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New bag just what the doctor ordered

If you like packing your own drinks while traveling, a collaboration between Barking Irons and Bombay Sapphire may be right up your alley. If you have a spare $495, that is.

The Bombay Sapphire Bar Bag was modeled after antique medical kits from the long-ago age when doctors actually made house calls.

The marriage of design and drink is apropos in that gin once was a popular medicinal spirit as well as a leisure time beverage.

Barking Irons is a New York City company that designs and sells items  "dedicated to the telling of American folklore and history  through unique fashion products and multimedia design." 

The bag, which has a waxed-leather interior, contains a bar spoon, paring knife, muddler, ice pick, juicer, two different strainers, jigger, shaker and glass. 

If you just have to have one, they're available online.

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Bill Dowd is a New Yorker who is an international wine and spirits judge and a print and online journalist/editor who has been covering the beverage universe -- including non-alcoholic drinks -- for decades.

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