Join us Saturday evening for a tasting of some of the Northwest’s finest herbal drinks and beverages!
The MHG&MC Tasting will feature a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic herbal drinks. There will be herbal treats to go with the beverage tasting. In most cases the producers will be on hand to introduce their product and answer questions. There will be light background music featuring local musicians. The Trade Show will be in full progress and the evening theme is a Growers & Buyers Meet-up. $20 fee to join the tasting.
Non-alcoholic Beverages, kombucha (oops 2% alcohol naturally), jun, shrubs, sodas.
Alcoholic Beverages: Herbal liqueurs, absinthe, spirits, wines, beers, cordials, bitters, elixirs.
There is a long history of using herbs in alcoholic beverages and as in so many other things there is a revival going on in the Pacific Northwest. A number of brewers and distillers are leading the charge and we are inviting them to the conference. Some well-known European herbal liqueurs include, Chartreuse, St Germaine, Compari, Jagermeister, Strega, Zabrowka, Who are the regional counterparts?
Artisan, high-quality, herb production is needed for all of these products. This is a small but specialty market in which quality is of the essence.
We expect that 10 or more producer’s wares will be featured. Perhaps half alcoholic and half non-alcoholic. We are looking into herbal mixed drinks.
The first three companies to sign up are
Vilya Spirits, Cave Junction, Oregon. Their specialty is absinthe. Jazper Torres, ND and owner will be attending.
Wild Wines, Artisanal winery in the Applegate Valley, Jacksonville, Oregon. Carla David. www.enjoywildwines.com
Old Growth Ales, Springfield, Oregon, Steve and Amanda Braun. https://oldgrowthales.com/
There will be a related workshop during the Tasting.
Herbal mixers for drinks - how to combine elixirs and tinctures into alcoholic beverages - elder flower rhubarb gimlets and rose martinis, etc. By Natasha and Tori. We will present about 8 different drinks that incorporate various herbal preparations (tinctures, alcoholic infusions and mead's) and will be talking about how we wildcraft the herbs, how we prefer to prepare them and why we use certain herbs for their various medicinal properties in alcoholic beverages. There will be sampling. There is a class limit of 25 people.
Some other companies we have invited, or will be inviting, include:
Sound Spirits Distillery, Seattle, WA
Pacific Distillery, Everett
Propolis Brewing. Seasonal Herbal Ales Hand-Crafted, Port Townsend,
San Juan Distillery and Westcott Bay Cider,
CommuniTea, Seattle 1st Kombucha brewery.
Kombucha Wonder Drink
Guayaki
Feniman’s dandelion/burdock soda
High Country Kombucha, Wild Root flavor
Genesis Organic Herbal fruit tonic.
Super Rebbl drink with herbs, Berkeley
Brew Dr. Kombucha, Townshends Tea Co, Portland.
Wylie's Honey Sodas
We welcome suggestions of other companies to contact.