“A Christmas Carol Cocktail Experience”<\/a> will come to San Antonio for the first time on December 4-5 at The Spire at Sunset Station (1174 East Commerce). The event venue will surely add to the historical illusion. It was built as the St. Paul Methodist Church in 1884, a few decades after Dickens published his immortal tale, but is in the Gothic Revival style most people associate with a Victorian Christmas.<\/p>\n“A Christmas Carol Cocktail Experience is a dark, immersive reimagining of Dickens’ timeless ghost story in San Antonio, TX \u2014complete with a Victorian twist and four holiday-themed cocktails paired with key scenes,” describes the announcement by ticket platform Fever.<\/p>\n
The ticketed event – a cross between a holiday pop-up bar and a dinner theater – will take participants on a journey with Scrooge, Marley, and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Along the way, guests will enjoy four holiday-themed cocktails, “paired perfectly with each scene of the night.”<\/p>\n
The setlist of scenes matches cocktails to key scenes, including:<\/p>\n
Scene 1: A Ghostly Intro of Ebenezer Scrooge \u2013 Paired with Ebenezer’s Bitter Awakening.
“A sharp slap to Scrooge\u2019s face in liquid form. Tart lime, biting ginger, and a bitter edge that says, ‘Wake up, you miser.’ Garnished with dried lime and shredded ginger.”<\/p>\n
Scene 2: Ghost of Christmas Past \u2013 Paired with Past, Present, and Punch.
“A festive trifecta of elderflower, cranberry, and citrus. Sweet, sharp, and surprisingly dangerous – much like the ghosts who won\u2019t let you leave the party. Garnished with cranberries and rosemary.”<\/p>\n
Scene 3: Ghost of Christmas Present \u2013 Paired with Ghostly Gold Cider.
“Golden apples, caramel, and spice swirl in this spectral chalice. Warm on the lips, cold on the soul – a drink that lingers like a whisper from the grave. Finished with cinnamon and dried lemon.”<\/p>\n
Scene 4: Ghost of Christmas Future \u2013 Paired with Marley’s Marshmallow Martini.
“Decadent, chocolate-drenched, and topped with ghostly fluff. Sweet enough to lull you into comfort – until you realize you\u2019re drinking with the dead. Garnished with marshmallows and walnuts.”<\/p>\n
Exact ingredients and liquor brand names have not been revealed. Mocktail alternatives will be available, they say.<\/p>\n
The 90-minute experience is produced by Midnight Creative, which has created similar experiences called Edgar Allan Poe Speakeasy and Serial Killer Speakeasy.<\/p>\n
“Expect sarcasm, shadows, and seasonal spirits both literal and liquid,” they say on the website.<\/p>\n
The event is for guests aged 21 and up, and cocktail attire is recommended. Seating is provided, and the whole event is indoors.<\/p>\n
The experience will take place three times on Friday, December 4 \u2014 at 6 pm, 8 pm, and 10 pm; and four times on Saturday, December 12 \u2014 at 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 pm, and 8 pm. Dates and showtimes can be selected through the ticket listing on the Fever website<\/a>. Guests are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes before their scheduled session.<\/p>\nTickets are $69 for general admission, which includes the performance and four cocktails. VIP tickets are $84 and include front-row seating and the same four drinks. There’s also an option to send tickets as a gift through the website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new theatrical holiday-bar experience will transport Fort Worth to Victorian London, and inside Charles Dickens’ gothic, ghostly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[132,100528,7048,3568,82,84,83,17610,75],"class_list":["post-473104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-austin","tag-natural-wine","tag-pizza","tag-pop-ups","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-st-marys-strip","tag-wine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}