Winebow recently hosted a master class featuring the Misguided Spirits brand at Union Kitchen on June 17. Misguided Spirits’ James Zinkand, Co-founder, and Geena Zinkand, Partner, Marketing and Activations, were on-site to lead guests through an education and tasting of the line of artisanal spirits, ending with an industry happy hour with cocktails created by MeKayla Roy, Bar Manager, Union Kitchen, and the venue’s bar team. Launched in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2023 by Chad Wodskow and James Zinkand, Misguided Spirits is an employee-owned and -operated company specializing in craft spirits made by bartenders in honor of “misunderstood figures from the past.” The brand is distributed in Connecticut through Winebow.
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- Winebow recently hosted a master class featuring the Misguided Spirits brand at Union Kitchen on June 17.
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- Misguided Spirits Hinky Dink’s Workingman’s Whiskey, Victor Noir’s Everlasting Triple Sec, Howe & Hummel’s Crooked Vodka, Bathhouse John’s Well Dressed Gin, Black Dove’s Sacred Heart Tequila Blanco and Black Dove’s Sacred Heart Tequila Reposado.
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- MeKayla Roy, Bar Manager, Union Kitchen; Matt Gisonde, Partner, Misguided Spirits; and James Zinkand, Co-founder, Misguided Spirits.
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- Guested tasted the Misguided Spirits lineup, including Hinky Dink’s Workingman’s Whiskey, Bathhouse John’s Well Dressed Gin, Howe & Hummel’s Crooked Vodka, Black Dove’s Sacred Heart Tequila Blanco, Black Dove’s Sacred Heart Tequila Reposado and Caribbean Queen’s Red Sky Aged Rum.
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- MeKayla Roy, Bar Manager, Union Kitchen pouring a Misguided Spirits taste.
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- Lauren Zilka, Sales Representative, Winebow and James Zinkand, Co-founder, Misguided Spirits.
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- MeKayla Roy, Bar Manager, Union Kitchen making cocktails for guests.
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- Guests at the Misguided Spirits educational event.
Photos courtesy of Misguided Spirits.
