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Our Story: Established 2011 Reynald Grattagliano was inspired to produce the drinks following an episode with his 22-year-old son Kevin Grattagliano, who upon returning home from a party where there was ample imbibing, began to feel those certain unappealing after-effects. “He suggested that someone should create a whisky that doesn’t leave you feeling so hung-over,” explains Reynald Grattagliano. Kevin, of course, didn’t realize that suggestion would compel his father to not only spend the next five years of his life researching such a method, but he would spend five million dollars to make it happen. Though Reynald doesn’t have a background in beverage development, he certainly understands chemistry, as well as how to combine ingredients in such a way as to attract allure and appeal from the discriminating masses. After spending nearly two years attempting to devise an alcohol-free derivative that not only smelled, but tasted like whiskey, Reynald sought the expertise from a team of scientists at a lab in Switzerland. This collaboration ultimately resulted in

the creation of an entirely new molecule, the quintessential break-through by which Arkay beverages were born.

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