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• 'Operation Swill:' N.J. raids bars to see if they are passing off cheap liquor as premium brands

  The investigation found that the businesses filled premium brand bottles with cheaper liquor “to fool the customer and increase their profits,” the agency said. “The customer paid for the premium brand, but was instead … poured the non-premium brand.”

  Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said the investigation was spurred by information from citizen complaints, confidential informants and “new technology used to test samples taken covertly from the licensed establishments” by division detectives. He would not elaborate, pending a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. today in Trenton.

  Most of the bars targeted were TGI Fridays

  05/23/13

• Gin, Tonic and a Dash of Restraint

  Overwrought reinventions aside, a new golden age for a classic cocktail has arrived.

  Up in New York, they are overthinking the gin & tonic. Here is how you do it:
  
  

  How to make a proper gin and tonic

  05/22/13