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'Meet Your Maker' at The Liberty Hotel

Where: 215 Charles St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02114-3001

You know how much we love our cocktails here at HotelChatter. We'll find any reason to celebrate with a cocktail and fortunately for us (but not for our liver), hotels feel the same way. We've slurped down Summer Cocktails and Halloween Cocktails and now we're ready for the main event, Holiday Cocktails. We'll be taking a look at these concoctions all season long. If you have a suggestion, don't hold out on us. (Photos, recipes and prices are helpful too!)

When your hotel used to be a jail in a former life, the jokes and puns never get old. We loved the Liberty Hotel's Do Not Disturb sign which features the word Solitary and now we're loving their winter drink, Meet Your Maker.

The drink sounds ominous and it's served in the hotel's restaurant which is called CLINK but we bet it will make you feel all warm inside. The drink ($15) is made with creamy pumpkin puree and Makers Mark and topped with nutmeg garnish. Yum. If you can't make it to Boston, here's how to make the recipe in the maximum security of your own home.

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The Liberty Hotel: A Jail You Don't Want To Bust Out Of

Where: 215 Charles St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02114-3001

Welcome to our regular feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them explain why their hotels are worthy of your hard-earned dollars or rewards points.

Speaking from the uber cool Ebersol Suite atop the old jail in Beacon Hill, Jim Treadway, head honcho of the Liberty Hotel in Boston, answers one simple question: "Why would someone coming to Boston stay at the Liberty Hotel".

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Liberty Hotel Adds Healthy Drinks To Our Summer Cocktail List

We've kicked off our Summer Cocktails series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink. Otherwise, enjoy and @reply us when you're wasted!

Boston's Liberty Hotel has got our summer cocktail indulgence all sorted out: they have a range of "Sleek" cocktails which each have less than 150 calories, which means, of course, we can drink a few more of them without having to worry about how we'll look at the pool. And for this we are truly grateful.

In fact, Liberty Hotel bartenders tell us that pretty much every classic cocktail can be transformed into a more body-conscious version, and their "Sleek" versions certainly still sound like they have a great taste. From the Malibu Lift (including reduced-fat, no-sugar-added dried coconut) to the Hydrate (includes lots of watermelon) and the Dream (no nasty fat-free ingredients, but just sounds delicious), everybody should find something to indulge in without the same guilt as a regular cocktail. Each one costs $15; recipes after the jump.

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Inside Boston's Liberty Hotel 'New' Tower Suites

Where: 215 Charles St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02114-3001

Someone over @ Virgin America knew what they were doing when they booked Boston's Liberty Hotel for Richard Branson's BOS route opening soiree last night.

Ok, ok, the old jail building's gorgeous atrium lobby is not exactly conducive to stellar ways of egress for the legendarily large posse Sir Richard tends to bring to a party, however, the historic Charles Street Jail turned Liberty Hotel possesses some of the coolest mixing of new and old that we have seen, and we have been around the hotel block.

Room: 1301
Type: 16-story Tower Suite
Square Footage: ~750 square feet
Best Feature: 240 degree Panoramic Views of the Charles River -- all the way to the Citgo sign.

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Room With an Anti-View: Handy Hospital at the Liberty in Boston

Where: 215 Charles St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02114-3001

You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face, or seeing a brick wall. Whatever you are viewing it is not extremely pleasurable. Help out your fellow hotel mavens by uploading your anti-views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number with the not-so-easy-on-the-eyes view.

We're always keen for our hotels to have a convenient location, but we have a feeling that the new luxury boutique Liberty Hotel in Boston is a little too convenient to the Massachusetts General Hospital. As the guests who snapped this Anti-View said, "We had a great view of the Eye & Ear Infirmary"--just what you're after during a stay in Boston.

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Movies From Inside Boston's New Jail Hotel

Where: 215 Charles St [map], Boston, MA, United States, 02114-3001

Approaching Boston's newest swank hotel, The Liberty Hotel, is not a simple proposition. The hotel is directly behind the new Yawkey Center at Mass General Hospital and you are bound to run into squealing ambulances, harried doctors and Charles St. Brahmans as you enter.

However once inside the old Charles Street Jail you are immediately blown away by the atrium architecture and escalator mural, which includes mug shots of actual former inmates. Our first impression is that MTM Luxury Lodging did a good job of shutting out the chaotic surroundings of the Charles St. T stop and turning this old jail into a 298-room hotel.

We know that if you are going to pay $300 to $350 a night (ouch) for a room here you want to know what it is like inside. Luckily for you this hotel video tour is a Friday double feature.

Check out moving pictures from room 430, one of 18 rooms in the jail (the other 280 are in the new tower) here.

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