If there's an Administrative Professionals' Day, then we're damn well having a World Gin Day.
For those of us who aren't able to make overseas events like the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, Cocktail Spirits 2010 or Tales of the Cocktail, there's Imbibe 2010 in London in July. Big plus: it's free.
Competition deadlines are looming for next year's 42 Below Cocktail World Cup and the chance to be Licor 43's UK brand ambassador.
Beer links - Lebanese microbreweries; Central American beer, c. 1400BC.
Scotch whisky: Scotland's third biggest export and cornerstone of the economy - according to a report commissioned by the Scottish Whisky Association, naturally. (Via @mixthestir.)