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GREENBAR DISTILLERY:
Making Craft Cocktails for a Better Drink & World
By: Nan McCreary
H usband and wife team Melkon Khosrovian Khosrovian and Mathew began their odyssey into
craft spirits in the early 2000s when Khosrovian
and Litty Mathew, owners of Greenbar
Distillery in the heart of the
ture from his native Armenia into
downtown Los Angeles’ Art District, tried to “import” the drinking cul-
may not see themselves as pioneers their home. Traditions there meant
in the beverage industry, but they sipping fruit brandy, but only with
are right up there with the leaders meals, and even then, always with a
in two of the hottest trends going toast.
today: bar-quality canned cocktails
and non-alcoholic mixed drinks. “My wife hated what family
And, as Los Angeles’ first distillery served,” Khosrovian said, “so I began
since Prohibition and home to the to visit farmers’ markets to gather
world’s largest portfolio of organic fresh fruits and herbs to infuse into
spirits, they are using their innova- vodka. The first drink I created was
tive spirit to drive a sustainability vodka infused with fresh pear, lav-
movement that they hope will ender and vanilla beans. She loved
make the planet a better place. it.”
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