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Northshore October 2025
With its complex citrusy botanicals and strong scent of juniper berries, gin always reminds Chelsea Johnson of Christmas. So when the bartender at Nixs Ten Center Street in Newburyport started planning a drink to serve at her mother’s Christmas party, her thoughts immediately turned to the spirit. “That piney aroma just makes me think of the holidays,” says Johnson, who took over the task of developing the drink for the annual festivities a few years back. “I am banned from the kitchen,” she says with a laugh, but mixing drinks—and inventing new ones—is right up her alley. “I love playing
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