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Galena distillery celebrates 10 years, plans expansion

GALENA, Ill. — Matt and Mike Blaum have co-run Blaum Bros. Distilling Co. for just over a decade, but the brothers agree each day at the Galena distillery still offers a chance to try something new.

This spring, for example, the distillery will open the first of the barrels set aside when the company opened and sell its first batch of 10-year, single-malt whiskey. It’s the oldest batch the distillery has made thus far.

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Set the Menu for a Successful Year

(Family Features) If your goals for 2024 include a healthier lifestyle and added nutrition, your mission is likely to start with a refreshed menu. Add a few newfound favorites to this year’s rotation like wraps, salads and smoothies to power each day and propel yourself toward wellness success.

These easy-to-make, better-for-you recipes offer simple solutions to keep your goals on track without taking flavor off the table. Begin busy days with an energy boost from a Strawberry Oatmeal Smoothie then tackle lunchtime cravings or make family dinner a cinch with BLT Wraps with Avocado Spread. For a hearty salad to pair with favorite meals or enjoy all on its own, this Roasted Cauliflower and Potato Spinach Salad is an ideal way to make 2024 your best year yet.

'Cocktails are king': Iowa liquor sales continue to rise

Over the past year, Iowa retailers purchased enough Tito’s Handmade Vodka to fill Dubuque’s Flora Pool and still have about 20,000 gallons left over.

And as consumers opened their wallets for their drinks of choice, a trend continued to emerge: Cocktails are king.

Iowans’ thirst pushed the state’s distilled-spirit sales for the fiscal year that ended June 30 into the record books. In fiscal year 2023, liquor sales to retailers totaled $445,830,313, according to the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division’s annual report. Those sales — along with license fees, a wine tax, bottle deposits and other charges — translated to record revenue of more than $491 million, marking a 2.1% increase from fiscal year 2022.

Welp, nobody ate the kelp ... and other false food predictions

Have pity for our poor brethren on the East and West Coasts.

Yes, they look down on us as provincial and dull, they see us as uninspired and uninspiring. Mostly they just ignore us.

But it’s not their fault. They can’t help it.

They’re so busy trying to latch onto the latest trend, staying ahead of the next trend and disgorging themselves of the last trend that they don’t have time to think. Terrified that they will find themselves on the wrong slope of the trend curve, they automatically and reflectively look down on people who are constitutionally untrendy.

Which is to say, us.

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