Krambambula (drink) Krambambula (drink) Krambambula is an alcoholic mix drink or cocktail that typically consists of red wine and various kinds of liquor, including gin, vodka, or rum. There are many different recipes. Commercially produced versions may also be available in some areas. In recent years, a Krambambula (Крамбамбуля) vodka drink flavoured with honey and spices similar to mead has been commercially popularized as the national drink of Belarus. The name was also adopted by Krambambula, a Belarusian folk rock band. The name is probably derived from the Old High German word "Kranawitu" or "chranawita" ("croaker timber," another name for juniper) and
Theodore Luqueer Mead more attention of the breeding of amaryllis (hippeastrum), being greatly helped by Nehrling, who had a fine collection and allowed Mead to take what he wanted in the way of pollen for his experiments. Specimens with just a hair line color around each petal were intercrossed to produce nearly white varieties with a narrow border around each petal. His hybrid red and white striped ‘Mead-strain’ amaryllis also became the bulb of choice for many American southern gardens in the 1940s and 1950s. The American Amaryllis Society’s yearbook for 1935 was dedicated to Mead in recognition of his pioneer work with