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The Definitive Timeline of Bourbon ‘Taters’

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Whatever the case, it was sometime before 2010 when, for reasons unknown, the online bourbon cognoscenti started taunting those lesser-than-them neophyte drinkers who did cringeworthy things… as f*cking potatoes. This first occurred on platforms like eBay and Craigslist, both of which would eventually ban the practice of reselling alcohol.

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Are Bartender’s Handshake Shots Still Cool if They’re on the Menu?

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In New York, the cradle of the craft cocktail revival, Snaquiris purportedly first took off at cool kid bars like Suffolk Arms and Dutch Kills around 2010, and picklebacks a few years earlier at hipster dives in Brooklyn. More broadly, he’s enjoyed their evolution into shooters that can reflect a concept’s unique viewpoint.