in Commerce Township boasts a menu that features a wide variety of hand-crafted Michigan beer, wine, and spirits 鈥斕齛nd now, they鈥檝e ventured into at-home cocktails with a new line of cocktail mixers.
The mixers, which have been dubbed Cleo & Co, got their name from Gertrude 鈥淐leo鈥 Lythgoe, who was one of the best-known bootleggers during the prohibition era and estimated to be worth more than $1 million by the time she retired.
鈥淲e wanted to create classic and unique mixers with a Michigan focus, that also ties back to an important time in our industry鈥檚 history,鈥 Scott Emerick, a co-owner of Kickstand Brewing Company, said in a press release. 鈥淕ertrude 鈥楥leo鈥 Lythgoe gave us a lot of inspiration, she wasn鈥檛 afraid to take risks or to do things her way and above all else she valued a quality product.鈥
The all-natural, house-crafted, small batch, and locally sourced line comes in five distinct flavors that have a tie to Lythgoe鈥檚 life. Those flavors are:
- Rendezvous: a martini mixer that blends pineapple and pomegranate with lemon, blueberry juices, and cane sugar. It was named after the stops Cleo made while sailing her boat to Rum Row off New York.
- Sinister: Inspired by Cleo鈥檚 attitude when others stuck their nose in her business, Sinister features lemon, lime, and orange juice with blue agave, making it great for margaritas and sours.
- Tuller: After retirement in 1925, Cleo made her way to Detroit and lived at Hotel Tuller in Grand Circus Park for 25 years. With dark cherry juice, bitters, and cane sugar, this mixer is well-suited for an old fashioned.
- Zazzled: This mule mixer with ginger and lime juice, and cane sugar, was inspired by Cleo鈥檚 serious need for quality control and her love of libations.
- Appleseed: During prohibition, cider was a lowkey way for people to get in a few drinks. This apple and cinnamon mixer with lime juice and cane sugar pays homage to that time.
Each one of the mixers is $19 and is available online or at Kickstand Brewery, .
For more information, visit Kickstand Brewery Company online at .
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