Providence River Boat Company hosted its first Cocktail Cruise of the season with Pawtucket-based RI Spirits on June 19. Throughout summer, Providence River Boat Company offers its open-air boat cruises along the shores of downtown Providence featuring special guests and locally based alcohol beverage brands. On select dates from June through Labor Day, Kara Larson, Co-founder, RI Spirits’ Rhodium line of award-winning handcrafted gins, vodkas and liqueurs, will be aboard to lead guests on a tasting journey of seasonal Gin & Tonics, flavored vodkas with soda and fruit, and spirits samples. RI Spirits was first opened in 2019 by Larson along with Co-founder Cathy Plourde and is New England’s only LGBT-owned spirits brand. The company, which operates out of its distillery and tasting room, newly relocated at 40 Bayley Street in Pawtucket, includes Rhodium Vodka, RI Red Vodka, Coffee & Black Walnut Vodka, Citron Vodka, Classic Gin, Forager’s Gin, Grapefruitcello and Limoncello, each crafted from local fresh, farmed or foraged ingredients, gluten-free, organic, non-GMO and vegan, with all but one certified by RI Kosher. RI Spirits are distributed in the state by Horizon Beverage Co. of Rhode Island – Copley division.