About Bold Coast Spirits®
Our Story
It started with a conversation. Then, ten years later, another one.
01 / First meeting · 2016
An idea they set aside.
Stuart Littlefield saw Jay Lombard pitch Finest Kind Tea on Greenlight Maine and invited him to his distillery. They talked about combining tea and spirits, but chose not to move forward. Jay went on to develop products for a leading specialty food company.
02 / A new idea
What could a spirit make of the coast?
Years later, Jay reached out with a different idea. Stuart had experience finding new uses for underutilized coastal ingredients. What could they make if they built a spirits brand around that experience?
That second conversation became Bold Coast Spirits®, founded by Stuart Littlefield and Jay Lombard.
03 / The people behind the process
From oyster farm to bottle.
Nor’Easter Oyster, co-owned by oyster farmer Sean Corcoran and Jacqueline Clarke, supplies the reclaimed Maine oyster shells for Bold Coast’s Oyster Shell Vodka.
Nor’Easter sources oysters that don’t make the half-shell market and shucks them for the meat. The shells find another purpose in the spirit.
Sean Corcoran, left, with Jay Lombard.04 / The first spirit
Oyster Shell Vodka is where the story begins.
Rested on shells from Nor’Easter, it reflects the idea at the heart of Bold Coast Spirits: that the coast can contribute something meaningful to what they make.
Merroir is the idea guiding what comes next.
05 / In the press
In the press.
Food & Wine
The Case for Adding Salt to Your Cocktails
On the role of salt in a balanced cocktail, featuring Bold Coast’s Oyster Shell Vodka.
Read the article ↗Portland City Lifestyle
The Spirit of the Coast
A profile of Bold Coast Spirits and the Maine coast behind its first release.
Read the article ↗