BEACH VODKA/VIRGINIA BEACH DISTILLING Beach Vodka has a tasting room in a bright, airy and inland (but appropriately beachy) space near Oceana Air Station. It’s a rescued but new-and-improved brand. The former Beach Vodka closed its doors in 2019, attracting the attention of Stephanie Somers and Tony Gower Jr., who thought it was a loss for the community in which they’d grown up, as well as a business opportunity for them. After research and investment in a high-tech still imported from the Netherlands, the new Beach Vodka opened in July 2022. Unlike some distillers that branch out into flavored products and other types of spirits, Beach Vodka uses corn-based ingredients and its still to make one thing well: Beach Vodka. It uses its creativity to devise drink recipes such as the Beach Crush, Chick’s Beach Mule, Sandbridge Spritzer and Jetty Margarita. VisitVirginiaBeach.com 69
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