- Bittermilk launched from The Gin Joint bar in downtown Charleston.
- Known for bold, bitter-forward cocktail mixers like smoked whiskey sour.
- Company now includes Tippleman’s syrups and canned cocktails under Drinkmanship.
- Second Lowcountry facility underway to meet rising product demand.
With one from South Carolina and the other from Florida, who would have thought the New York culinary scene would be the link that brought their craft to Charleston.
MariElena Raya was born into the restaurant industry, her father owning Roberts on East Bay Street in Charleston. Following her fathers footsteps, she attended the Culinary Institute of American in New York where she met her now husband, Joe Raya.
Joe Raya, who spent his career managing restaurants in Palm Beach, Fla., focused his expertise on crafting drinks behind the bar, receiving his diploma in wine and spirits with the WSET School in London…