Why Celebrate July 18

Btms^ for Sunday, July 18.

 

Liquor Barns are open today till 9 pm!

 

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Graham Beck Brut (S. Africa) 2 toast 2 Nelson Mandela, born 2day in 1918 & 2 toast 2 LEX SummerFest’s Pride & Prejudice final performance 2nite @ The Arboretum!

 

 

Liquor Barn is a proud Founding Sponsor of KCTC’s SummerFest at the Arboretum in Lexington, Now through July 25th!

 

Stop by Liquor Barn in Lexington and load up your picnic basket and cooler for Summerfest’s 2010 Season at the Arboretum! Tonight’s show @ 8:45 pm is the wonderful production of Pride & Prejudice, adaptation by Jon Jory, based on the Jane Austen novel. Pride and Prejudice’s final performance is tonight, Sunday, July 18  at 8:45 pm.

 

General admission tickets $10 at the Entry Gate.  Reserved Chairs: $12, Reserved Blanket Area (for 4) $49. available at the Gate or on line at: www.kctcsummerfest.com   Gates open @ 7 pm, shows begin at 8:45 pm.

 

SummerFest continues next week with RENT, the Tony-award winning musical by Jonathan Larson, July 21 through July 25, Wednesday through Sunday!

 

 

Y Celebrate 2day? On July 18th in…

 

1994 – Crayola introduced scented crayons.

1980 – Glass Houses, Billy Joel’s album, topped the charts.

1980 – Actress Kristen Bell born…”Forgetting Sarah Marshall” as “Veronica Mars” with “Heroes”?

1976 – At the Olympics in Montreal, gymnast Nadia Comaneci became the 1st person in Olympic history to score a perfect “10”…she was flexible?

1968 – The Intel Corporation was founded in Santa Clara, CA.

1967 – Actor Vin Diesel was born…with “The Pacifier” to “The Fast and the Furious”?

1966 – NASA’s Gemini 10 was launched.

1957 – British golfer Nick Faldo was born…to go for the Green?

1954 – Musician Ricky Skaggs was born…in Kentucky to play his Mandolin with KY Thunder?

1950 – Entrepreneur Richard Branson was born…to launch his “Virgin” Brands of records, airlines, phones…

1940 – MLB great Joe Torre born…to be a 9-time All Star player, and Manager of the NY Yankees (1996-2007) and LA Dodgers (2008-Present).

1937 – Gonzo journalist, writer Hunter S. Thompson born…in Louisville, KY with “Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas”?

1929 – Olympic skater Dick Button born…to win Gold at the 1948 and 1952 games!

1921 – Astronaut, politician John Glenn born…to be the 1st American to orbit the earth and be a US Senator from Ohio.

1918 – Activist Nelson Mandela born…to become President of South Africa and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, as chronicled in his autobiography “Long Walk to Freedom”!

1906 – Playwright Clifford Odets born…Waiting for Lefty in Paradise Lost to Awake and Sing!

 

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? May 10

Btms^ for Monday, May 10.

 

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Graham Beck Brut, which was served on this date in 1994 at the Inauguration of Nelson Mandela as President of South Africa!

 

In Louisville this Thursday! Goose Island Brew master Greg Hall, May 13th: Meet & Greet @ 5:30 pm,  Beer and Cheese Tasting @ 6 pm @ Springhurst Liquor Barn

 

At the Springhurst Liquor Barn this Thursday, May 13th, we’ll have a “Meet and Greet” with Goose Island’s Brew master Greg Hall of Chicago, from  5:30 to 6 pm.  Our Goose Island Beer Tasting paired with cheeses will begin around 6 pm. The tasting is per person is $15.  With your admission ticket you will receive a 4 oz pour of each of the following seven Goose Island beers along with a different cheese perfectly paired with each beer!

 

 

Goose Island Brews and Cheese Pairings Tasting Menu for May 13:

 

-312 Urban Wheat paired with Goat Cheese

-Summertime Kolsch paired with Pecorino Toscano

-Demolition (Belgian Style Golden Ale) paired with aged Gouda

-Matilda (Belgian Style Pale Ale) paired with Brie

-IPA paired with KY Blue Cheese

-Pere Jacques (Belgian Style Abbey Ale) paired with Classic Beemster Gouda

-Bourbon County Stout paired with Saint Andre

  

Seating is limited so please stop by Liquor Barn Springhurst to reserve your spot.  Please contact Liquor Barn’s Beer Guru Drew Johnson at djohnson@liquorbarn.com or by phone at 502/426-4222 if you have any questions.  Don’t miss this great opportunity to meet the master mind behind Goose Island’s award winning brews at the Springhurst Liquor Barn this Thursday night! Attendees will also enjoy some Goose Island gift items and a discount on Goose Island Growlers and packages.

 

 

 

In Lexington: Lexington Opera Society’s Prelude! May 22: A Grand Night for Wine, Food & Song! on May 22, 2010 at 6:30 pm, Singletary Center for the Arts, Sponsored by Liquor Barn and Bryant’s Rent-All. Featuring Live and Silent Auctions, Wine Samplings, hors d’oeuvres, song samplings from upcoming “It’s a Grand Night for Music!” Tickets: $100 p/p, Groups of 4 or more: $75 p/p, Junior tickets (ages 21-39) $50 p/p. Reservations and info: 859-533-3443

 

 

Y Celebrate 2Day? On this date in…

 

1994 – Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as President of South Africa!

1986 – “Rock Me Amadeus” by Falco hit #1 on the UK charts.

1983 – The last episode of “Laverne and Shirley” aired on ABC-TV.

1963 – Decca records signed The Rolling Stones on the recommendation of The Beatles’ George Harrison…wonder how that turned out!?!

1960 – U2 singer, songwriter Bono born…on a “Beautiful Day”  with “Pride (In the Name of Love)” where “I Will Follow” “With or Without You” because “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For”?

1954 – Bill Haley and His Comets released “Rock Around the Clock” which would become the first Rock ‘n Roll song to hit #1 on the charts!

1946 – British singer Donovan born…a “Sunshine Superman” who they call “Mellow Yellow”…Quite Rightly!

1944 – Film director Jim Abrahams born…on an “Airplane!” with “Hot Shots!” and “Ruthless People”!

1942 – NCAA basketball coach Jim Calhoun born…a Huskie at UConn?

1918 – Pediatrician, author Dr. T. Berry Brazelton born…to tell us “What Every Baby Knows”.

1908 – Mother’s Day celebrated for the 1st time…Cheers 2 Moms!

1899 – Dancer, actor Fred Astaire born…wearing a “Top Hat” and “Silk Stockings” with a “Funny Face” during the “Easter Parade” at the “Holiday Inn”? Now “That’s Entertainment!”

1893 – The US Supreme Court ruled in Nix v. Hedden that a Tomato is a vegetable, not a fruit, under the Tariff Act of 1883. Now you know!

 

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Y Celebrate 2Day? Feb 11, 2010

Btms^ for Thursday, Feb. 11…it’s “Friday Eve”!

Drink 4Cast 4 2Day: Graham Beck Brut to celebrate Nelson Mandela’s release today in 1990 after 27 years in prison.

Sunday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day!

Did you know…? Liquor Barn has an astonishing array of fine world-class chocolates! Sweets for your sweetest!  

Y Celebrate 2Day?

On this date in…

1752 – The 1st hospital in the U.S. opened, the Pennsylvania Hospital…Stat!

1794 – The 1st session of the U.S. Senate open to the public.

1809 – Robert Fulton filed for a patent for improvements to Steamboat navigation…to go full steam ahead!

1847 – Inventor Thomas Alva Edison born…to be the “Wizard of Menlo Park” (now known as Edison, NJ) with his phonograph, motion picture camera, and improvements on the light bulb. TAE held 1,093 patents in the U.S. alone.

1917 – TV writer, novelist Sidney Sheldon born…”Hart to “Hart” on “The Other Side of Midnight” to “(I) Dream of Jeannie” and “Patty Duke”?

1925 – Broadway actress Kim Stanley born…to “Picnic” at the “Bus Stop” and to be the uncredited narrator (as the adult “Scout Finch”) of the seminal film “To Kill a Mockingbird”.

1926 – Canadian actor Leslie Nielson born…on an “Airplane” showing a “Scary Movie” with a “Naked Gun”?

1936 – Actor Burt Reynolds born…to go on a “Cannonball Run” on “Boogie Nights” with “Smokey and the Bandit” to make a “Deliverance”?

1941 – The 1st Gold Record was presented…to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo”…Toot Toot!

1962 – The Beatles recorded “Please Please Me”…oh yeah!

1962 – Singer, songwriter Sheryl Crow born…and “If It Makes You Happy” she was “Leaving Las Vegas” because “Everyday is a Winding Road” with the “Light in Your Eyes”?

1969 – Actress Jennifer Aniston born…with lots of “Friends” like “Marley and Me”?

1979 – Playwright Neil Simon’s musical “They’re Playing Our Song” opened in NYC…and ran for 1,082 performances. Applause, applause!

1990 – Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner in South Africa for 27 years, was finally released from Victor Verster prison…Amen.

 

Four years later in 1994, Nelson Mandela would be elected President of South Africa. At Mandela’s inauguration, Graham Beck Brut, a South African sparkling wine, was served.

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why celebrate today? july 18, 2009

Btms^ for Saturday, July 18.

 

Drink Forecast for Today: Graham Beck Brut

Graham Beck Brut was served at Nelson Mandela’s 1994 presidential inauguration, and would make for a great birthday toast to Nelson Mandela today on his 91st birthday! 

 

 

Complimentary Sip & Sample Wines @ all Liquor Barns Today! Saturday 3 – 6 pm

 

– Toso Moscato Dolce NV

– Cortenova Primitivo 2007 Puglia

 

In Lexington, All Barns from 3 to 6 pm

Tommy Bahama Rum, Sweet Carolina Sweet Tea

 

In Louisville, All Barns from 3 to 6 pm:

Maker’s Mark Summer Breeze Cocktail

 

Buy A Try Beer Samplings: BREWDOG at All Barns Today!

Saturday, 3 to 6 pm:  Try Brewdogs Dogma, Rip Tide, Hard core IPA and Punk IPA for just 2.50 for all four brews!

 

 

On this date in…

1906 – Playwright Clifford Odets born, a “Golden Boy”.

1911 – Actor Hume Cronyn born.

1913- Comedian Red Skelton born.

1918 – South Africa President Nelson Mandela born.

1937 – Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson born in Louisville, KY.

1940 – Actor James Brolin born. Josh’s dad.

1941 – Singer Martha Reeves born.

1943 – Golfer Calvin Peete born.

1943 – Actor Bobby Sherman born.

1950 – Entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson born.

1954 – Singer, musician Ricky Skaggs born in Cordell, KY.

1957 – Golfer Nick Faldo born.

1961 – Actress Elizabeth McGovern born.

1966 – Olympic decathelete Dan O’Brien born.

1967 – Actor Vin Diesel born.

1980 – Billy Joel’s album “Glass Houses” tops the charts.

1994 – Crayola announces the introduction of scented crayons.

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Why Celebrate Today? February 11, 2009

Btms^ for February 11. On this date in…

1962 – Sheryl Crow (singer, songwriter) born.

“All I want to do is have some fun” when celebrating this former schoolteacher-turned-rock star’s birthday…and I know “I’m not the only one!”  A toast to this talented young artist with some old bourbon would be fitting, whether it’s Old Crow, Old Pogue, or Old Grand Dad Bourbon!    

1969 —   Jennifer Anniston (actress) born.

“Rumor Has It” a perfect way to celebrate Jenn’s birthday is to gather all your “Friends” (including “Marley and Me” and “Bruce Almighty”) and toast to her and her Greek heritage with some Ouzo, an anise-flavored liqueur.   

1953    —  Disney’s “Peter Pan” premieres.

Everyone can take flight when you celebrate with a glass of Parrot Mountain wine!  

1809    —  Steamboat patented by Robert Fulton.

A steamy celebration sure to float any boat would be with brews from Anchor Steam Brewing, San Fran, CA.  

1990    —  Nelson Mandela (apartheid activist, President of South Africa) freed.

Let’s celebrate this remarkable date with the same South African sparkling wine that was served at his inauguration a few years after he was freed: Graham Beck Brut.   

1847    —  Thomas Alva Edison born.

An apt and illuminating toast to the genius of Menlo Park would be with your favorite Light beer: Amstel Light, Coors Light, Miller Lite, Bud Light, Michelob Light, Rhinelander Light…well, you get the picture and more importantly, you see the light!

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Why Celebrate Today? January 20, 2009

Btms^ for January 20, 2009

 

We are one today.  A toast to the United States of America as we inaugurate our 44th President Barack Obama, and Joe Biden as Vice President.

 

We will be marking the day with a glass of Graham Beck Brut. It was served at the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in South Africa in 1994. Reportedly, Graham Beck Brut was also enjoyed by the Obama family in Chicago on election night in November.

 

Cheers to all on this historic day.