Fall has finally arrived and Treaty Oak is excited to hold its first annual Harvest Day on Saturday, November 16th.
VIP HARVEST TOUR, 1 - 4 PM
At Treaty Oak Distilling, we take our whiskey seriously and wanted to explore the role climate has in the whiskey aging process. Two years ago, we buried barrels of our Ghost Hill Bourbon Whiskey underground for an experiment in aging. The same juice was placed in a barrel that has been aging in our open-air Rickhouse. Tickets are available now, so join us as we exhume the buried barrel and conduct a side-by-side tasting with the bourbon that has been aging open-air!
Harvest Day ticket holders will begin with a historical tour of the Treaty Oak property formerly known as Ghost Hill Ranch, and will learn about the folks who’ve used these grounds as a watering hole and meeting place for hundreds of years.
Then guests will have an insider’s tour of the distillery, engaging in the process of whiskey making from fermentation to distillation to maturation. Our wheat farmer will speak about sustainable farming and the heirloom grains we source for our whiskey as we conduct the side-by-side tasting.
The tasting will conclude with bottling and wax-dipping your own two bottles to take home: Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Bourbon Barrel #739A and #739B.
Finally, feast on our pitmaster Scott Fogel’s oak wood inspired specials including Texas Brisket, Smoked New York Strip Skewers with housemade Chimichurri, Chicken al Carbon, and Portobello Mushrooms.
SCHEDULE:
1 - 1:30 PM Barrel exhumation
1:30 - 2 PM Ghost Hill Ranch tour
2 - 3 PM Distillery tour and side-by-side tasting
3 - 4 PM VIP oak wood fired BBQ and hands-on bottling and wax-dipping
COST:
$200 per ticket *Includes a ranch and distillery tour, bottling experience, two special release experimental Ghost Hill Bourbon bottles aged in different climatic conditions to take home and a VIP oak wood fired BBQ. Meal at 3 PM.
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$50 per ticket *Includes a ranch and distillery tour, and VIP oak wood fired BBQ. Meal at 3 PM. (With the option to purchase a bottle onsite.)
MORE HARVEST DAY FESTIVITIES:
Can’t join us for the ticketed experience? That’s okay! We’re open from 12 - 9 pm and will have many more Harvest Day activities.
At noon, we’ll have Bourke Harvey of Legendary Trees at Ghost Hill Ranch planting our very own Treaty Oak sapling. Oak wood fired specials will be featured on the menu at Alice’s all day, and we’ll have Skinny’s Barbershop and Big Brothers and Big Sisters in the Rickhouse Bar. Our charity cocktail of the month, Kentucky Dreaming (Treaty Oak Red Handed Bourbon, Lemon, Black Tea, and Mint Syrup, Dash of Peychaud’s Bitters) will be featured with a $1 from each cocktail going directly to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Distillery tours will be conducted on the hour from 1-6 pm. We’ll have live music from Hot Texas Swing Band 4-7 pm and photo opps in our Treaty Oak Whisky Truck loaded with festive fall decor as well as scarecrows in the Treaty Oak organic garden. Special release experimental Ghost Hill Bourbon bottles aged in different climatic conditions will be available for purchase while supplies last and are $75 each. Come join us for Harvest Day!
SCHEDULE:
12 PM Legendary Tree Planting of Treaty Oak sapling
1 - 4 PM VIP Treaty Oak Distillery Harvest Day Tour & Ghost Hill Bourbon Bottling Experience
2 - 6 PM Treaty Oak Distillery Tours on the Hour - Reserve your spot online!
4 - 7 PM Live Music by Hot Texas Swing Band
ALL DAY:
Scott Fogel’s Texas BBQ at Alice’s Restaurant
Skinny’s Barbershop Free Cuts benefitting Big Brothers and Big Sisters
Harvest Photo Opps in the Treaty Oak Whisky Truck
Special Release of Experimental Treaty Oak Ghost Hill Bourbon