I can't tell you much about Adventure Time. I can tell you what I PERSONALLY experienced, but the…read moretheme changes every so many months, so it might be totally different when you visit.
When I visited, it was a Candy Land theme, so all the drinks were candy themed. Candy and sweet are not my thing, but that's not why I visited this time around. However, I would've been more interested in the 80's theme they had previously, and am interested to see what they come up with next.
This time around, I went for their summer spotlight series, which is where a different bartender offers a cocktail theme along with food pairings. I attended the first of the series, with the program manager, Paul Webb, and the theme was "The Art of Escape."
I'm sharing my menu so you can see what the staff is capable of. Even if you don't go to one of their tasting menus, they have talent.
Destination Nostalgia: cocktail had whiskey, clarified Granny Smith apples, wildflower honey, pineapple weed hydrosol, agua de pierda, river stone paired with peanture butter brittle with Japanese mile bread, black berry glee, and picked Serrano (this was my favorite dish and so surprisingly delicious).
Destination Adventure: 400 conejos espadín, appelton estate, cardamom infused ancho reyes verde, clarified sea buckthorn, soursop, boab cordial paired with pickled pear, toasted Caribbean jerk, and ancho
Destination Romance: Ferrand cognac 1840, clarified raspberry pineapple tepche, warm vanilla pineapple foam, raspberry rose caviar. Paired with chocolate pollo mole and peppered strawberry.
Destination Celebration: Aspen vodka, Grand Marnier, gewurtraminer, lychee, sakura air. Paired with wild caught ahi and ossestra caviar.
Destination Solitude: Boodles gin, calamansi, custom coastal tea blend, spirulina, coastal air. Paired with fried grouper with candied orange and crema.
Destination Hope: Bullet bourbon, toasted oat, banana, angostura, vanilla cream
Anyway . . . it was a fun and creative evening. As far as the company: I stumbled upon this tasting by accident. I emailed the owners to ensure they would be open on a Sunday I wanted to visit. They emailed back and said they were having a special summer tasting series as opposed to regular service. So I bought a ticket. While everyone there were friends of the owners and bartender and industry professionals, they were alls super welcoming and accommodating.
If I ever return to Denver, I will definitely come back to Adventure Time!