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VANGUARD Distillery
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Founded fifteen years ago on the Cedar Bay waterfront, independent of the Cedar family and the Cedar Heritage estate. Vanguard operates on a hybrid "farm-to-glass" model: core heirloom grains are sourced from Black-owned agricultural co-ops, while a seaside garden on the distillery grounds supplies native coastal botanicals. Ocean air seasons the oak barrels as they age in a dockside rackhouse. The name is the pitch: a single, striking word meaning "at the forefront of a movement," built to signal authority and prestige on a marble bar in a coastal harbor town. Vanguard bridges classic European elegance with bold American craft distilling, delivering an eight-product line of single-word, high-status spirits. Offers scheduled distillery tours and a dockside tasting room, open to the public, unlike Cedar Heritage's private-channel discretion. The Vanguard Line
Type: Independent premium spirits distilleryFounded: 15 years agoHeadquarters: Cedar Bay (waterfront, dockside)Tier: The universe's definitive independent spirits house. Not affiliated with the Cedar family or Cedar Heritage Corporation. Products available across all domestic cities and all international locations.Vanguard operates independently of Cedar Bay's legacy landholding families, built on a hybrid "farm-to-glass" model: core heirloom grains are sourced from Black-owned agricultural co-ops, while a seaside garden on the distillery grounds supplies native coastal botanicals, and ocean air seasons the oak barrels as they age in a dockside rackhouse. The name is the pitch, a single word meaning "at the forefront of a movement," built to read as authority and prestige on a marble bar in a coastal harbor town. Vanguard bridges classic European elegance with bold American craft distilling. Unlike Cedar Heritage's private-channel discretion, Vanguard runs a public dockside tasting room and scheduled distillery tours, and is Cedar Bay's venue of choice for spirits launch parties.The Vanguard LineSOLACE — Coastal Botanical Gin. Vapor-distilled using white grapes for a velvet-smooth, fruit-forward body, infused with coastal sage, Meyer lemon, and wild lavender from the distillery's seaside garden.CRESCENT — Dark Citrus & Espresso Aperitivo. Rich and velvety, combining dark roasted coffee beans with bitter orange peel and raw cane sugar.SANCTUARY — Aged Dark Rum. Deep and warm, with toasted coconut, dark brown sugar, and nutmeg, aged five years in used bourbon barrels resting directly over the ocean tide.BEACON — 4-Year Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the flagship. Bold and sweet, vanilla bean, toasted oak, and butterscotch, finished through sweet maple charcoal soaked in Pacific sea salt air.RECKONING — Straight High-Rye Whiskey. Spicy and assertive, sharp black pepper, cinnamon bark, and dark cherry, with the kick of a classic Manhattan and a smooth finish.PROVIDENCE — 7-Year Aged Small Batch Bourbon. Deeply complex, hand-selected from only seven barrels a year, with dark chocolate, candied pecans, and charred wood.RAMPART — Raw Cask-Strength Whiskey. Unfiltered, poured straight from the barrel at 120+ proof, toasted caramel and dark tobacco for purists.JUBILEE — 15-Year Reserve Cognac-Style Aged Whiskey, the brand's most expensive bottle, drawn from the first barrels laid down when Vanguard opened. Blends the sweet corn profile of aged whiskey with the dark raisin, dried fig, and oak finish of an ultra-aged French Cognac.--## AUTOMOTIVE--
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