Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

PI DAY POP-UP

w/ NEW STOCK

We are thrilled to have our friends New Stock out to celebrate Pi Day with us. They will have a selection of sweet pies with them and will be selling them by the slice or whole pie and they can also set ya up with a sampler pie if you can't decide on just one flavor. 

And if sweet pies aren't enough for you, to celebrate the ongoing SOUP|BAR collaboration with New Stock, the distillery will be serving up FREE savory mini pot pies until they run out. Oh yea we will also have some cocktail specials for you. 

So come on out for dinner dinner, stay for some dessert and you might as well sip a cocktail or two.

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

DEcember 17th, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Western North Carolina would not be what it is without the artists and chefs that call these mountains home. Join us at the distillery for a cocktail Nov. 16th for the first of three Maker’s Markets and stick around for some free soup from our friends Newstock Pantry.

If you are an artist and would like to set up reach out to info@oakandgrist.com or follow the link below to fill out the vendor form.

Ticket sales for the 2024 Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest  are now OPEN! To learn more an purchase your tickets visit our ticket page here: https://wnccheesetrail.ticketspice.com/carolina-mountain-cheese-fest-2024

The Carolina Mountain Cheese Festival is the annual fundraiser for the WNC Cheese Trail , a non profit whose goal is to spread the word about the amazing cheeses being made in WNC! This year our festival will be held on October 6th 2024 at Oak and Grist Distilling Company in beautiful Black Mountain, NC.

If you are a cheese fan or a local food lover, the Carolina Mountain Cheese Fest is a great way to spend the day!

Join us on Saturday, September 6th, from 6pm - 7:30pm for the official release party of Clint Bowman’s debut full-length collection of poetry ‘If Lost’.

Clint will be reading poems from ‘If Lost’, along with selling and signing copies of the book.

Clint Bowman if the co-founder and facilitator of the Dark City Poets Society. His work has appeared in Poetry South, Louisiana Literature, Roanoke Review, Mud Season Review, One Art, and elsewhere.

This event is free to attend.

RUM CASK FINISHED
SINGLE MALT WHISKEY

Batch 02

saturday, August 31st, 2024

1pm - 9pm

Distilled from 100% locally grown and malted 2-row barley from Riverbend Malt House just miles down the road, the second bottling of this whiskey spent a year in a new American oak cask before being moved into an ex-rum cask for nearly three years. Production switched up the primary barrel from used bourbon to new oak for this release which provided an exciting iteration of this whiskey. As a Single Barrel release of only 263 bottles, batch 2 continues to showcase the distillery’s growth as we reach deeper into our warehouse and the profiles available to us. A full and grounded whiskey that elaborates on our classic distillery character of orchard fruit, baked grains, and caramel.

See you on Saturday!

Introducing CONFLUENCE. We had so much fun with you at our customer appreciation party earlier this summer that we decided to do it every month. We are starting out simple, but we have big dreams for what this concept will grow into. On the last Saturday of every month, we invite you to come out to the distillery and we will feed you, for free. There will be discounted cocktails, and 5% of sales will be used to purchase school supplies for local classrooms. We may even throw in some curveballs here and there; so mark your calendars, bring your appetite, your family, and your friends because this is a day for us to celebrate you, our neighbors.

Food available from 5pm-7pm

Cocktail Specials all day!

Are your an educator? We would love your input via this short form we put together: Educator Survey

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

August 20th, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

OAK & GRIST CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY

- DUAL WHiskey RElease -

SATURDAY JUNE, 22nd

Join us as we celebrate you, the community that makes what we do possibile. We will be toasting you with with a very special dual whiskey release, free food, free tour, and specials all day. Whether you drop by for a bottle or stay to hang out with ue we look forward to seeing you!

Here is the schedule for the day:

1pm - Tasting Room Opens - new release bottle sales begin

3pm - Free Distillery Tour Starts (40-60 min)

5pm until - Free Food

8:45pm - Last Call

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

June 18th, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Guests will explore how Oak & Grist decides what strength our spirits go into our bottles at. To many it may seem inconsequential, however the alcohol content of any spirit on the shelf drives what flavors and aroma are presented in the glass. We will be exploring this as it relates to a yet to be released Single Malt Whiskey, as such attendees will help choose what this release goes into the bottle at!

We will cover how to proof spirits and try the upcoming release at varying %abv, discussing the positives and the negatives at each. At the end guests will cast their vote for what bottle strength should be for this release. Each attendee will leave with a Glencairn (for proper nosing at home) and get first access to this new Single Malt when it is released.

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

May 20, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Join us in the distillery to discover how Oak & Grist approaches blending barrels for our American Single Malt Whiskies.

During this intimate workshop the founder William Goldberg and head of production Charles Stanley will uncover the nuances of how we make our Single Malt. You will get an opportunity to try our new make whiskey alongside a selection of barrels to help illustrate how the barrel is influencing the whiskey. You will then blend your very own whiskey from those barrels!   

Here is the shake down of how the workshop will go:

• We will start with an overview of Single Malt Whiskey and how we do things here at Oak & Grist

• You will then get to try our new make whiskey alongside 4 casks to explore how different barrels influence flavor and aroma development guided by our founder and head of production

• Each attendee will then get to create their own custom blend from those four barrels

• Once you have decided on your blend, you will then fill and label your very own custom bottle of whiskey to take home with you

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Cancelation policy

• All ticket sales are final and non-refundable. If you cannot attend tickets can be transferred to another individual.

If registration for your desired date is full, you can email info@oakandgrist.com to be placed on the waitlist in the event that space opens up.

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

March 19, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

GLASS ARTIST IN RESIDENCE TALK & DEMO

w/ JASON MCDONALD

PRESENTED BY THE NC GLASS CENTER

MARCH 9th, 2024

5pm - 7PM

Join Washington based glass artist Jason Mcdonald at the distillery as he discusses his art and residency. The event will include live glass blowing demonstrations as well as an artist lecture. More details to come!

This event is open to the public, however the NC Glass Center kindly requests that if you would like to attend that you kindly RSVP to info@ncglasscenter.org.

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

FEbruary 20, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

POETRY NIGHT

presented by DARK CITY POETS SOCIETY

JANUARY 23, 2024

6:00pm - 7:30pm

Join Dark City Poets Society at Oak and Grist Distilling Company for a night of spoken word. Everyone is welcome to share a few poems or just sit back and drink for a good cause. The event is free and $1 from every classic cocktail will be donated to Friends of the Black Mountain Library.

Sign-ups to share will begin 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. We look forward to seeing you there!

Booze & Blooms

September 9th 2023

in conjunction with Walker Town Farm

Join us at Oak and Grist Distillery in Black Mountain where farmer and florist Jenny Hite of Walker Town Farm will guide you step by step to create a beautiful garden-style arrangement using farm-grown blooms. Sip on one of O&G’s floral-inspired cocktails while creating with Summer blooms such as dahlias, lisianthus, zinnias, cosmos, ageratum, strawflower, sunflowers, gomphrena, grasses and greens, and more. You will learn floral design techniques, see a demonstration, and design your own arrangement in a keepsake vessel. All tools, supplies, and materials are included in the cost of the workshop. Beverages and not included but may be purchased at the bar during the workshop. There will also be a food truck on site.

This workshop is best suited for participants aged 16 and older and is limited to 10 participants. Please do not bring pets, unregistered adults, or children with you to this event. Due to the perishable nature and advance preparation of this workshop, refunds and reschedules are not available. The workshop will be canceled if less than 6 participants are registered.