Fans blow conch shells, bang out a rhythm on steel brake-drums, and tote all-day liquid picnics of cold beer and rum.

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Workers are being sent home, workplace snacks and meals cut and even the traditional perk of beer, rum and (government-issue) cake for weddings and a free hotel room for the honeymoon was recently eliminated.

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As I saw to the boat, my buddies hit the on-site liquor store and loaded the suite with Sands beer, Havana Club rum, and Cohiba cigars that seemed just as important as the spears and snorkels.

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"The unacceptable incident at Central Washington University, which appears to have involved hard liquor, such as vodka and rum, beer, our products, and possibly illicit substances, is precisely why we go to great lengths to ensure our products are not sold to underage consumers and are not abused, " a company statement said.

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Sharing what trip afar or film project is next, attendees were given product demonstrations, gratis samples (whether a taste of Brugal Rum or Goose Island beer) and treated as if on the red carpet at the Kodak Theater, Hollywood, instead of just off sandy Long Beach and now in Greenwich Village, NYC.

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Here comes the next wave in what Bluecoat Gin partner Andrew Auwerda calls "the gourmet-fication of America": talented, local micro-distillers with dreams of doing for bourbon, gin and rum what Robert Mondavi did for Cabernet Sauvignon or the Boston Beer Company's Samuel Adams did for lager.

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