In May, chapter members from United States Bartenders Guild Rhode Island (USBG RI) chapter traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts for a tour and educational tasting at Dirty Water Distillery. The micro-distillery produces Better Knot Amber Rum, What Knot White Rum, Clementine Vodka, Ginger Vodka, Chastity Vodka, Nosh Vodka, Bogmonster, a cranberry gin, and Velnias, a Lithuanian honey liqueur called krupnikas. While in Massachusetts, USBG RI chapter members spoke with trade professionals about building a USBG chapter in the local area.

USBG RI chapter members during the tour at Dirty Water Distillery (Photo by Chris Almeida).

All USBG RI members unless noted: Ian Single; Kaitlyn Delanos; Sasha Griffith and Noah Griffith of The Pour Farm Tavern in New Bedford, Mass.; Stephanie Merola; Kristine Dunphy; Elizabeth Sawtelle; Johnathan Pogash; Megan Pogash (Photo by Chris Almeida).