Thursday, August 14, 2008
Thanks to all of you who came and helped celebrate our
2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day last Saturday. It
was a huge success. The weather turned out perfect and I
think there was a nice mix of beer, wine, and spirits
for everybody’s tastes. I hope everybody enjoyed
themselves and were able to get outside and have a dog
or burger. Speaking of burgers did anybody else see the
guy with the 1 green tooth who sat outside and scoffed
down a dozen burgers? Not only is he not a regular
customer of Cork’s (nobody had ever seen him
before)...he didn’t speak English…gave you the look of
death if you glanced his way… and he never actually made
it in the store to try any of the samples. Hmmmm…could
it have been a secret plot by Duds’s or Bum Runners to
eat all of our burgers!?! But we were still glad he came
for entertainment purposes.
I think the hit of the show was a brand new item called
Cabin Fever. It’s a whiskey/bourbon based liqueur that
smells like butterscotch/maple syrup and was just
delicious. The owner of the company is based right out
of Norton and after selling through what we had in
stock, had a bunch more brought in from his home which
he promptly sold out of. We are back in stock and you
can find Cabin Fever on the liquor wall just above the
Southern Comfort.
We will not have a beer tasting this week as we recover
from last weekend and ride out the dog days of August.
We do have a smattering of Autumn/Oktoberfests beers
that have been trickling in so be sure to seek them out
as they are always outstanding. We also have a new
upscale lineup of beers from Allagash that just arrived.
Victoria Ale, Hugh Malone Ale, Victor, Fluxus, and
Curieux make up this interesting 750 ml cork finished
collection. These will be sampled at our 4th Annual
Kick-off beer tasting which is right around the corner
on Saturday, September 13th from 2:30 to 5 PM. We will
talk more about that in upcoming newsletters and you can
always check out the website (corksfinewine.com) for
more details. As I write this newsletter we just
received the new 08-08-08 Vertical Epic Ale from Stone.
We have very limited quantities so we’ll have to limit
you to 2 per person.
I’m still debating whether or not there will be a wine
tasting on Friday night. I have a rep penciled in from
awhile ago but I’m not sure if he remembers and I
haven’t been able to get a hold of him. I’m leaning
against it as we have a couple scheduled for Labor Day
weekend. So let’s say no wine tasting this week unless
you really want to twist my arm and have me open
something for you. We are in the process of picking a
date for our next big wine tasting. It will be in late
October or early November and I welcome your suggestions
on a date or times for the event.
Thanks,
Robert
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