Your daily dose of news and happenings from around the drink-o-sphere:
– A group of chefs, bartenders and writers offer a list of their 20 must-visit dive bars.
– Gin sales broke records this year, growing by 16 percent and surpassing the sales growth of beer and sparkling wine.
– Thrillist explores the rise of Modelo as the latest hipster beer.
– Chef Dan Barber and Grimm Ales collaborate on a beer that celebrates crop rotation and its role in farming.
– Finally, Imbibe interviews Ray Oldenburg who coined the term “third place” in reference to community coffee shops and bars.
[Photo: Flickr/Alan Levine]