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Yacht Club Bottling Works Unveils New Label Artwork and a New Flavor “Rhody Red”

by David Dadekian December 31, 2018
written by David Dadekian

First new labels are on shelves now with the entire line getting new art

Yacht Club Bottling Works, The Official Soda and Water Company of Rhode Island, is rolling out new labels for all thirty-three flavors of seltzers and sodas that the company produces. Mixed and bottled in North Providence for over one hundred years, the labels on Yacht Club’s bottles have always included Rhode Island imagery, and now each flavor has its own unique identity.

Yacht Club Grapefruit Seltzer label
Yacht Club Grapefruit Seltzer label

The seltzers, of which there are now eight available flavors with the latest addition of Grapefruit Seltzer, will have historic images on their labels, while the twenty-five soda labels will all show ocean scenes. The Grapefruit Seltzer has an image of College Hill with First Baptist Church and the Providence Art Club clearly visible, while the new Sparkling Water label shows a scene that many people will immediately recognize as the iconic WaterFire along the Canal Walk.

Two sodas now shipping with new labels are Root Beer with a painting of a mermaid looking upon the lighthouse at gorgeous Beavertail Point, and Blue Raspberry with Rose Island lighthouse and the Newport Pell Bridge in the background. The sodas will all have ocean scenes on their labels and the next to be released will be Cream soda with an image of Block Island’s Southeast Light. The seltzers will continue the historic theme with the release of new Cherry Seltzer showing Blackstone Boulevard on its label.

The new labels were all created by Mike Bryce, artist at Bryce Studio, who felt it was a “great collaboration.” Bryce has always liked to make art that invokes nostalgic Rhode Island and said, “I’ve been a professional artist for over 30 years, have had the soda for years and [Yacht Club owner] John Sgambato approached me to make some new labels. They went over well and so it works out great for both of us.”  Bryce Studio can be found on Facebook at facebook.com/Mikebryceart.

Two of Yacht Club’s newest flavored sodas, Orange Cream and Grapefruit already have the new style artwork with Plum Island and Colonial Wharf on their labels respectively. All these great flavors will be joined by Yacht Club’s newest creation, their very first caffeinated soda, Rhody Red which will have artwork of the Misquamicut Festival on its label. Rhody Red may remind you of certain Dr. named soda, but Yacht Club’s uses no high fructose corn syrup and is, of course, bottled locally. All of Yacht Club’s sodas and seltzers will now be capped with “Official RI Soda” bottle caps as well.

  • Yacht Club Sparkling Water label
    Yacht Club Sparkling Water label
  • Yacht Club Root Beer label
    Yacht Club Root Beer label
  • Yacht Club Blue Raspberry label
    Yacht Club Blue Raspberry label
  • Yacht Club Bottling Works bottle cap
    Yacht Club Bottling Works bottle cap
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“The Smoking Monkey” Wins the 2012 Temple Downtown WaterFire Cocktail Challenge

by David Dadekian June 14, 2012
written by David Dadekian

Temple Downtown WaterFire Cocktail Challenge

Temple Downtown WaterFire Cocktail Challenge

On Wednesday evening, June 13, 2012, Temple Downtown Restaurant & Lounge held their first WaterFire Cocktail Challenge. Five of the Temple bartenders were challenged to create a signature cocktail and competed to be named the WaterFire cocktail at Temple Downtown. The cocktails were judged by Barnaby Evans, Executive Artistic Director of WaterFire, Gail Ciampa, Providence Journal Food Editor and Dale Venturini, President of Rhode Island Hospitality. Edible Rhody publisher John Schenck was the emcee for the evening.

The evening was a fundraiser for WaterFire and the winning cocktail, Ben Terry’s “The Smoking Monkey” will now be a regular item on the Temple Downtown cocktail menu. Proceeds from sales of the drink will go to WaterFire throughout the year. “The Smoking Monkey” is a made up of Soul Cachaça, lime and grapefruit served in a glass rimmed with smoked sugar. Terry told Eat Drink RI, “The smokiness represents WaterFire and the monkey represents me.” Congratulations to Terry and to all the participants for a successful event for WaterFire.

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Tini’s Spring Cocktails Are Here, Along With Two New Dishes

by David Dadekian April 1, 2011
written by David Dadekian

The new Spring Cocktails at Tini, from left to right: [verb] my Green Bikini in [place], A Classy [noun], [noun] on the Horizon, [verb] the White Dog, Make Her [verb] This Time

The new Spring Cocktails at Tini, from left to right: (verb) my Green Bikini in (place), A Classy (noun), (noun) on the Horizon, (verb) the White Dog, Make Her (verb) This Time

After this winter, it seems as if everyone is working hard to bring about spring. When I asked bartender Alicia Canning about working on the five new drinks for Tini‘s Spring Cocktail Line she gave kind of a sly smile. I’ll just say bringing about spring at Tini can be intoxicating and leave it at that. It can also be delicious, as proven by Chef Darius Salko’s two new dishes. When I received Salko’s message mentioning a fried chicken skin sandwich you could almost see the swooshing, curly speed lines behind me as I rushed to Tini.

Orange Dream Salad (larger version at end of piece)

Orange Dream Salad (larger version at end of piece)

First, the food. In addition to the fried chicken skin sandwich, which is more properly called The Crackling Club, there is the Orange Dream Salad. I’ll confess, when Salko told me what was in it—orange and grapefruit segments, dates, Bulgarian sheep’s milk Feta cheese, red seedless grapes, torn mint, cinnamon and pomegranate seeds—I wasn’t sure how that combination would work. But I’ve learned to have faith in Salko’s method of putting together good, fresh ingredients in clean, simple ways that create hugely flavorful dishes. Salko told me, “We serve it with two tortillas and you kind of just have a ball,” and he was so right. I highly recommend ordering the Orange Dream Salad, especially if you’re going to also have The Crackling Club, which as you might imagine, is so good (and only a little bit “bad”).

The Crackling Club (larger version at end of piece)

The Crackling Club (larger version at end of piece)

While you might think a fried chicken skin sandwich sounds hedonistic, again, in the Tini style of fresh and simple, it’s really a somewhat light sandwich. I say somewhat because it is a club sandwich, so there’s also house cured & smoked bacon, Allen Farms red mustard greens, sweet cabbage, pickled shallots, bread-and-butter pickles and house made mayonnaise, along with the two chicken cracklings. It’s all piled beautifully on their house made brioche. The chicken skin is perfectly crisped and slightly puffed so the effect is really a somewhat light spring-like club sandwich and not something heavy.

Now, the cocktails. Canning prepared five beautiful drinks for me to play with making photos of, and then of course I got to try them all. The Spring Cocktail Line is called “Ad Lib” and the names of the drinks require the person ordering to fill in some key words, in the style of a favorite childhood written word game. Sure the missing spots in the cocktail names could all be filled-in with words loaded in innuendo, but then who didn’t do that with Mad Libs anyway (0r skipped the innuendo altogether and just went straight to the gutter)? The cocktails are:

  1. White Whisky, Muddled Cucumber = [verb] the White Dog
  2. Cachaça, St. Germain, Basil = [verb] my Green Bikini in [place]
  3. Belvedere, Framboise, Lemon, Champagne = A Classy [noun]
  4. Genever, Maraschino, Violette, Mint = [noun] on the Horizon
  5. Maker’s Mark, TINI Grenadine, Thyme = Make Her [verb] This Time

I really enjoyed the “[verb] the White Dog.” It uses Death’s Door White Whisky which is fermented in stainless steel and finished in uncharred oak barrels so it never gets the caramel color or smoky flavors of a traditional whisky. Personally, I wouldn’t call it a whisky, or maybe label it with an asterisk, because it’s a delicious drink and people who aren’t fans of whisky might pass it by. The “Make Her [verb] This Time” was also a favorite. The thyme and a little touch of salt in it really brings out some subtle flavors. All the drinks were perfectly balanced and should be big hits.

In addition to the new drinks and dishes, Tini is now serving late on Wednesdays with live music. Salko posted, “It’s the Tini Show starting at 10 p.m.! 3 excellent musicians, amazing cocktails, $15 wine bottles, late night grub until 11 p.m. You can’t go wrong! Tini Weenies and Fries will be served for the Music Lovers!”

[verb] the White Dog

(verb) the White Dog

[verb] my Green Bikini in [place]

(verb) my Green Bikini in (place)

A Classy [noun]

A Classy (noun)

[noun] on the Horizon

(noun) on the Horizon

Make Her [verb] This Time

Make Her (verb) This Time

Orange Dream Salad

Orange Dream Salad

The Crackling Club

The Crackling Club

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