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Paul Tanguay and Tad Carducci channel their love of the romance, traditions and hospitality that surround the art of the drink into Tippling Bros., their NYC-based beverage consulting business. From developing innovative wine and beer-based cocktails to running cocktail competitions and educational seminars they're focused on fulfilling a common goal--to help the world drink better. Laren Spirer sat down with Tanguay and Carducci recently to find out how they got started, the story behind their "mock tequila" and what they eat and drink when they're off the clock.

LS: How did the two of you meet and decide to create the Tippling Brothers?

Tad Carducci: We took a class about three years ago - the first ever BAR (Beverage Alcohol Resource) class - and we met there and instantly kind of clicked. We have similar sensibilities, and we realized that we had a very good friend in common. Since that class, we immediately started talking about this idea - wouldn't it be great if we could take the passion and the knowledge and start our own thing?

Paul Tanguay: Start educating, start teaching, start spreading our knowledge.

TC: A few months later, we both quit our jobs and did it. Obviously we had lined up a few clients, and since then we've been going at it. Tippling Brothers has its own life now; it has grown faster than we anticipated it would.

A little over a year ago our British friend, Veronica, brought us back a very special gift from her hometown of Plymouth, England. It was a petite bottle of Plymouth Sloe Gin, a ruby colored liqueur made from Plymouth Gin and sloe berries grown wild on Dartmoor.

We received the gift at Little Branch and our gratitude was punctuated by a question from our server, "Are you celebrating tonight?" She had spied the bottle sitting on the table. We replied that our friend was just handing it off to us. She said that the few times she'd seen a bottle in the bar it meant that someone had good news to share.

Last night Plymouth Gin had its own good news to share and it did so by hosting a party at The Back Room in the Lower East Side. The party was thrown to celebrate the U.S. release of Plymouth Sloe Gin. Needless to say, we're relieved that we'll now be able to enjoy cocktails like the Wibble, Sloe 75 and the classic Sloe Gin Fizz at select bars around NYC starting next month.

Visit www.plymouthgin.com for more info or stop into Little Branch, Pegu Club or Flatiron Lounge in a few weeks for a taste.