WATERMAN SPIRITS At Waterman Spirits, it’s all about pride. Pride in the ingredients it puts into its vodka and pride in the distilling process — all to ensure that owner-operator Mariah Standing can be proud of what she shares with friends, family and the public. The small-batch distillery and tasting room across Atlantic Avenue from beachfront hotels uses only corn certified to have been grown organically — without pesticides, fertilizers or harmful chemicals. So, better tasting for you and better for the environment. A further step toward cleaner, brighter-tasting beverages is using coral-based filtration instead of the more typical charcoal. Standing says coral filtration raises the pH level of the vodka to give it a smoother taste. Just like the ingredients it uses, the coral that the company uses is sourced with the environment in mind. It doesn’t come from living coral and doesn’t harm beach or reef ecosystems. Coral filtration of water in the distilling process is used in some of the finest distilled products in the world. She put seven years into developing her company after being frustrated at the inconsistency of the taste of the vodka used in the popular Orange Crush cocktails introduced to Virginia Beach by the local restaurant company owned by the Standing family. In addition to its organic vodka, Waterman makes Waterman Spirits Organic Orange and Organic Grapefruit vodka, an Organic Orange Liqueur and The Perfect Crush. 68 Coastal Flavors
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