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S. Scott Alcius

Founder, 1804 Tequila

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Some inherit a name. S. Scott Alcius inherited a year. Of Haitian descent, he is heir to the spirit of 1804 — the year his ancestors won the only successful revolution of the enslaved and founded the first free Black republic. That inheritance is not decoration. It is a way of building.

Freedom was never handed down. It was won — and it deserves to be poured like it.

— 1804

By trade and by temperament, Scott is a builder. He founded Truth Lounge & Nightclub in South Florida — turning a room into a destination — and went on to co-found Nesvio and StoresGo, translating instinct into institutions. An MBA sharpened the discipline; the vision was always his own.

1804 Tequila is where it all converges: a founder's heritage and a builder's rigor, distilled. It is a spirit made in the image of its name — bold, exact, and unwilling to ask permission. Independence, in a bottle.

This is the long game. A house built to honor where it comes from and to earn its place on the finest back bars — pioneering, proud, and free.

The Builder

  • Founder — Truth Lounge & Nightclub, South Florida
  • Co-founder — Nesvio
  • Co-founder — StoresGo
  • MBA
  • Of Haitian descent

Born of 1804. Built for the bold.