2025-03-06 Liquor Commission Minutes Hilo

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3. APPLICATION NO.: APPLICANT: (10:27 AM) TRADE NAME: PLACE OF BUSINESS: TM K: LICENSE APPLIED FOR: 24-25 Kona Cocktail Academy LLC Big Island Bottle Shop 75-5729 Ali`i Drive, #C104, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 7-5-007:005 Original Retail General liquor license Representing applicant: Gabrielle Maser -Smith, Owner. Okabe: Can you please state your name and also the relationship to the business? Maser -Smith: My name is Gabrielle Maser -Smith, and I am the single member of the LLC (Limited Liability Company). Okabe: Can you describe your business? Maser -Smith: Yes, it's going to be a bottle shop, so it's like a boutique liquor store, and also convenience store. There'll be some like package snacks but mostly it will be like where you go if you want to find like the best craft beer, or the best bottle whiskey, or local rums, yeah, so it's like high -end spirits, and craft cocktails, mocktails as well, beer and wine. Okabe: Have you received the application report? Maser -Smith: Yes. Okabe: Are there any changes to the report? Maser -Smith: No. Okabe: Any public testimony? There was no public testimony. Okabe: Hearing none. Commissioners, do you have any discussion or questions? Taniguchi: I have a question, explain the name of your LLC (Limited Liability Company), why Cocktail Academy? Maser -Smith: Because during COVID (coronavirus disease), I realized that I had a specific skillset that I learned from my mentor in Oahu when I was learning mixology, and I wanted to make that skillset available to anybody that wanted to learn it, even if they were in a rural community. And so, I built a bar at my house, and I took all of the things that I had learned and combined them into like classes, and I shot videos and then learned how to shoot videos and edit them and upload them on a college like website so that like it's online on demand. If somebody wants to learn about vodka, MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2025 - HILO PAGE 19 OF 71