I was invited by Rim at The Brothers Vilgalys to come and view the facility in Durham and have a sample of their Krupnikas (KROOP-nih-kahs) liqueur. Ever since visiting the Weihnachtsmarkts in Germany I’ve had a fondness for warm, spiced alcoholic beverages in the winter, and I figured krupnikas would be a nice alternative to [...]
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A Review of Crio Brü
Posted in Drink on Dec 17th, 2012
I was sent a media kit for Crio Brü, and decided to share it with my husband’s office. These days we only have a Keurig machine at home, so I was hoping to use a regular coffee maker or a French press at my husband’s office, and get some other opinions on it. The first [...]
Spirits Pub & Grub in Cary
Posted in Beer, Cary, Drink, Food, Triangle Area Restaurants on Jul 30th, 2012
I wish I would have taken more pictures this visit, but we were all so hungry! I’ve been to Spirits half a dozen times before, but mostly just for drinks and apps. I finally took my husband and son there to try out the menu. We went on a Sunday night so it wasn’t very [...]
I went to the Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival in 2010 and enjoyed myself. Last year I had gone on the Saturday during the afternoon, and it was very hot out at that time. This year I went on the Friday evening, and I think it was just as hot. Though there was some relief [...]
The Great Grapes! Wine, Art & Food Festival was last Saturday, April 16th. I had been checking the weather the week before and it was looking like rain would hit. The day of, it looked like it would be raining on and off until about 4pm, when the thunderstorms would really hit, so we stopped [...]