Owner of well-known brewery opens cannabis store in Geneva

GENEVA, NY — Twisted Rail Brewing Co. is known locally for its craft beer.

Now, after the opening of the Twisted Cannabis FLX store in Geneva, Owner Ian Boni aims for Twisted Rail to be knows for craft bud as well.

The store, which is the second legal store to operate in this Ontario County city, opened July 9 next door to the Twisted Rail on Exchange Street in Geneva. A grand opening was held July 13 and 14.

“We’re rolling it out slow until we get our niche,” Boni said.

Flowers, edibles, topicals, concentrates and pre rolls, among other products, are available in the store and online. Seven of the nine vendors are local, operating within 20 minutes’ drive of Twisted Cannabis, including Bristol Extracts, Forest Flower in Canandaigua and Gage Farms in Penn Yan.

“We really wanted to keep ours a boutique-type operation, kind of like our craft beer,” Boni said. “Craft cannabis, all local.”

The intent is also to have an open delivery platform, enabling customers to order products online and have them delivered to other Twisted Rail locations in Canandaigua, Honeoye and Macedon for pickup, Boni said.

For now, Boni said it's about building awareness of products, including those seeking medicinal benefits and helping them, and doing their part to build up the reputation of legal, retail cannabis operations.

At the same time, the Twisted Rail brand through not only craft beer and cannabis products, but merchandise as well.

"It’s the next step," Boni said. "I'm excited."

More details about Twisted Cannabis FLX

Twisted Cannabis FLX, which is at 501 Exchange St., Geneva, is open from noon to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 7 p.m. Sundays. For details, call 315-325-2241, email twistedcannabisflx@gmail.com of visit twistedcannabisflx.com.

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