Life’s Too Short…

  College kids will drink some really horrendous booze. By his own admission, Virgil Kaine co-founder David Szlam was no different. Now, he wants to make sure that his friends and other former college kids can step up their games. “People love Bourbon and ginger ale,” Szlam says while asking, “but why do people always […]

Virgil Kaine, the Danville Train, Bourbon, and Ginger

  Charleston’s David Szlam began venturing in to the spirit world about a year and a half ago last May. No. He’s not in to ghosts or anything like that (although there is a dead Confederate soldier at the center of what he’s doing). He’s the co-founder of Virgil Kaine — a spirits manufacturer in […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 2)

JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS TO MAKE SHINE It’s a long process.  You’ve got all the good red tape if you’re going to make weapons or anything else like that — that’s what I compare it to – that we were going to make weapons, because it is a very big deal. The government wants their money […]

CRESCENT Places: Dark Corner Distillery — Bringing Moonshine to the Sunshine (Part 1)

George Jones and Jimmy Buffett sang about IT. Otis tried to get IT past Andy and Barney — only to be foiled as he rode a cow through downtown (though he did convince the Morrison Sisters that “National Potato Week” was cause for celebrating with IT). Bo and Luke Duke faced the wrath of Sheriff […]