NEGRONI WEEK AT J. RIEGER

It was a lot of fun celebrating Negroni Week at @jriegerco! We are huge fans of @jriegerco Kansas City Whiskey and our holiday season is incomplete without our J Rieger Holiday Whiskey. So when Master Distiller Tom Nichols was in town for Negroni Week, you know you had to be there.

You can enjoy Negroni in a few variations at @visitjriegerco , created from their signature Midwestern Dry Gin! Negroni is a classic cocktail made with equal parts Gin, equal parts Campari and equal parts vermouth. I tried the Classic Negroni and the Negroni Spagliato. @jriegerco had proudly joined thousands of bars and hotels around the world during Negroni Week and donated a part of their sales to @slowfood_international .

If you haven't yet been to J Rieger Distillery, then go ahead and enjoy happy hour or patio time at the Electric Park Garden Bar and enjoy a Negroni or any other cocktail of your choice! The Electric Park Garden Bar is a one-of-a-kind outdoor bar and restaurant experience on the grounds of our historic distillery. Complete with fire pits, a swing set table, and lounge seating, this park-like space will offer an unparalleled outdoor patio bar experience. Playful menus inspired by nostalgic theme parks and soda parlors will bring boozy snow cones, frozen cocktails, and delectable food.

If you want something a bit more formal, then try their Monogram Lounge! Overlooking the distillery production floor, The Monogram Lounge is currently open Wednesday thru Sunday for and walk-ins. A lively, open gathering space that features a wide variety of cocktails, small plates and Heim Beer on draft.

You can also opt for the hour-long guided tour of J. Rieger & Co., Kansas City’s iconic distillery. Discover the history of the brand, from its founding during the wild and raucous years when the city boasted “the wettest block in the world”, to its premature demise at the dawn of Prohibition, and eventual revival in 2014, nearly a century later. Enjoy extensive access to each phase of the distillation process, from grain to bottle.Your tour concludes with a spirits tasting of Premium Wheat Vodka, Midwestern Dry Gin, Kansas City Whiskey and Caffè Amaro, led by one of our knowledgeable guides.