Meet Chicago Tonight

I got this in my Goldstar email today. Sounds interesting even though it's primary purpose is networking. http://www.meetchicagotonight.com/

from Goldstar________________________________

Meet Chicago Tonight is brought to you by two innovative companies, Chicago After Work (Chicago's premier networking event company) and I Wish Lessons (Chicago's premier private lesson company).

Every month Meet Chicago Tonight will provide a different themed event. This month's theme will be Chicago Boutique Spirits and Mixology. Meet Chicago Tonight is a new way of introducing you to Chicago businesses while getting together with friends after work for food, drinks, and entertainment.

Admission includes:

White whiskey samples from Koval Distillery
Koval Distillery will be teaching about the various types of white whiskey as well as distributing white whiskey samples.

Mixology lessons from Hum Spirits
Hum Infused organic rum with fair trade hibiscus, organic ginger, green cardamom and kaffir lime. Hum mixologists will teach you how to make the perfect Chicago Cosmo using local spirits, Hum and Koval Rye Vodka.

Whiskey tastings with Chuck Cowdery, The Bourbon expert
Charles K. Cowdery is the author of Bourboun Straight: The Uncut and Unfiltered Story of American Whiskey and the producer/director of Made and Bottled in Kentucky. He writes about American whiskey for The Malt Advocate, WHISKY Magazine and other publications. He is the editor and publisher of The Bourbon Country Reader and has been inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame. Cowdery will be holding blind whiskey tastings, See how discernable your palate is!

Mojito Lessons from Drinks Over Dearborn
Make your own mojito with "The Boozehound" & Don Q Rum. Learn how to make the world's best mojito using 100% fresh ingredients and Don Q Puerto Rican rum in mini-seminars led by nationally renowned mixologist "The Boozehound" Kyle McHugh.

Flair Bartending Lessons by Todd Ekis
Owner of Fluid Flair and winner of Suburban Nightlife’s Best Male Bartender of the Year in 2006, Ekis will teach participants techniques in flair bartending moves to make anyone look like Tom Cruise in Cocktail.

Free Appetizers from 6:00pm-7:00pm.

A performance by Shirley King, daughter of blues legend BB King