian Carlos Mencia knows controversy sells -- and he's got it in spades. Mencia, born Ned Mencia in Honduras in 1967, grew up in East L.A. after immigrating at 7 months old. He almost acquired a degree in electrical engineering at Cal State Los Angeles before winning an open mike competition...
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Think green: alternatives to throwing away bottles

I've been feeling guilty lately that I can no longer recycle glass. Every beer, wine, champagne, or Framboise bottle now just goes straight to the garbage heap.
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Equal opportunity insulter

If insult comedy is indeed a form of festive abuse, as it's often described, Anchorage is about to celebrate a holiday of humiliation with the grande dame of the game. All hail Lisa Lampanelli, known as the "lovable queen of mean" to all colors, creeds, religions, sexual orientations, human beings...
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D-list dish

Not long after news of Kathy Griffin's first stand-up performance in Alaska went public, the wickedly funny, tell-it-like-it-is comedian and her peeps -- aka "Team Griffin" -- went the social networking route to announce today's book signing at a southside Anchorage store. The Facebook post, ...
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Let the fun begin

The first Fur Rendezvous spanned three days and early events included skiing, hockey, boxing and sled dog races. Rondy executive director Susan Duck said Johnson got the idea in 1935 after a visit to the Fairbanks' winter carnival. Rondy is now a 10-day affair with 26 official events and dozens...
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Local love

Once again, the tchotchke peddled in print, radio, and television leading up to Valentine's Day is overwhelmingly underwhelming and unoriginal. That's not surprising (but the idea that Walgreen's has personal gift advisers to help us navigate boxes of mass-produced chocolate and cheesy teddy bears...
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Suds lovers' weekend

This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of that hops-heavy, barley-bedecked event for suds lovers everywhere -- the Great Alaskan Beer & Barley Wine Festival.
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Mickey Avalon bridges gap between blunt, exotic

While very few artists can classify their music as glam hip-hop, Mickey Avalon, can safely make that claim. Avalon's style bridges the wide gap between brutally blunt hip-hop and '80s glam rock, making for intense and often sweaty performances. He is rarely photographed wearing a shirt, and his...
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Bottoms up

In Munich, Germany, on Oct. 18, 1810, the first Oktoberfest was celebrated in commemoration of the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Since 1950, the traditional festival opening has included a 12-gun salute and a midnight tapping of the first keg of beer...
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The nights are warm and the beer is cold at Mulcahy Stadium

This summer has already surpassed last year in sunny days. It may take awhile, but soon we'll realize that we can make plans in advance to do things outdoors. Yes we can wear summer clothing and forego our umbrellas (or at least leave them in the car).