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    Chemist Spirits

    4.3 (77 reviews)
    ModerateDistilleries
    Closed 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    Kristi B.

    As many reviews before, have stated the ambience in this location is absolutely incredible. You truly feel like you've been taken back to the prohibition era and are in an upscale speakeasy. While we visited, I opted to do their gin flight which I love that they offer. That way you can try several of the different ones, and then, if you want a cocktail afterwards, you can enjoy. My husband opted for an old fashion, which was perfect for him, and again, just the ambience coupled with the vintageness of an old fashion, provided for a great experience. The gin flight was great, and I especially loved the barrel, rested and the chocolate orange. The Navy strength gin is very sharp on the pallet and has a little bite in the back. The bar area itself is known as antidote, and then the Chemist is essentially where they distill all of the gin and where are you can buy a bottle as well as other merchandise to take home with you

    Lovely patio area
    Dorothy W.

    Amazing tasting room and cocktail bar; so beautiful and authentic! Wonderful experience with our host in the tasting room and then we went over to the bar and enjoyed a couple of delicious cocktails..don't know how we haven't found this place before. Will definitely be back!

    the front of a brick building
    Mike O.

    It was like stepping back in time coming into this shoppe. We had wanted to come here on our last visit but beer won out with the choice of those days. The brick building looks so turn of the century and the inside matched with the wood accents and glass cabinets. Tastings are in a tiny thimble but don't be put off on that because that is enough to know you are drinking some quality gin. There were about five types with various flavors and qualities and the woman who served those explained everything well, but I was dazed focusing on the gin. I decided on the Navy Strength which is a very high proof but after the initial sock in the face is oh so smooth. According to the pourer, the name came from the British Navy when the enlisted men enjoyed rum the officers wanted gin as it was more civilized. The officers were concerned about being sold watered down gin and setting fire to the gin was proof that it hadn't been watered down. That is where the term "proof" came from but to me it's just good.

    Mocktail with bitters
    Tiffany T.

    The AMBIANCE is everything here. Be prepared to take a trip in a Time Machine. Upon entering the Chemist I was transported to a time well before I was born when apothecaries were common facilities to treat all of your ailments. Such time and effort was put into making the Chemist a wonderful flashback in history. My mocktail was wonderful too. This is more of an adult stop, but I consider it a must stop. Even if you do not want a drink, stop, grab a snack, and appreciate the effort that went into creating this masterpiece.

    Into the cauldron
    Stephen D.

    Distillery with a bar attached. They make their own gin and whiskey in house, but they do have others. Didn't try the gin but the whiskey was not bad. Had the " Into the cauldron" very flavorful and enjoyed it. I am more of a straight whiskey drinker, but, when in Rome. The staff was friendly and the vibe was pretty cool. Made to look like and old apothecary store. Will come back to try some of the other drinks.

    Indoor seating
    Emily C.

    This is a cozy spot with great craft cocktails. I got the American Gin and Tonic and it was excellent and also unique. It's a pricey bar, but I found it to be worth it since I couldn't get the same thing somewhere else. There was both indoor and outdoor seating.

    Hops & test tube chandelier- so creative
    Kelly P.

    I didnt actually buy anything because I dont drink, but the aesthetic of the shop was so quirky and creative it literally PULLED me in as I was walking by. I was just here for the weekend as a wanderer from Philly, but I was highly impressed! And LOOK HOW COOL THE CHANDELIER WAS!!!

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    Brien M.

    I've not seen a gin-only distillery before, let alone a mother and daughter distillery. To add to their unique character, they make 4 different gins! The shop had a wonderful old world feel and the woman leading the tasting was great. We had a great time and left with a couple of bottles. The South slope of Asheville is really something and this is a fun addition.

    Leila R.

    Absolutely a must-stop and do a gin tasting here when in AVL! The decor alone is worth a visit, but the story behind the gins and the tasting of their full line-up is where it's really at! The staff is so engaging, kind, informative, and knowledgeable! Loved perusing the space as it resembles an old-timey apothecary. They even sell proper gin-tasting glassware and other accoutrement. Highly recommend taking their gin sampler package for home before going to their bar Antidote, in the building right behind them. The founding mother-daughter team outdid themselves with full thematic development; from the building, to the interior, to little nuanced touches that show how much its a passion project.

    Gary L.

    Great place for gin tastings all made in house. I never knew there were different gins. Many are infused. They also make their own bitters. I purchased a sampler box. All the gins are available to purchase but the tastings are free, gratuity is appreciated. Check out the full bar next door called The Antidote. Unfortunately they don't open until 4 pm.

    Custom made, imported, copper gin stills on display at Chemist Spirits in Asheville NC
    Adriane P.

    Went for a friendly and informative tasting last fall with friends and everything about this place and its spirits is impressive. We left with several bottles ( which the helpful employee helped me sneak out as a present for my husband) and have spent the winter enjoying our home cocktails ever since! I recommend *Navy Strength- but taste them all yourself - none are not attractive in their own way. The gin stills used for production and on display are gorgeous!! AND I also appreciated how Covid conscientious they were - which is definitely a difficult proposition for a a tasting room.

    Jonathan V.

    If you're in Asheville and like Gin, then you definitely have to come by and check this place out. Even if you don't like Gin, you should pass by, just cuz the people working here are SO nice and the place is really cool. It's setup to look like an old apothecary. They also have a Gin that is aged in oak casks so it has a nice finish for people who might not be too keen on Gin or haven't crossed over to the Gin world yet. They also sell Fentiman's Tonic water which is amazing and they have really cool gift items you could buy.

    Julie W.

    Very funky vibe. Both the distillery side and the bar side evoke images of old apothecaries and speak easies. The distillery side offers free tastings while the bar offers up artisan cocktails. There is indoor and outdoor seating available. The help was friendly and efficient. Even purchased a bottle of their gin. (: will definitely stop back in whenever in the area!!

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    Great cocktails. Bought navy strength gin and the new chai liquor, tasting was wonderful and will be back.

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    Nice tasting, very informative 'tour' and an interesting space. Gin tasting between beer tastings works well!

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    This place is amazing! Beautifully decorated and cute little rooms for privacy. The drinks were so delicious! We will definitely be back!

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    Cool place. Excellent drinks and friendly staff. FYI there can be a line waiting to get in. Worth waiting

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    Great samples of unique gins - they allow you to do the sampling for free which was a nice touch

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    What a great new addition to Asheville. If feels like you go back in time, great place, great service!

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    Best cocktails ever! It was fun to try the gins by themselves, then go next door for their liquid science creations!

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    Incredible atmosphere and cocktails. Little books to chill and enjoy a cocktail and feel like.

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    The Chemist (and coming soon - Antidote) is an amazing distillery offering a wonderful house made gin in a gorgeous space.

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    Cultivated Cocktails - Asheville 75

    Cultivated Cocktails

    4.8(82 reviews)
    0.5 mi
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    The most charming and unexpected little spot! The food and service were incredible, and the drinks…read morewere spectacular. The owners and staff were so welcoming--I walked in a stranger and left feeling like a friend. I only wish I didn't live all the way in Indiana because this would absolutely be my go-to place. Highly recommend the Caprese flatbread and the Morning After drink, both were so delicious!

    Booked a private cocktail class where we got to learn all about the history of Cultivated…read moreCocktails, the liquors that they distill, and their partnerships within the community, all while sipping on samples of their liquors! We were able to sample 4 liquors and 4 liqueur. For the liquors, we samples rum, two types of gin, and vodka. All had high ABVs but the rum and vodka had very light flavors without the usual bite at the end! Their regular gin had a strong juniper taste, while their Shades of Rose Gin carried a lighter, fruitier taste. For Liqueurs, we were able to sample their Appalachian Aperetif, Ginger Cordial, Creme de Cacao, and Coffee Liqueur. My top three were the Shades of Rose Gin, the Ginger Cordial, and the Coffee Liqueur. After choosing our top three samples, our mixologist made us three half cocktails from our selections. The class was amazing, the drinks were amazing, and our mixologist was amazing! The cost of the class was $30 per person.

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    4.1(17 reviews)
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    After years of Dalton Distillery being open, I finally made it a point to go try it out for a…read morepre-dinner drink. When I entered the establishment I was wowed at how cool the space is, I had no idea and honestly didn't have high expectations. The bar is decorated really cool with geometric wall designs and a giant hexagonal opening leading from one room to the other. Dalton Distillery also has Ping-Pong, a pool table, and video games. I had no idea. As I walked in, I was immediately curious as to how this place isn't more popular. There is plenty of seating with lots of chairs and a few couches. The Distillery is decorated with some cool furniture too and has some colorful graffiti murals. I am a very visual person and this place was surprisingly awesome inside. I'd love to come back with a group of friends for some Ping-pong and pool games! I was very happy to hear that my bourbon and gingers were only $4, a great deal that is a rarity in/near downtown Asheville. My friend ordered some of their housemade rum in a cocktail that neither of us enjoyed, but they have a pretty good beer selection so he left happy anyway. Overall this place was great and I can't wait to check it out again. I had to give Dalton Distillery 4 stars rather than 5 because the bartender was very unfriendly. I asked him many questions about the rum. I was very interested considering that they are a distillery and that is what they make, but he seemed annoyed by my questions and barely answered them. He talked to me in a way that was very arrogant and dismissive. I'd like to hope that next time I go in there is a different bartender or he has a better demeanor. Servers and bartenders play the role of being the face/representative of an establishment and for my first experience being here, there was not a good representation.

    The name of this place is deceiving. It seems like a place to get cocktails but really it's a dive…read morebar- definitely wasn't what I thought it was. Others places to go rather than here

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    4.9(161 reviews)
    0.4 mi

    On a recent anniversary trip to Asheville, my husband and I enjoyed Eating Asheville's historical…read moredowntown food tour. We decided to splurge for The High Roller option as it was only around $10 more a person and included beverage parings with the food. Included is up to 6 stops at restaurants, bars, or desserteries with at-least 3 alcoholic beverages pairings and then other non-alcoholic options. The tour lasts about 2.5- 3 hours. This is a walking in food tour, so you have to be able and willing to travel on foot some. It wasn't a ton of walking, but did work up a little sweat as it was a warmer Friday afternoon (this tour is offered Thursday- Sunday). We had a small group of 6 people plus our tour guide. She was very sweet and personable. I think she may have been semi new at this as her story flow was a little jumbled, but it didn't bother me too much as honestly she was trying and I was interested in food way more than history. She did point out some important sites along the way and give us some fun Asheville facts. Great thing about these tours is they do vary. While the company has a number of places they work with which ones are selected for you, depends on the day, time, season etc. So you could honestly do these tours more than once and experience new things still. Our tour began at Asheville Charcuterie where we each enjoyed a personalized board of meat, cheese, cracker, fruit, and a local spicy honey. It was also served with a Bold Rock cider. This was a cute shop where you can get a drink or snack there or take items with you to go. Next was to the Grove Arcade where we hit Bebettes, a New Orleans coffeehouse with fresh out the oven beignets with a warm chocolate dipping sauce, served with a shot of coffee. So yummy. I felt bad about all the power sugar I got everywhere. Gotta love a dessert on stop 2! For the third s location was Strada Italiano. The food here was excellent. We sampled one of their arancini balls and a grilled Florentine ravioli. Both were delicious bites and executed flawlessly. Great Italian fare with some red wine. My husband and I agreed we want to come back here for a full Italian dinner experience on our next trip. Starting to feel a little full at this point, not gonna lie but things continued to get more hearty at The Rhu. We got to enjoy their house breakfast sausage and pimento cheese on a buttermilk biscuit. Thank goodness they only gave us half each as these bad boys were thick. All three components were so tasty, with the pimento cheese winning for me. It came with some iced tea, which was definitely southern and sweet. I knew we had one more food stop left before dessert. Imagine my surprise when it was an Indiana buffet at Mehfil. On the fifth stop? Lord, a bad day to wear jeans! They place was so generous giving us a like private mini buffet of items like tandoori chicken, saag paneer, naan, butter chicken, rice and more. I truly wish I had room to eat more as everything was so tasty, especially their tandoori chicken. Also they had the best beverage pairing with a pear mule cocktail - perfectly light and smooth for a warm day. Our tour guide joked that we would need to cancel our dinner reservations, turns out they weren't kidding. The last stop was Asheville Chocolate. So many amazing sweet treats you could enjoy at this place. We wrapped up our tour with a chocolate truffle and cookies and cream gelato. I had to ask my husband to help finish these as I was stuffed. Before departing, we tipped our guide. This is not required, but we were happy to do so as she worked hard and took great care of us. After the tour, not gonna lie went back to our hotel and had an amazing nap! Sign of a good food tour! I thought this food tour was a great deal for the $90 per person price. I know at first it sounds like a lot. But we more than got $15 worth at each place from the food and drink itself, plus to convenience of being able to just walk in to a reserved table at a popular restaurant with a planned bite ready in a few minutes. Not to mention, having a personal tour guide to take you around and teach you about where you are, what you are eating , and Asheville in general. If you like to eat, and can eat a lot (you will be very full but it's worth it), take this tour. It was a great way to get a taste of places you've never been and decide where you wanna go back to and try a full meal next time!

    Did we have a good time overall? Yes. However, do I think…read moreit's worth the $92/person price tag all in with taxes and fees... to sample 5 places with varying portions of food and drink? Not quite. The classic before fees is $79/person. It offers "minimum of 5 stops and at least 2 drink pairings" from their website. Don't get me started on the 15.5% extra they tack on for "taxes and fees". If the unavoidable city tax for Asheville is 7%, the remainder is 8.5% for what? Their website/payment services? To be fair, the pricing is similar to one we took part in NOLA $78/person with Destination Kitchen but the food and portions were more balanced (albeit without drink pairings). For $10 more base price, you can book the high roller tour $89/person. After all is said and done I'm wondering if we should have spent the extra amount and upgraded to the high roller since the descriptor highlights "most elegant, trendy, and acclaimed" options. I understand the business also needs to make a profit along with giving a cut to the tour guides. At the beginning and throughout the tour, the guide continued to emphasize that if we were still hungry by the end that they have not done their jobs. However, there's more to consider. I'll go through the 5 places we tried and how one of the newest additions isn't even listed still on their website so if you were to look ahead of time for the offerings you would not expect it! We met our group inside the Grove Street Arcade on a Monday in September which is a great spot with some shops and public restrooms before we started. STOP 1 - The Rhu https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-rhu-asheville This is the cafe/breakfast bakery sister to Rhubarb, which is more upscale. They prepared a small cup of iced sweet tea with half of their breakfast sandwich. The refreshing tea with sugar cubes paired nicely with the buttery biscuit sandwich. Value: $8.50 for full sandwich and drink was not listed so going to estimate total is worth one sandwich. STOP 3 - Bold Rock https://www.yelp.com/biz/bold-rock-asheville-asheville The Cidery story actually started in VA but I'm glad they expanded to NC. We sampled a 6~7 oz cider paired with a Bruschetta and Bacon Apple Grilled Cheese. (American, cheddar, goat cheese, local apples, bacon, Dijon aioli, sourdough) It was super tasty and really enjoyed everything!! Value: ~$5 half pour, ~$10 for the food so one of the better values STOP 3 - Mëhfil https://www.yelp.com/biz/mehfil-asheville-2 Full buffet spread of ~6 Indian dishes with Mango Lassi and a tasty alcoholic beverage too! Now this place is the spot I mentioned isn't even listed with their logo on the restaurant page... I checked their Instagram which isn't updated frequently either and they announced just the day before our tour so this is brand NEW. Unfortunately this is one of the cuisines my SO does not eat. We would not have known that reserving in advance... which is a shame. Value: ~$25-30 honestly since they were offering generous full size portions of their dishes that you could serve yourself, this was hands down the best cost wise. If you were to fill up it would be at this stop. The staff were also super nice and hospitable! STOP 4 - Manicomio Pizza https://www.yelp.com/biz/manicomio-pizza-asheville Plain and simple pizzeria with some funky designs. We sampled a single slice which may have been their special of the day with cherry tomato and artichoke and a lemon wedge to spritz. It tasted good, but forgettable. They just gave us water. Value: $5.50 by the slice for daily special STOP 5 FINAL - Sunshine Sammies https://www.yelp.com/biz/sunshine-sammies-asheville Makes sense we'd end on dessert and we sampled 1/2 a sandwich of I believe their seasonal pumpkin! It was a sweet way to conclude the tour. Value: $4, a full size seasonal flavor is $8 I was full from the generous spread offered at Mëhfil which carried the food and drink side of the tour. Unfortunately my SO didn't get to fully enjoy the experience, and there was no way we could have expected they'd take us to the new restaurant that was just announced. Even being generous with some of my estimates, I landed at value of ~$60, which is still short of the cost you're paying especially when more than half of these locations are more fast casual spots. The most disappointing was the pizzeria, since aside from the artwork I didn't feel anything unique about the taste and seems like a wasted opportunity given the list of other more interesting restaurants. I enjoyed the historical information the guide sprinkled throughout along with background about each of the locations. Next time I'll keep in mind for Mondays where many restaurants aren't open.

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    Asheville Brews Cruise - Catawba Brewing

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    4.8(49 reviews)
    0.3 mi
    $$

    I originally booked Asheville Brews Cruise for a tour for 18 people for my bachelorette, originally…read morescheduled for October 2024. Due to the hurricane, I had asked to reschedule my booking to the end of March 2025. I had put down an over $1000 deposit, which I was told was fully refundable at the time of my booking. At first J.C. was very communicative and said that he was happy to reschedule and that he would send the updated paperwork. However, I never received the updated paperwork and tried over 3 months to get a response from J.C. as to whether Asheville Brews Cruise would still be able to provide a tour for my bachelorette. With no response, I assumed that Asheville Brews Cruise could no longer support a tour for my bachelorette party and therefore booked a tour with a different company and asked for a refund of my original deposit. With again no response, in February, I finally tried messaging Asheville Brews Cruise over Instagram to get a refund on my deposit. J.C. finally responded and noted that he would reach out about a refund. But to this day I have still not received that refund after trying to communicate with Asheville Brews Cruise over email, text, and through multiple phone calls. While I understand that all businesses in Asheville are going through a hard time post hurricane, the lack of responsiveness over 5 months and failure to refund my substantial deposit has put me at my wits end. I would not recommend booking with this company for any future tours.

    J.C. is the right man in the right place! We got this tour from our great friends who live in the…read moretown and we really thanks them for that experience! All you want to know about the Asheville beers and breweries, just ask the guide. As we are from the country where the "beer was born" (Czech Republic, Pilsner) I appreciated the knowledge of that history as well We spent a lot of fun there and tasted many types of beers during the tour, the Brew Cruise bus was amazing, we met nice people from other countries. Absolutely recommend that

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