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As many longtime tenants on the Lower East Side say goodbye to beloved dive bars, others will be privy to living in a luxury residential building on the very same corner that used to house Mars Bar. The Wall Street Journal reported that nine tenants who live in two small walk-up buildings on Second Avenue and First Street struck deals to buy "cooperative units in a new 12-story building," which will be known as Jupiter 21. These residents paid the jaw-dropping price of $10 per apartment.

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After announcing 40 brewers a couple of weeks ago, Brooklyn Pour has added its second round of brewers, bringing the total so far to 60, already breaking last year's total. The event takes place on Saturday, October 6, and you can find tickets at the Brooklyn Pour website.

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Last week we, the people, demanded that the president release the recipes for his White House home brews -- the beers he enjoys so much, he is carrying some along the campaign trail.

How did the White House respond? By making adorable beer puns and sharing the recipes, at last:

With public excitement about White House beer fermenting such a buzz, we decided we better hop right to it.

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Heineken

Heineken is releasing two new beers in the U.S. this month: Amstel Wheat and Tecate Michelada.

According to Reuters, Amstel Wheat will be sold in bottles in the Northeast, Chicago, and Minneapolis after a year-long test of the beer on draught.

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We did it, everyone. Following a public outcry, petition, and the filing of a federal Freedom of Information Act request, the Leader of the Free World will release the White House's beer recipe.

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StyleCrave

Chug, chug, chug, chug!

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Well, it's no surprise that the guy with the most stressful job in the world likes to drink beer. We just want to be able to drink it with him.

Some clever beer enthusiasts have filed a petition demanding that President Obama release his home brew recipe for the infamous Honey Ale, a beer that the White House started brewing about about a year and a half ago (and Obama apparently served it at his 2011 Super Bowl party).

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The Havana Hurricane

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Taking a shot with its new dessert concept, Havana Central is putting an adult spin on its signature dish: the empanada. Yes, these are alcoholic empanadas.

Selections include the Spiced Peartini (filled with a delectable fusion of diced pear simmered with Ron Zacapa Super Premium Dark-Aged Rum and accented with the fragrant spices of the islands: vanilla, cinnamon and brown sugar), the Drunken Monkey (decadent, melted chocolate folded into an intoxicating mixture of fresh banana and Baileys Irish Cream), the Pirate Punch (juicy peaches blended with cinnamon and butter in a rich compote, enhanced with a libation mélange of white wine, Myers's Rum, and peach schnapps), and Havana Hurricane (guava tempered with the essence of Chambord Black Raspberry Liqueur, combined with creamy cheese and a vanilla wafer crunch).

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Norman Collins

Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins, the American tattoo artist and sailor, would have been 101 years old this year. To celebrate, the rum company named in his honor, Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum, is partnering with 3 Kings Tattoos (572 Manhattan Ave., Brooklyn) to offer 101 free anchor tattoos (pictured below). The anchors will be available as 1-inch or 2-inch tattoos, on Tuesday, June 12, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., when artists Alex Mcwatt, Myles Karr, Jeremy Sutton, and Jason June will be offering them on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Eek. Might want to think twice now about downing that cocktail. According to a recent study by the National Cancer Institute, consuming seven to 14 alcoholic drinks per week carries a 30 to 60 percent increase in breast cancer risk.

Although earlier studies have connected daily alcohol consumption with breast cancer, Fit Sugar points out that this new study shows the risk is even higher than previously thought in 2007.

"The findings from this study are significant because there are relatively few breast cancer risk factors that someone can actually modify or do something about," Dr. Claudine Isaacs, professor of oncology at the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center and one of the study's authors told ABC News, "and alcohol intake is one of them"

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Can the shape of your wine glass affect the taste of the wine? According to the people over at The Guardian--maybe.

Felicity Cloake, the publication's food and wine reporter writes: ". . . in Austria, a ninth-generation glassmaker called Claus Riedel was theorising glass shapes' effect on wine. The company launched a range of grape-specific glasses in 1961, claiming 'wide, open glass shapes require us to sip by lowering the head, whereas a narrow rim forces the head to tilt backwards so that the liquid flows. This delivers and positions the beverage to different 'taste zones' of the palate.'"

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