Lake Placid has new spirit
Ann Stillman O’Leary spent a lot of time thinking of a way to make their vodka pop off the shelves.
LAKE PLACID — As a frosty hue begins to pervade the rough edge of the horizon in advance of winter, the region’s first locally produced micro-distilled spirit, P3 Placid Vodka, has made a timely debut — skiers, shoppers and diners may now find a locally made vodka to chase away winter’s chill. Crafted by Mike “Twig” McGlynn and Ann Stillman O’Leary, P3 Vodka is the result of years of preparation. Twig has travelled throughout Eastern Europe, studied several distilleries first hand, and has gotten accreditations from Cornell University and Montreal Yeast School. The couple has navigated relatively uncharted legal waters to obtain an A1 distiller’s license that allows them to produce and sell annually about 35,000 bottles of grain alcohol throughout the state. O’Leary said they were only about the seventh such distillery licensed in New York and, of them, she is the only female distillery owner. The vodka is now being sold in liquor stores, bars and restaurants from Saratoga Springs to
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