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If you are like most people, you have undoubtedly engaged in a champagne toast or two at midnight on New Year’s Eve. As smashing a bottle of champagne on a boat’s gunnel to celebrate the first launch, it is a time-honored tradition. Champagne is also the drink of choice for celebrating milestones, such as toasting the bride and groom and …
It’s good to know your limits in everything you do…physical exertion, spending, how much time you can spend with your mother-in-law before you blow a gasket, etc. Knowing your limits in life can save you a bunch of heartache and hassle or worse. One very important limit to know is how much you can drink before you are impaired. The …
Looking to find out what’s brewing in Daytona Beach? Here are some helpful deets about some of the best breweries in and around town… Daytona Beach Brewing Company, located within a mile of Daytona International Speedway, on Fentress Boulevard offers unique and complex craft brews. The owners are kind and knowledgeable, the food trucks are varied and the bartending services …
Lotteries – drawing numbers at random for a prize (usually monetary) – were first instituted in England and then spread to the New World. Believe it or not, Jamestown – the first permanent English settlement in North America – was partly financed by lotteries! Here’s another fun fact. Many of our famous Founding Fathers were pro lottery. For example, George …
Life might be a tad more boring right now, but the shelves at Bengals Liquor in South Daytona certainly aren’t! The abundance of appealing options is cause for celebration so get ready to fill up your glass and try some of these… Nirvana is 80-proof, hemp-infused liquor which will add some unmistakable herbal characteristics for a much more interesting gin …
Clean your feet and get your grape stompers ready! It’s time to make some wine and, just like there are millions of best-ever grandma recipes out there; there are plenty of ways to smash those grapes! First, of course, you need to work the land, tend the vines and harvest the grapes. Back in the day, that consisted of doing …
While we are all spending more time at home, why not beat the heat by adding a little festivity to the mix and toast the season with some innovative summer cocktails? Here’s a fun summer treat in rustic Italian style. Create your own delicious summer pear pot. Start by simmering one cup of honey and three cups of water until …
Bourbon is whiskey produced primarily in Southern Kentucky – within 40 miles Louisville – where the unique, sweet tasting, hard waters are rich in limestone, keeping iron at a minimum and adding desirable minerals like magnesium and calcium. While bourbon is made from at least 51% corn, most bourbon is composed of at least 70% corn. The other grains added, …
Florida is an amazing state full of vibrant, fragrant blooms, glistening waters lined with white sand beaches and temperate weather that is covered by snowbirds across our great nation. Believe it or not, Florida is also home to quite a few pretty posh wineries with a unique flavor all their own. Ever had a wine slushy? You can enjoy them …
Everyone loves things that are bubbly. Kids love to blow bubbles; bubbly personalities bring smiles to our faces and warmth to our hearts; bubbling jets in hot tubs are incredibly soothing and remarkably relaxing; and then there is Capriccio Bubbly Sangria… Capriccio Bubbly Sangria is so hot a trend in Daytona Beach right now, it is literally flying off the …