Boatman Spirits Co., the Mediterranean restaurant-and-distillery tucked into Seaboard Station, has quietly started sending its spirits home with guests. Earlier this month, the team rolled out its first bottled lineup in Raleigh, giving the downtown spot something you can actually walk out the door with.
The opening trio, a vodka, a dry gin and a navy-strength gin, has been available to guests since Feb. 1. A public launch party is slated for Feb. 22, and in the meantime the release gives the new downtown outpost an immediate retail product while the distillery works on building out its barrel program.
What’s in the bottle
On its distillery page, Boatman Spirits Co. lists the inaugural lineup and notes that bottles have been on sale to guests since Feb. 1. The first releases are identified simply as Dry Gin, Navy Strength Gin and Vodka, with the reminder that buyers must be 21 to purchase.
According to Boatman, the team is still in active production mode and the distillery is not yet open for public tours while packaging work continues in the background.
Local flavor and botanicals
Boatman’s gin is built on a 13-botanical recipe that leans into Mediterranean flavors, including jasmine flower, sumac and Palestinian thyme, a nod to co-owner George Ghneim’s heritage…