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Photo by Ryan Hume
It’s 5 Artisan Distillery’s liqueurs and liquors
By RYAN HUME
FOR COAST WEEKEND
O
n a recent soggy May afternoon, I happened
upon a relatively new spot at the Seaside Outlets
that can really change the narrative arc of your
day one way or another: It’s 5 Artisan Distillery and
Espresso.
While an espresso drink will certainly boost the ris-
ing action of your story, a flight of handmade, small-
batch spirits will most likely lead toward the conclusion
and eventual denouement of your day. Though the name
of the distillery directly plays up the climax — the top
COLUMBIA BAR
5 Grappa
Gimlet
of all story arcs, the combination of opposing forces,
when Luke faces Vader or the place where coffee min-
gles with alcohol — as the brand nods to that old wink-
wink adage of day drinkers: It’s always five o’clock
somewhere.
Seaside Outlets was not exactly where I expected
to find an artisan distillery equipped with a spitting
espresso machine, all stuck behind the storefront once
occupied by Totes Isotoner, the umbrella, footwear and
cold weather accessory store. But the Wine and Beer
Haus has been slinging bottles on the other end of the
massive parking lot for years, so maybe that’s on me.
Anyway, it’s always nice to find something unexpected