The bar team at One Bellevue in Newport celebrated Women’s History Month with a cocktail-making class featuring spirits from Laird & Company on March 24. Lisa Laird, Chief Operating Officer and Global Ambassador, Laird & Company, hosted the tutorial, where guests were instructed how to create a cocktail featuring Laird’s Old Apple Brandy 7 ½, Strong Foundations, which is featured on One Bellevue’s spring cocktail menu. Known as one of America’s oldest distillers, Laird & Company was founded by the Laird family in the late 1600s and specializes in apple spirits, including Applejack and American Apple Brandy. Eighth generation descendants Larrie W. Laird and Lisa Laird now run the company, which is headquartered in Virginia.
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- Laird’s Straight Apple Brandy, Laird’s Straight Applejack 86, Laird’s Old Apple Brandy 7 ½ and Laird’s 12 Year Old Rare Apple Brandy.
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- Christina Mercado, Assistant Director of Food and Beverage, One Bellevue Ave at Hotel Viking; Daniel Nuebler, Bartender, One Bellevue at Hotel Viking; Lisa Laird, Chief Operating Officer and Global Ambassador, Laird & Company; and Jessica Knight, Northeast Region Key Account Manager, Laird & Company.
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- Lisa Laird, Chief Operating Officer and Global Ambassador, Laird & Company.
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- Christina Mercado, Assistant Director of Food and Beverage, One Bellevue Ave at Hotel Viking.
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- Ingredients for the showcased cocktail: Cointreau, Yellow Chartreuse Liqueur, Laird’s Old Apple Brandy 7 ½ and orange bitters.
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- A guest holding a tasting glass of Laird’s spirits.
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- Daniel Nuebler, Bartender, One Bellevue at Hotel Viking pouring a Strong Foundations cocktail.
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- The Strong Foundations cocktail, featuring Laird’s Old Apple Brandy 7 ½, Cointreau, Yellow Chartreuse Liqueur, lemon juice and orange bitters.
Photos by Laura Widness.
