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    <title>The Blotto Grotto Blog</title>
    <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog</link>
    <description>Boston Home Bartending Blog - helpful posts about home bartending, spirits, tools, and more.</description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2016 20:57:24 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2016-12-06T20:57:24Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Rum Drinks For Your Last Summer Party In Somerville</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/rum-drinks-for-your-last-summer-party-in-somerville</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/rum-drinks-for-your-last-summer-party-in-somerville" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Rum Drinks For Your Last Summer Party In Somerville" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately summer can't last forever and fall is almost upon us. Time for one last boozy tribute to warm weather in Somerville, courtesy of some great cocktails made with rum from &lt;a href="http://www.243monaco.com/"&gt;Puerto Rico&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/rum-drinks-for-your-last-summer-party-in-somerville" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Rum Drinks For Your Last Summer Party In Somerville" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Unfortunately summer can't last forever and fall is almost upon us. Time for one last boozy tribute to warm weather in Somerville, courtesy of some great cocktails made with rum from &lt;a href="http://www.243monaco.com/"&gt;Puerto Rico&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2Frum-drinks-for-your-last-summer-party-in-somerville&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2015 19:56:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/rum-drinks-for-your-last-summer-party-in-somerville</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-09-16T19:56:03Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Somerville Home Bar Cheat Sheet</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/somerville-home-bar-cheat-sheet</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/somerville-home-bar-cheat-sheet" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Somerville Home Bar Cheat Sheet" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Getting all the things you need together for your home bar can be a daunting task. Plus you only have so much budget you can devote to this. There's SO many cool and shiny things to buy, but what do you really need?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/somerville-home-bar-cheat-sheet" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Somerville Home Bar Cheat Sheet" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Getting all the things you need together for your home bar can be a daunting task. Plus you only have so much budget you can devote to this. There's SO many cool and shiny things to buy, but what do you really need?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2Fsomerville-home-bar-cheat-sheet&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 22:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/somerville-home-bar-cheat-sheet</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-09-10T22:00:29Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Hacks to Start Serving Cocktails for your Somerville Party</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktails-for-your-somerville-party</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktails-for-your-somerville-party" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Hacks to Start Serving Cocktails for your Somerville Party" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Parties - they're fun to attend, but they can be a ton of work and stress when you're on the planning end of things. Cocktails can be a nice addition to any party, but they can also be a lot of work.&amp;nbsp;We've put together a collection of tips for serving cocktails for your Somerville party to make things a little easier on you.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktails-for-your-somerville-party" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/varnish-on-king.jpg" alt="Hacks to Start Serving Cocktails for your Somerville Party" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;Parties - they're fun to attend, but they can be a ton of work and stress when you're on the planning end of things. Cocktails can be a nice addition to any party, but they can also be a lot of work.&amp;nbsp;We've put together a collection of tips for serving cocktails for your Somerville party to make things a little easier on you.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2Fcocktails-for-your-somerville-party&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2015 21:49:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktails-for-your-somerville-party</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-09-10T21:49:51Z</dc:date>
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      <title>8 reasons to take a cocktail class at home in cambridge</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktail-class-at-home-in-cambridge</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktail-class-at-home-in-cambridge" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/DSC_3883.jpg" alt="8 reasons to take a cocktail class at home in cambridge" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;You've always wanted to &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston"&gt;make cool drinks&lt;/a&gt; for yourself and friends, so you want to take a class to help you along. Here's why you should have that class taught at your home.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktail-class-at-home-in-cambridge" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/DSC_3883.jpg" alt="8 reasons to take a cocktail class at home in cambridge" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;You've always wanted to &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston"&gt;make cool drinks&lt;/a&gt; for yourself and friends, so you want to take a class to help you along. Here's why you should have that class taught at your home.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2Fcocktail-class-at-home-in-cambridge&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2015 19:26:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cocktail-class-at-home-in-cambridge</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-08-30T19:26:53Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Cheap Date Ideas in Somerville</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/3642425315_1350b9d1a3_b.jpg" alt="Cheap Date Ideas in Somerville" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt;  
&lt;p&gt;Somerville is a great place to live, but for many residents it's increasingly taking more of your budget to stay in the city. If you want to go out, there's a wealth of choices for going out&amp;nbsp;around&amp;nbsp;places like Davis Square, Union Square, Assembly Row, and others, but if you don't have the funds it may not seem like you have many options for you and your date.&amp;nbsp;Hopefully this list of cheap date ideas for Somerville will&amp;nbsp;allow you and your date to enjoy the evening together without resorting to your Netflix queue.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/3642425315_1350b9d1a3_b.jpg" alt="Cheap Date Ideas in Somerville" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt;  
&lt;p&gt;Somerville is a great place to live, but for many residents it's increasingly taking more of your budget to stay in the city. If you want to go out, there's a wealth of choices for going out&amp;nbsp;around&amp;nbsp;places like Davis Square, Union Square, Assembly Row, and others, but if you don't have the funds it may not seem like you have many options for you and your date.&amp;nbsp;Hopefully this list of cheap date ideas for Somerville will&amp;nbsp;allow you and your date to enjoy the evening together without resorting to your Netflix queue.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2Fcheap-date-ideas-somerville&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-08-26T15:11:00Z</dc:date>
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      <title>5 Tricks for Bartending At Home in Boston</title>
      <link>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/4703902562_071649f8eb_o-942964-edited.jpg" alt="5 Tricks for Bartending At Home in Boston" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5 TRICKS FOR BARTENDING AT HOME IN BOSTON&lt;br&gt;Sometimes you don't always &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville"&gt;want to go out&lt;/a&gt;, but you'd love to have a good cocktail. You might even have tried a few times but it never seems quite the same as what you have at a bar. You might think, what's missing?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://762412.hs-sites.com/hubfs/4703902562_071649f8eb_o-942964-edited.jpg" alt="5 Tricks for Bartending At Home in Boston" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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&lt;span style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;5 TRICKS FOR BARTENDING AT HOME IN BOSTON&lt;br&gt;Sometimes you don't always &lt;a href="https://762412.hs-sites.com/blog/cheap-date-ideas-somerville"&gt;want to go out&lt;/a&gt;, but you'd love to have a good cocktail. You might even have tried a few times but it never seems quite the same as what you have at a bar. You might think, what's missing?&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=762412&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2F762412.hs-sites.com%2Fboston-home-bartender-blog%2F5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252F762412.hs-sites.com%252Fboston-home-bartender-blog&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 11:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <author>acarpenter@hubspot.com (Adam Carpenter)</author>
      <guid>https://762412.hs-sites.com/boston-home-bartender-blog/5-tricks-bartending-at-home-in-boston</guid>
      <dc:date>2015-08-21T11:17:00Z</dc:date>
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