Thanks for attending the 2nd Annual Customer Appreciation Day

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