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Gift guide: Champagne, wine, liquors and beer
Photo credit: Handout | It's the 2009 edition of Samuel Adams Utopias, a dark "blend of batches," aged in bourbon casks, hinting of maple, cinnamon and honey. There's nothing quite like this extreme ale: complex, high-octane production, at 27 percent alcohol by volume, packaged in a ceramic brew kettle decanter. $150.
Holiday gift guide: Champagne, wine, liquors and beer
Grapes and grains yield gifts. Here's a sampler of first-class beverages for the festivities ahead.
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The Moët & Chandon "Chill Box" offers a bottle of the dependably fine and fizzy Moët Impérial in an isothermal, reusable gold-hued container that keeps the temp for two hours. $40.
Red as Santa's suit and versatile as ever comes...
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