MOSAC Nights: Spirits

Join us for a Q&A  and a tasting with Northern California’s top craft distillers as they present — and pour — their best bourbons, brandies, gins and whiskeys.

The list of distillers coming to serve us includes:

• Dry Diggings Distillery in El Dorado Hills
• Endless West in San Francisco
• Gold River Distillery in Rancho Cordova
• Jano Spirits in Napa
• JJ Pfister in Rancho Cordova
• New Alchemy Distillery in El Dorado Hills
• St. George Spirits in Alameda
• Sierra Nevada in Chico (they’re making a “beer-it” with St. George)
• Emilia Vodka and Dorotea Gin in Roseville (made by Patricio Wise, chef of the Michelin Guide-approved restaurant Nixtaco)

We’ll also learn from the experts about:

* the Silicon Valley-style way of creating a “molecular whiskey” without any barrels or aging
* the research into “whiskey fingerprinting” that can improve quality and detect fraud and counterfeit liquor
* the case for growing agave plants (the base for tequila) here in the Central Valley, and more.

Tickets cover all the tastings and a selection of appetizers.

Age 21+, IDs will be checked.