Award-winning NC distillery opening a Durham craft cocktail bar Kimberly Cataudella, The News & Observer (Raleigh) Jan 20, 2023 Jan 20, 2023 Updated Jan 21, 2023 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Weldon Mills, a Weldon-based distillery specializing in small-batch North Carolina bourbon, is opening a Durham craft cocktail lounge this spring.kAm%96 @C:8:?2= 5:DE:==6CJ[ =@42E65 23@FE 2? 9@FC\2?5\2\92=7 ?@CE962DE @7 #2=6:89[ >2<6D 3@FC3@?[ H9:D<6J[ G@5<2[ 8:? 2?5 @E96C 7=2G@C65 =:BF@CD] %96 sFC92> =@F?86 H:== 762EFC6 4C27E 4@4<E2:=D >256 H:E9 E9@D6 DA:C:ED]k^AmkAm“%9:D :D 2? 6IE6?D:@? @7 E96 5:DE:==6CJ[ D@ H6 H@?’E 36 CF??:?8 E96 3:8 4@@<6CD 2?5 76C>6?E2E:@? 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