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We Have Spirits, Yes We Do
Sipping and celebrating at the San Diego Spirits FestivalSeminars, trade events and mixers—at first blush, the San Diego Spirits Festival sounds like some sort of convention. Indeed, for pros in the adult beverage industry, it’s a chance to talk shop, show off their wares and get down to business. But for fans of a good stiff drink, it’s a four-day free-for-all stocked with top-shelf cocktail parties, mixology competitions and tasting events throughout downtown.
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Head of the Glass
San Diego brewers bolster their top-dog reps at the International Olympics of BeerThe word “Olympics” conjures visions of hard-bodied athletes running, jumping, lifting and, yes, even curling their way to fame and glory.
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Berry, Berry Good
It’s a Great Time to Enjoy StrawberriesCinco de Mayo is a celebration of the Mexican Army’s victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862. (For the record, our neighbors handed the French their collective derrieres, and no foreign army has set foot on this side of the ocean since.)
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Ten
Half-a-score of cocktails by the sandThere’s a mystical, endless-summer vibe that comes from just saying their names out loud (preferably within earshot of a bartender). Beach drinks invoke the laidback paradise of Tahiti, Maui’s sun-baked beaches, genteel Cape Hatteras in the barrier islands, or Ikumi, Japan’s renowned surf beach.
