Event Type: Tastings & Workshops

Part of the Raising the Spirits event series hosted by Devil’s Botany at The Last Tuesday Society.

Whether it is luck, love or protection from evil , there is an herb or spice that’s been known to conceal the hidden virtues you’re after.

Join co-Founder of Devil’s Botany & Director of The Last Tuesday Society, Allison Crawbuck, on Tuesday 8th November under the rising full moon for a magically-charged absinthe tasting and lunar cocktail bitters-making workshop.

Guests will begin the evening with a guided tasting of the award-winning Devil’s Botany London Absinthe and Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis. We will focus on the botanicals incorporated in the distillation process for each absinthe and explore their different magical uses.

Finally, guests will be invited to create their own cocktail bitters based on their chosen natural flavours and supernatural powers. Your finished botanical bitters is the perfect gift or addition your home bar magically-charged twist to any cocktail.

Tickets include a serving of Devil’s Botany London Absinthe and Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis as well as a 50ml bottle of neutral spirit and a selection of botanicals to create your bitters.

Event suitable for over 18s only.

About the Host

Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett have always shared a passion for unearthing curious tales and rendering them in liquid form. The duo are co-owners of The Last Tuesday Society’s cocktail bar in East London, transforming Hackney’s best-kept secret into the city’s favourite Absinthe Parlour. In 2019, it was voted the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards by a public vote of over 180,000 Londoners, and in 2020, their absinthe menu was shortlisted for Imbibe’s Specialist List of the Year.

In December 2020, Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett launched London’s first Absinthe distillery: Devil’s Botany located in the city’s east end.

They are also authors of Spirits of the Otherworld: A Grimoire of Occult Cocktails & Drinking Rituals, published by Prestel/RandomHouse (Sep 2021 | ISBN 9783791387147).

Part of the Raising the Spirits event series hosted by Devil’s Botany at The Last Tuesday Society.

Whether it is luck, love or protection from evil , there is an herb or spice that’s been known to conceal the hidden virtues you’re after.

Join co-Founder of Devil’s Botany & Director of The Last Tuesday Society, Allison Crawbuck, for a magically-charged absinthe tasting and cocktail bitters-making workshop.

Guests will begin the evening with a guided tasting of the award-winning Devil’s Botany London Absinthe and Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis. We will focus on the botanicals incorporated in the distillation process for each absinthe and explore their different magical uses.

Finally, guests will be invited to create their own cocktail bitters based on their chosen natural flavours and supernatural powers. Your finished botanical bitters is the perfect gift or addition your home bar magically-charged twist to any cocktail.

Tickets include a serving of Devil’s Botany London Absinthe and Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis as well as a 50ml bottle of neutral spirit and a selection of botanicals to create your bitters.

Event suitable for over 18s only.

About the Host

Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett have always shared a passion for unearthing curious tales and rendering them in liquid form. The duo are co-owners of The Last Tuesday Society’s cocktail bar in East London, transforming Hackney’s best-kept secret into the city’s favourite Absinthe Parlour. In 2019, it was voted the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards by a public vote of over 180,000 Londoners, and in 2020, their absinthe menu was shortlisted for Imbibe’s Specialist List of the Year.

In December 2020, Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett launched London’s first Absinthe distillery: Devil’s Botany located in the city’s east end.

They are also authors of Spirits of the Otherworld: A Grimoire of Occult Cocktails & Drinking Rituals, published by Prestel/RandomHouse (Sep 2021 | ISBN 9783791387147).

Join Rhys Everett, Director of The Last Tuesday Society and Co-Founder & Distiller of Devil’s Botany, for a guided tasting in The Absinthe Parlour.

Discover the award-winning absinthe range from the maker himself. Guests will be guided through a tasting of the exciting new range of botanical spirits produced by the UK’s first dedicated absinthe distillery.

As co-owner of The Last Tuesday Society’s Absinthe Parlour, Rhys Everett’s background in mixology has allowed him to distill a range of absinthe tailored for their use in cocktails. He will showcase different absinthe serving methods and touch upon the notorious spirit’s contribution to the history of classic cocktails.

Email [email protected] if you have any questions regarding this event.

Event is suitable for 18+ only.

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About the Hosts

Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett have always shared a passion for unearthing curious tales and rendering them in liquid form. The duo are co-owners of The Last Tuesday Society’s cocktail bar in East London, transforming Hackney’s best-kept secret into the city’s favourite Absinthe Parlour. In 2019, it was voted the Best Bar in London at the 7th annual Design My Night Awards by a public vote of over 180,000 Londoners, and in 2020, their absinthe menu was shortlisted for Imbibe’s Specialist List of the Year.

In December 2020, Allison Crawbuck and Rhys Everett launched London’s first Absinthe distillery: Devil’s Botany located in the city’s east end. They are also authors of Spirits of the Otherworld: A Grimoire of Occult Cocktails & Drinking Rituals, published by Prestel/RandomHouse (Sep 2021 | ISBN 9783791387147).

Directors of The Last Tuesday Society’s Cocktail Bar, Allison Crawbuck & Rhys Everett, Release Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis, Resurrecting London’s Untold Absinthe History

 

RAISING THE SPIRITS WITH DEVIL’S BOTANY

Produced by London’s first absinthe distillery, the inspiration for Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis arose from a curious elixir discovered in the recipe books of London’s 18th century apothecaries. Published in 1719 London, the instructions for this once-forgotten botanical spirit reveal a key to the origins of absinthe that had previously remained unknown. Nearly a century before the first absinthe distilleries opened in Switzerland or France, it turns out London’s dram-drinkers were already enjoying an early precursor to absinthe made by the city’s apothecaries. Praised for its revitalising flavour, this noble aperitif has been found most effective in raising the spirits for over 300 years.

 

Traditional, yet mysteriously exotic, Absinthe Regalis‘ holy trinity of grand wormwood, green anise and sweet fennel is enlivened by warming spices such as nutmeg, cinnamon and cardamom—all once highly sought after symbols of luxury. The resulting distillate is then coloured naturally to achieve its emerald green hue from a new mix of botanicals, including white dead nettle and milk thistle which can be found growing wild throughout London.

At the same time in the same place

The Infected Museum

Book Launch & Devils’ Botany Absinthe Regalis Launch

 

Viktor Wynd, Allison Crawbuck & Rhys Everett Request

The Honour, Delight & Pleasure of Your Company

 

For The Launch of

The Infected Museum – Viktor Wynd at The National Maritime Museum Cornwall

& Devil’s Botany Absinthe Regalis

Tuesday September 20th 6 – 8pm

 

 

A fully illustrated hardback catalogue of our pop up Cornish Museum with essays by Art Historian Adrian Dannatt, artist Marki Dion, Historian of Museums Arthur MacGregor & Richard Pell, Director of The Center for The Study of PostNatural History

 

Available now from all good bookshops for £10 & on our website , Pre-order a signed copy for £4 on the night

Devil’s Botany invites you on a wild botanical walk at the Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park E3, one of London’s Magnificent Seven Victorian Cemeteries. Closed to burials since 1966, the Cemetery is now a Local Nature Reserve and home to an extraordinary diversity of woodland and meadow plants.

On the guided walk, wild food enthusiast and Park Manager, Kenneth Greenway, will share his insight on how to safely identify edible plants that can make for great cocktail ingredients. Guests can enjoy samples of the plants along the way and collect botanicals to take home with them. The guided foraging walk will then venture through Mile End Park and along the Canal, ending at The Last Tuesday Society where guests will enjoy a tasting of three Devil’s Botany London Absinthe cocktails that incorporate some of the wild botanicals foraged on the walk.

Devil’s Botany London Absinthe is an exquisite aperitif reminiscent of a British meadow. Distilled with a bouquet of the finest botanicals, Absinthe’s historic trinity of grand wormwood, green anise and fennel seed is expertly blended with local botanicals such as elderflower, lemon balm and meadowsweet that can be found growing wild across London.

Event suitable for 18+ only. This is a walking intensive event and will go on as scheduled rain or shine. Recipes for the wild botanical cocktail ingredients will be shared with guests after the event to recreate the Devil’s Botany serves at home.

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Devil’s Botany is London’s first Absinthe distillery, celebrating the forgotten elixirs of London’s curious past. Launched in 2020, their original recipes call upon the traditions once mastered by the apothecaries of 18th Century London, the vast herbarium of flavours they housed and the botanical elixirs concocted. Hidden within their recipe books was a key to the origins of absinthe that had previously remained unknown. Nearly a century before the first French or Swiss absinthe distilleries opened, London’s dram-drinkers were already enjoying a precursor to the botanical spirit made by the local apothecaries. Delightfully bittersweet and clear in colour, the noble aperitif has been praised for its revitalising flavour and found most effective in raising the spirits for over 300 years. https://www.devilsbotany.com/

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is truly the historic green heart of Tower Hamlets with 31 acres of broadleaf woodland in a closed 19th century cemetery. The Cemetery Park has an outstanding variety of wild plants and animals as well as plants which give clues to its history. https://fothcp.org/

Toast to the beginning of summer with a Solstice Flower Crown Workshop hosted by Devil’s Botany & Stems Rebellion at The Last Tuesday Society on Tuesday 21st June at 7pm.

Handcraft your very own fresh flower crown and celebrate the gifts of nature with the changing of seasons. The workshop will be lead by Ewa Mierzejewska, founder of the local Stems Rebellion Floral Design based in Dalston.

Guests will be invited to channel the delectable powers of nature with Devil’s Botany Wildflower Spritz served during the event.

Event suitable for over 18+ only.

All materials will be provided to handcraft your fresh flower crown. Tickets include a Devil’s Botany Wildflower Spritz.

Devil’s Botany London Absinthe is an exquisite aperitif reminiscent of a British meadow. Distilled with a bouquet of the finest botanicals, Absinthe’s historic trinity of grand wormwood, green anise and fennel seed is expertly blended with local botanicals such as elderflower, lemon balm and meadowsweet that can be found growing wild across London.

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Devil’s Botany is London’s first Absinthe distillery, celebrating the forgotten elixirs of London’s curious past. Launched in 2020, their original recipes call upon the traditions once mastered by the apothecaries of 18th Century London, the vast herbarium of flavours they housed and the botanical elixirs concocted. Hidden within their recipe books was a key to the origins of absinthe that had previously remained unknown. Nearly a century before the first French or Swiss absinthe distilleries opened, London’s dram-drinkers were already enjoying a precursor to the botanical spirit made by the local apothecaries. Delightfully bittersweet and clear in colour, the noble aperitif has been praised for its revitalising flavour and found most effective in raising the spirits for over 300 years.

https://www.devilsbotany.com/

Devil’s Botany invites you to discover the secrets and tips of flower pressing on Sunday 24th July at The Last Tuesday Society while sipping on a floral Devil’s Botany London Absinthe Spritz.

Devil’s Botany London Absinthe is an exquisite aperitif reminiscent of a British meadow. Distilled with a bouquet of the finest botanicals, Absinthe’s historic trinity of grand wormwood, green anise and fennel seed is expertly blended with local botanicals such as elderflower, lemon balm and meadowsweet that can be found growing wild across London.

During this workshop, guests will be able to choose from a large variety of pressed flowers to be arranged on quality A4 paper during. All the necessary equipment will be provided. The finished artwork will be framed to bring home at the end of the workshop. (Ticket option available to have finished artwork unframed.)

Maddy’s Workshop is a local East London based decor brand created by french artisan Manon Le Fer. All flowers are sourced sustainably from temperate climates. The pressing process allows us to keep and sell them all year round until the next bloom. Just like humans, every flower is unique. Thus, Maddy’s Workshop tries to reveal the beauty in each of them.

https://maddysworkshop.com/

Event suitable for 18+ only.

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Devil’s Botany is London’s first Absinthe distillery, celebrating the forgotten elixirs of London’s curious past. Launched in 2020, their original recipes call upon the traditions once mastered by the apothecaries of 18th Century London, the vast herbarium of flavours they housed and the botanical elixirs concocted. Hidden within their recipe books was a key to the origins of absinthe that had previously remained unknown. Nearly a century before the first French or Swiss absinthe distilleries opened, London’s dram-drinkers were already enjoying a precursor to the botanical spirit made by the local apothecaries. Delightfully bittersweet and clear in colour, the noble aperitif has been praised for its revitalising flavour and found most effective in raising the spirits for over 300 years.

https://www.devilsbotany.com/