Castle Lauderdale, FL, November 17, 2021 –(PR.com)– Nowadays Black-owned Victor George Spirits introduced the Castle Lauderdale Group Redevelopment Company (CRA) board voted unanimously to supply $2,450,000 to assist fund building price of a fifteen,000 sq. foot facility that may area a distillery, eating place, cigar bar, whiskey front room, co-working area and a rooftop bar and front room situated on ancient Sistrunk Side road.

“This will likely be a signature mission at the Sistrunk Hall!” mentioned Castle Lauderdale Commissioner, Robert McKinzie.

Victor G. Harvey, proprietor of nationally allotted Victor George Vodka “VG,” via his construction corporate, Northeast sixth Building will use the forgivable mortgage along his personal funding and financing supplied by means of an area financial institution to assist become a as soon as colourful space again to a vacation spot the place community citizens, out of the town guests and different locals can dine, drink, and excursion the distillery, tasting new and distinctive craft spirits. This new construction will likely be named The Victory Development after the ancient Victory Theatre as soon as situated on Sistrunk. This used to be the mecca of leisure for Black other people in Castle Lauderdale and the one theatre they may attend up till the top of segregation in 1964.

“As our core logo VG continues to develop national, we’re dedicated to serving to our personal town develop, specifically the Sistrunk hall. This has been a protracted procedure, however we stayed the route,” mentioned Victor Harvey. “Thru those tough occasions our center of attention used to be to stay all of our workers operating and get thus far, which we had been in a position to do. This construction will permit the introduction of a number of extra activity alternatives, with lots of the hiring coming from inside the community.”

Along Harvey, a spirits business veteran and Beverage Scientist, Matthew Spinozzi who holds an MSC in Brewing & Distilling from Heriot-Watt College has been introduced on board to supervise operations on the distillery. Spinozzi is a globally identified sprits guide, and, up to now the Leader of Science and Distilling for Matchbook Distilling Corporate educating categories at the taste science of drinks on the American Distilling Institute, the Bar Institute, and the College of Gastronomic Sciences. Spinozzi is featured on Discovery Channel’s Grasp Distiller. He’s additionally a adorned volunteer firefighter and EMT.

The duo will paintings in combination so as to add further product traces together with whiskey, tequila, onerous seltzers in addition to non-alcoholic drinks. VG Vodka is shipped in 44 states and to be had at maximum main outlets national together with Albertsons, Kroger, Dealer Joe’s and extra. It will also be discovered at a number of off and on premise places right through south Florida and in addition to Tampa, Orlando and Jacksonville. This will likely function distribution issues for the brand new merchandise pushed by means of client call for.

VG Vodka, in the community made and sourced, is gluten-free with all-natural substances for a blank clean style. The method is small batch and is going via a filtration and oxidation procedure that purifies and eliminates harsh congeners and unfastened radicals most often accompanied by means of fermentation, distillation, and growing older. “No hangover, no headache, no burn, simply clean,” mentioned Harvey.

VG vodka retails for $19.99 750ml and $27.99 1.75L.

Restricted pattern bottles are to be had for the media upon request. Victor Harvey could also be to be had for interviews.

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