FROM
FROM HERE, IT IS ONLY THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER MAYBE YOU ARE
PLANNING A HALLOWEEN PARTY
TODAY WE HAVE COCKTAILS COVERED
WITH TWINS COVERED WITH TWIN
SPIRITS IT IS A SMALL
DISTILLERY AND COCKTAIL ROOM
HISTORIC NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS
OWNED BY THIS BEAUTIFUL WOMAN,
MICHELLE WINCHESTER A WOMAN-
OWNED COMPANY HOW YOU DOING?
>> I'M THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF
TWIN SPIRIT'S DISTILLERY.
WE ARE MAKING THESE SIX
PRODUCTS, WE'VE GOT OUR M LINE
OF VODKA GIN AND WHISKEY,
MINNESOTA HONEY, TODAY IS A
FULL MOON, IT TAKES ABOUT A
POUND OF HONEY TO MAKE THAT.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT THAT
MAGNETIC PULL FROM THE MOON
REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE?
YOU JUST -- I LOVE THAT.
YOU ARE GOING TO SHOW US HOW
YOU ACTUALLY DO THAT.
>> WE MAKE A LOT OF INFUSIONS
IN OUR SPIRITS FOR OUR
COCKTAILS AND COCKTAIL ROOM, IT
IS REALLY EASY TO DO AT HOME.
THIS IS THE HABESKUS FLOWER,
THAT WAS THE MOON SHINE THIS IS
ABOUT A HALF A CUP OF FLOWERS,
YOU CAN SEE IT IS ALREADY
STARTING TO COLOR UP WE'LL LET
THAT SIT FOR A BIT JUST TO SHOW
PEOPLE HOW FAST IT IS.
THIS IS THE COLOR ONCE IT IS
FINISHED INFUSING, A LITTLE
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. WE'RE MAKING A CONGRESS
COCKTAIL CALLED THE WITCH'S
BREW.
BREW.
BREW. SO
BREW. SO YOU GUYS HAVE A TASTING
ROOM, COCKTAIL ROOM YOU CAN
CHECK OUT EVERYTHING, DO SOME
TASTING THERE.
TASTING THERE. >> WE'RE OPEN WEDNESDAY NIGHTS
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHTS AND
THEN WE DO A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT
KIND OF GLASSES, FCS
PROFESSIONALS APPROACHED US
ABOUT DOING A CLASS TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALS
BUT THIS IS THE WITCH'S BREW.
>> YOU JUST POPPED A LITTLE.
>> DRY ICE YOU DON'T WANT TO
INGEST THAT OR YOU LET IT JUST
KIND OF DO ITS LITTLE MAGIC OF
MAKING IT REALLY COOL LOOKING
FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
>> YOU CAN GET DRY ICE AT
SHAMROCK ICE IN SOUTHWEST
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. >> THEY ARE LITTLE PELLETS.
HOW COOL IS THAT.
TRY TO PICK ONE UP WITH THE
TONGS AND SEE WHAT IT DOES, IT
WILL START HISSING AT YOU.
IT IS SAYING, BE CAREFUL, BE
CAREFUL.
CAREFUL.
CAREFUL. THAT'S SO COOL.
YOU ARE NOT INGESTING IT IT IS
ALL ABOUT HOW FUN IT LOOKS,
REALLY IT DOESN'T DESOLVE INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. IT
IT. IT JUST KIND OF EVAPORATES.
WHAT IS KIND OF FUN AS THE
BUBBLE POP YOU CAN REALLY SMELL
THE COCKTAIL, WE'RE A LITTLE
FURTHER AWAY TO GET IT, THAT'S
INTERESTING ABOUT IT TOO.
IT DOES SMELL REALLY GOOD.
I THINK YOU DO.
I THINK IT IS CALLING YOUR
NAME.
NAME.
NAME. WE'RE ALSO MAKING A MOON SHINE
WHAT'S IN THAT?
>> THIS HAS OUR MOON SHINE AND
ORANGE BITTERS AND A LITTLE BIT
OF SIMPLE SYRUP, ORANGE SLICE
AND CHERRY IN IT NOW I'M JUST
LOOKING FOR MY MOON SHINE.
I HAVE EVERYTHING WRAPPED IN
THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST ADD
THE CHERRY JUICE.
THERE IT IS, WE ACTUALLY DO
BUILD IT IN THE GLASS IN THE
COCKTAIL ROOM TOO.
I KIND OF LIKE KNOCKING AT A
STEP.
STEP.
STEP. >>
STEP. >> HAND THAT TO THAT GENTLEMAN.
WHAT PROOF IS THE MOON SHINE?
>> IT IS 90.
>> IT WILL BE FUN.
TELL US ABOUT YOUR EVENT ON
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY.
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE FCS
PROFESSIONALS IT STARTS AT
5:30, BUY TICKETS ONLINE
FCSPROFESSIONALS.ORG, ELLE TOUR
WITH FOLKS IN THE BACK IN THE
DISTILLERY, AND BREAK THE GROUP
INTO A COUPLE OF GROUPS AND DO
COCKTAIL MAKING WITH MOON SHINE
FASHION.
FASHION.
FASHION. >> A COUPLE MORE DAYS I WON'T
MAKE IT.
MAKE IT.
MAKE IT. >> DEFINITELY VERY FORWARD FOR
SURE.
SURE.
SURE. YOU
SURE. YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.
CONGRATULATIONS, WE DO
APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY AND
SHOWING US HOW TO MAKE THIS, ON
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