Johannesburg

In photos: #JacarandaInYourPocket 2024 brandy tasting with Mix Cocktail Bar and SA Brandy Foundation

30 Oct 2024
On Thu, Oct 24Johannesburg In Your Pocket, the SA Brandy Foundation, and Mix Cocktail Bar at Keyes Art Mile hosted a fabulous evening with an award-winning brandy tasting, part of our #JacarandaInYourPocket event series. Guests were greeted with a pretty jacaranda-inspired cocktail – an enticing mix of butterfly pea-infused brandy, elderflower syrup, lemon juice, and Aquafaba – setting the perfect tone for a night of mingling and fun.

The festivities officially began with a warm welcome from Christelle Reade-Jahn, Director of the South African Brandy Foundation. As the sun dipped below the horizon along Jan Smuts Avenue, the mood for the evening was wonderfully enhanced by tunes from media maven and DJ Maria McCloy.

A delightful tasting station featured award-winning pot still brandies from renowned labels like KWV, Van Ryn’s, and Boschendal, with attendants there to help guests enjoy the brandy as best as possible and learn some things along the way. Drinks were paired with tasty canapés making it a night of sensory delights in an art-filled space. Cheers to a wonderful evening filled with flavour, brandy, and the beauty of jacarandas.

Enjoy some of our favourite shots from the night below. And don’t forget, jacaranda season isn’t over yet – there's still time to enter our 2024 #JacarandaInYourPocket photo competition here.
 
Jacaranda–inspired welcome cocktails infused with brandy. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
 
Hosts Christelle Reade-Jahn of the SA Brandy Foundation (centre) and Laurice Taitz-Buntman (right) from Johannesburg In Your Pocket. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
 
Canapés for the occasion. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Guests enjoying sundowners. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Brandy is best enjoyed neat or on the rocks. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
 
Boschendal brandy being served. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Maria McCloy on the decks. Photo: Sher Khan.
A lineup of the award-winning brandies that were available for tasting. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Catching sunset views on Jan Smuts Avenue. Photo: Sher Khan.
 
Learning the ins and outs of SA brandy. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Taking in the aroma of different brandies. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
Cheers to jacaranda season. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.
 
Guests admiring a local bottle of Bayede brandy. Photo: SA Brandy Foundation.

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