MIDNIGHT IN PARIS

February is a month for dreaming and romance — in the Chicagoland area we’re dreaming of the tropics and our Take Me to the Tropics Party, as winter begins its third month! And of course [...]

SOUTH SEAS

The bar team here at NSD always has a great time coming up with original tropical-style cocktails — there are so many fun flavors to play around with in that style of cocktails, and the result is [...]

NORDIC EXPRESS

This cocktail is a layered, herbal riff on a modern classic, the Espresso Martini. We swap out the vodka for rich, savory Aquavit – Private Reserve, and adding a dash of herbal complexity Sirène [...]

BRITTANY BEACH

Delight in intriguing layers of botanical, floral & citrus notes with this cocktail! Bright, rich botanicals from Dearborn Gin combine with the deep herbal notes of Sirène Absinthe Verte, [...]

CLASSIC SMASH

The last weeks of July are a great time for garden cocktails, since the herbs planted way back in the spring are giving plentiful harvest now. The star of the show here at the distillery is our [...]

ABSINTHE SUISSESSE

Decadent and creamy, yet very herbal, this cocktail is a dreamy delight. It’s based off of The Suissesse, a classic New Orleans breakfast cocktail, and we have updated it on our spring menu [...]

ABSINTHE SMASH

We’ve been reaching into our distillery garden quite a bit this August – the harvest has been plentiful, especially of the herbs planted back in the spring. The star of the show is [...]

FRENCH CARIBBEAN

February is shaping up to be tiki month at the distillery – we’re brightening up this dreary season with a big Tiki bash at the end of the month, and we’ll be serving some tiki [...]

SPICED APPLE MULE

Spiced apple is back on our new fall menu, and to celebrate we’ve brought back a cocktail that’s a fall favorite in our tasting room! This autumnal take on the classic mule pairs our [...]