Quick Hits

• The Feathers Hotel in Oxfordshire has just set the Guinness World Record for largest gin selection in a bar. Make your travel arrangements accordingly... via @AngusWinchester

• Here is a source for "lost" Tiki ingredient: Fassionola. All three original flavors, available by the bottle. We went back and forth about this stuff this last Tiki Month.

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  The garnish wars look ready to heat up on the Cocktailosphere once more. Yay! (Where's my channel knife?)

• An alternate method to get the blueberries into your Blue Beetle #2. From a brand-new-this-month blog, Measure & Stir. Here's the original Blue Beetle #2 post for reference.

• Blair Reynolds will complete his evolution from Tiki blogger to Tiki bar owner this fall, when he opens Hale Pele in Portland, OR. Just so long as I can still buy the syrups, Blair! Congratulations.