It is basically a way (or excuse) to drink straight bourbon that tastes diluted, a much easier (and faster) to consume mixed drink, but is in fact near full strength.

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Paris is traditionally more of a wine and Champagne capital than a hub of mixed-drink innovation.

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This may well have been what happened in three cases of non-fatal cerebral hemorrhage in New Zealand, who either consumed DMAA in products sold as party pills or in a powder mixed in a drink.

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Spirits, meanwhile, contain more than six times the calories of beer, and when mixed with a soft drink, the calorie-count soars even higher.

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Diageo noticed that a new drink wines mixed with spirits and flavoured with herbs and spices had taken off in the Caribbean.

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Dr David Regis from SHUE said the poll painted a mixed picture of young people's attitudes to drink.

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He explained that later in the year when it is in season, he will return to pick the yellow gorse flowers (which have a distinct coconut taste) to use in meat marinades and Thai curries, as well as burdock root, which is popular in Japanese cooking and can be used for vegetable soups or mixed with dandelion to make a root beer-like soft drink.

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He mixed some hops and worked with the local brewer to create a drink that, aside from a slightly milky odor, looks and tastes like beer.

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Like most Irish whiskies it is relatively mellow and very easy to drink, neat or on the rocks, though in Ireland it is often mixed with ginger beer.

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