Swanky Bootleg Moonshine Party!

Alfredo Flores

We went to the Swanky Bootleg Moonshine Party hosted by the Discovery Channel’s celebrity moonshine producers Chuck Miller and Tim Smith at The Alex Craft Cocktail Cellar & Speakeasy inside The Graham Georgetown.

Alfredo Flores

The event was a celebration of National Moonshine Day and featured moonshine tastings, moonshine craft cocktails, live bluegrass and a meet-and-greet with Miller and Smith from the show Moonshiners, the top two moonshiners in the country. Here, The Alex Craft Cocktail Cellar & Speakeasy's Radovan Jankovic, Apryl Martin and Aleksandar Igracki.

Alfredo Flores

Miller is the owner of Belmont Farm Distillery, whose family has been producing fresh whiskey in the hills of Virginia for more than four centuries. Outlaw turned legal moonshiner Smith is a third-generation moonshiner and owner of Climax Moonshine, whose century-old moonshine recipe is aged and filtered with toasted oak and maple wood imparting color and revolutionary flavors. Here, Olafur Olafson and engineer Aparna Srinieasan.

Alfredo Flores

At the event, guests reveled in spirit concoctions and down-home cuisine such as catfish cakes, scrapple biscuits with okra remoulade, pickled vegetables and spiced peach cobbler, all while the Scott Slay and the Rail band performed down-home bluegrass music.

Continue reading this story with a free account

Log in or register
Sign up for more articles like this
Subscribe to Bisnow's Washington, D.C. Newsletters
Related Stories

Jemal Equities Buys Carr Properties' Former HQ In Receivership Sale

D.C. Mayor-Elect Wants Options Beyond Therme's $550M Spa Proposal

Suburban D.C. County Weighs Microhousing As Affordability Salve

Salesforce Plans Innovation Hub Downtown: The D.C. Deal Sheet

Master Plan Is Underway For Southwest D.C., Chief Federal Planner Says

BXP Execs See Better Returns In Building Offices Than Buying Them

The Las Vegas-Style Sphere Just Outside D.C. Is A Go

The 'Zombie' Building Mirage: How Owners Who Can't Transact Are Stirring The Market

Coffee Shop Signs Lease At Downtown Trophy: The D.C. Deal Sheet

Oliver Carr Jr.'s Firm Sells Alexandria Project To His Son's Company

Bill Barr's Law Firm Expands Footprint In Move To Pennsylvania Avenue

Amazon Ditches Ashburn Data Center Plan, Shifts To Mixed-Use Vision