Calling all cocktail lovers! The Distillers of SLO County are celebrating the Paso Robles & SLO Distillery Trail with a (spirited) weekend of events, August 21-22. Each distillery location along the SLO County Distillery Trail will be showcasing their spirits with a range of unique experiences such as building craft cocktails, local eats & treats, music, and opportunities to win ‘Distillers of SLO’ swag! Grab your DD and come thirsty. 

 

About

SLO County has been known as a wine destination for decades, but recently, the craft distilling movement has taken off along the Central Coast. The area is now home to over a dozen distilleries with more planned to open over the next year. From San Luis Obispo to Paso Robles, distillers are producing a variety of small-batch artisan spirits, including all your favorites - whiskey, gin, rum, brandy, vodka, and liqueurs. After the highly successful first-ever Trail Weekend was held in August of 2019, the Distillers of SLO is excited to open its doors again and showcase the best spirits the Central Coast has to offer.

 

Daily Events

In celebration of Trail Weekend, each of the following distilleries will provide a special experience for their customers including food, beverage, live music, tours, raffles, and more. Listed below are the daily features for each distillery. 

  • Autry Cellars - Offering spirit tasting all weekend long. 

  • Bethel Rd. Distillery - Bethel Rd. The kitchen will have paninis and fresh salads on Saturday & Sunday. Live Music with Noach Tangeras Band, on Saturday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. 

  • Calwise Spirits Co. - Spirit and artisan cheese pairings by Vivant Fine Cheese. Free distillery tours at 1:00 pm and 3:00 pm. 10% discount on all bottle purchases during the event weekend. 

  • Donati Spirits - Street Tacos paired with various vodkas, including clear, barrel-aged, and infused flavored vodkas. Donati wines offered by the glass. 

  • Pendray's Distillery - Santa Maria BBQ featuring a menu of smoked Tri-tip, Portuguese Linguica, grilled veggies, and garlic bread. 

  • Re:find Distillery - Charcuterie plates & special event weekend Cocktail. 

  • Willow Creek Distillery - Wood-fired pizzas, salads, meat & cheese platters, and Opolo wine by the glass. Featuring a weekend special barrel-aged cocktail. 

  • Wine Shine & Tin City Distillery - Local Tin City food trucks, craft cocktail building classes, and distillery tours with the owners. 

 

Sip to Win

The goal of this event is to promote the SLO County Distillery Trail by encouraging customers to visit multiple distilleries throughout the weekend. As an incentive, each of the Distillers of SLO County will be selling their limited patron ‘Copper Cards’. This collectible membership card, made of real copper, offers one complimentary tasting at each Distillery Trail location. The ‘Copper Cards’ can be purchased for $60 each, totaling approximately $180, at any participating local distillery. During the ‘Trail Weekend’, distillery staff will ‘stamp’ or mark on the ‘Copper Card’ once the patron receives their perk of a complimentary flight at that establishment. The card does not expire; ‘Copper Cards’ from past events are still valid at the distillery sites that have not been stamped out. After exploring 4 distilleries along the SLO Distillery Trail, you will turn in your map and receive a complimentary ‘Distillers of SLO’ mini-flask and be entered into a raffle for an epic Swag Bag giveaway!

NOTE: The Copper Card and the Distillery Map coincide. The map will be turned in after 4 stamps for flasks, and the Copper Card is an add-on keepsake that also provides a complimentary tasting at each distillery.