
A team from Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage of Connecticut division celebrated Tumbler & Rocks ready-to-drink cocktails with the brand’s founders at Lake of Isles golf course in North Stonington on May 4. Tumbler & Rocks, which hails from Alberta, Canada, launched last fall in the state, with a full sales team brand celebration occurring upon the launch of the 375-ml format. Tumbler & Rocks is made at The Fort Distillery, a family-owned business founded in 2018. Each bottled cocktail uses its award-winning spirits made with quality ingredients and no artificial flavors or colors for expertly mixed bottled cocktails. Tumbler & Rocks offers six SKUs: Martini, a citrus-forward blend of the distillery’s Odd Fellow Gin, fresh lemon juice and dry vermouth, 26% ABV; Classic Old Fashioned, made with Canadian whisky, mellow demerara sugar and Alberta-made bitters, 35% ABV; Cosmo, made with raspberry syrup from fresh British Columbia raspberries and craft vodka, 26% ABV; Manhattan, made up of a bourbon whiskey blend, sweet vermouth and house bitters, 30% ABV; El Marg, a tequila/agave blend and fresh lime, 20% ABV; and Espresso Martini, featuring house-made coffee liqueur and sweetened with Alberta honey, 20% ABV.
- Nathan Flim, Owner, The Fort Distillery and Tumbler & Rocks and Greg Boskers, Vice President, American Sales, The Fort Distillery launching Tumbler & Rocks at Lake of Isles on May 4.
- All of Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage of Connecticut Division Sales: Amy Shultz, Alaina Fillback, Miranda Porrello and Laura Plaskowitz.
- All of Mancini Beverage – Northeast Beverage of Connecticut Division Sales except where indicated: Jason Mayerman; Nathan Flim, Owner, The Fort Distillery and Tumbler & Rocks; Miranda Porrello; and Laura Plaskowitz.