This Week In Booze: Suffixated

A tray of Scoff Laws served by LUPEC member Pinky Gonzales at last year’s USO Show fundraiser. The Boston chapter of Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails has announced its third annual fall fundraiser. Bostonist had a swell time at the second , and this year’s party is tiki themed. We’ll need a lei and a mai tai in the middle of November. [ LUPEC ] Delicious Four Roses bourbon is finally available outside Kentucky and Japan. Taste it with master distiller Jim Rutledge from 5 to 6 pm today at Federal Wine & Spirits, 29 State St. [ Federal Wine & Sprits mailing list ] The price of beer at ballparks corresponds (sort of) to the quality of the team. [ Wall Street Journal ] We were already wary of the suffix -tini, and now it’s been combined with Twitter. “Not currently on the menu, the drink is only available if you ask for it

by name”—which is also true of many classic drinks that are not blue. [ Westin Copley Place ] The phrase “fruit wine and cider donuts” makes us want to drive out to Ipswich. [ Serious Eats ] Surely someone wants to buy us a necklace that says SCOTCH on it. [ Etsy ] Original-formula Schlitz returns to Dorchester today. [ Grub Street ] Scotland’s envelope-pushing BrewDog has released a 1.1% ABV beer called “Nanny State.” [ BevLog ] Oxidation is usually not encouraged in winemaking. Here’s why it can be awesome. [ Imbibe ] Boston’s getting another bar with an ice block. It will have a “gentleman-only” club, where women will be welcome on Fridays only. [ Globe , Grub Street ] Fancy people are coming to Boston to make up some fancy drink menus. [ Drinkboston ] The Lord Hobo still isn’t open. [ Chow ]

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This Week In Booze: Suffixated