About this Event
Join us for a very special pop-up cocktail event at Winona's in Brooklyn!
Bartender and author Sammi Katz is teaming up with Shannon Mustipher, spirits educator and author of TIKI, to take over the front bar at Winona's for a one-night-only cocktail pop-up, slinging drinks from the newly published SPIRITED WOMEN.
Cocktail specials will feature Montanya Rum, Pollinator Spirits, Saint Luna Moonshine, and Privateer Rum. A number of the Spirited Women featured in the book will be present, so this truly is a crossover collab that you won't want to miss!
Free RSVP! Drinks and snacks will be available for purchase, as well as copies of both SPIRITED WOMEN and TIKI, courtesy of Cafe Con Libros.
About SPIRITED WOMEN:
A toast to the trailblazing women who are shaking up the cocktail industry, from distillers and blenders to bar owners and spirits educators.
Alcohol and spirits have long been thought of as a male-dominated field, but the truth is that women have been serving it up for centuries. (Literally—the first distilling technology is believed to have been invented by a woman in 100 CE!) Today, there are so many amazing women all over the world currently shaking up the biz, and it’s time we raise a glass. In this fun, feminist, vibrantly illustrated book, bar professional Sammi Katz and artist Olivia McGiff celebrate 55 of these groundbreaking women, telling their stories through profiles and original cocktail recipes, all inspired by their spirits—in every sense of the word.
The contributions of the women you’ll meet are vast and varied, such as Lesley Gracie, master distiller at Hendricks Gin; Lynnette Marrero, cofounder of Speed Rack, an all-female bartending competition; and Eileen Wayner, Lola Thomas, and Alex Smith, the leadership team of Tales of the Cocktail, the country’s leading cocktail conference. And you’ll enjoy cocktail recipes for Title IX (a favorite at Portland's female-owned sports bar, The Sports Bra), Soul of San Miguel (a take on a white Negroni, inspired by a master tequila distiller in Mexico), and Le Donne (featuring an amaro revived from near extinction by a family of Italian women). Whether you’re here for the stories or the drinks (or both!), this colorful book of unsung heroines will have you raising a glass to the dame and the dram!
About Sammi and Olivia:
Sammi Katz is a writer and bartender from New York City. She loves sharing her enthusiasm for all things cocktails and is always up for a lively debate about the appropriate garnish for a Last Word. She is the creator of the blog A Girl’s Guide to Drinking Alone.
Olivia McGiff is an artist living in Brooklyn. She designs book covers by day and illustrates drinks, dogs, and loved ones by night. Her illustration work has been featured in LitHub, Produce Parties, and Corriere della Sera’s COOK.
Together, Sammi and Olivia work as a writer-illustrator duo to make cocktails and spirits accessible and fun. Their joint work has appeared in The New York Times and The Daily Beast, and they are co-authors of Cocktails in Color: A Spirited Guide to the Art and Joy of Drinkmaking.
About Shannon:
Shannon Mustipher is a cocktail consultant, spirits educator, and the author of Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails (Rizzoli/Universe). After launching a rum focused bar at Gladys Caribbean in 2014, she went on to found Women Who Tiki, a tropical cocktail-centric pop up that gathers a team of women bartenders to share their talents. Shannon's writing, cocktail recipes, and opinions have been featured in a number of publications, including Imbibe, Punch.com, GQ.com, and Liquor.com. Tiki: Modern Tropical Cocktails won the IACP Award in the "Best New Title in Beer, Wine and Spirits" category in 2020. The same year, Shannon was inducted into TOTC's Dame Hall of Fame and receieved the Pioneer Award. She currently resides in Brooklyn, NY, and enjoys traveling, cooking, and collecting "too many books."
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Winona's, 676 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, United States
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