He took a shot.

An East Hampton native who skipped college to follow his professional dream is succeeding on Long Island’s luxe South Fork peddling his own tequila brand.

“Larger brands … they just drop some product on a table,” Montaukila owner Simon Cascante, 33, recently told The Post. 5

So Cascante said he instead sought a low-key, locally focused method to help remind people that there’s more to the East End than being an overflowing playground for viral influencers and A-listers .

“I think people started out skeptical. … But I hear all the time now, ‘Wow, this is a really cool brand,” the entrepreneur said. “Customers find out there are no outside investors, that I didn’t go to college and did this on my own. People have loved it.”

Cascante, now in his sixth year in the

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