🌿 EARTH MONTH SPECIAL | Only 30 seats. Don't wait.
April is Earth Month,
and tonight we are exploring how the earth gives us flavor through botanicals, herbs, and flowers that’ve been used in spirits for centuries.
But we are also talking sustainability: how the Spirits industry is rethinking waste, water use, and farming practices. This is about respecting what Mother Earth provides. Gin isn’t my personal spirit of choice; however, it is a botanical masterpiece, built on juniper, coriander, and angelica root. Elderflowers are hand-picked in the Alps across Europe, North America, and parts of Western Asia, during a narrow harvest window every spring. These harvesting windows teach sustainability, understanding, and the ways of honoring the seasons to use what is available when it is available.
Herbs like basil can be grown in a windowsill, turned into a world-class cocktail, and composted afterward with zero (0) waste. Tonight will be about letting the garden into the glass and understanding that flavor and sustainability are not opposing forces. They are the same conversations happening in different hemispheres.
Cocktail 1: The Herbaceous Gin & Tonic
🥃 Alcoholic: Hendrick's Gin (Cucumber, Rose), Fever-Tree Tonic, Fresh Cucumber
🌿 Non-Alcoholic: Seedlip Garden 108, Fever-Tree Elderflower Tonic, Fresh Cucumber
Cocktail 2: St. Germain Elderflower Spritz
🥃 Alcoholic: St. Germain Elderflower Liqueur, Prosecco, Soda, Lemon
🌿 Non-Alcoholic: Elderflower Cordial, Lyre's Classico, Soda, Lemon
Cocktail 3: Basil Smash
🥃 Alcoholic: Hendrick's Gin, Fresh Basil, Lemon, Simple Syrup
🌿 Non-Alcoholic: Seedlip Garden 108, Fresh Basil, Lemon, Agave
The Herbaceous Gin & Tonic: Gin is a botanical masterpiece—juniper, coriander, angelica root. Hendrick's adds cucumber and rose, which sounds unusual until you taste it and realize this is what happens when you let the garden into the glass. The cucumber is cooling, the rose is floral without being perfumy, and the tonic lets it all breathe. This is not just a drink. This is terroir in a glass, the way wine talks about the soil and the climate. Gin talks about the botanicals, and Hendrick's talks about them loudly.
St. Germain Elderflower Spritz: Elderflowers are hand-picked in the Alps each spring, for only a few weeks of harvest. St. Germain built an entire brand around respecting that window, around the idea that sustainability means honoring the seasons and using what is available when it is available. When you sip this spritz, you are tasting spring in the French Alps, and you are tasting a company that decided to build its whole production model around not forcing nature to bend to its schedule. That is what sustainable spirits look like.
Basil Smash: Created by Jörg Meyer in Hamburg. Simple ingredients, zero waste. The basil you muddle here? That is a flavor you can grow in your windowsill. That is accessible sustainability. You do NOT need exotic ingredients shipped from across the world to make a world-class cocktail. You simply need fresh herbs, a good technique, and respect for what you are working with. This drink proves that sustainability and incredible flavor are not opposing forces. They are the same thing when you approach it right.
~EVENT DETAILS
📍 Location: The 2100 Venue | 2100 American Legion Dr, Cross Plains, WI 53528
🕕 Time: 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM (75 minutes)
🎟️ Cost: $45 per person (limited to 30 guests)
📋 Registration: Required via Luma
Each cocktail is presented with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic versions. Professional photography will document the evening. Light bites may be provided. This is an intimate, educational experience for adults.
Reserve your seat. This garden only blooms once this season.
*Substitutions may apply