Castalia•Detroit, MI
Cocktails•$$
A craft cocktail bar featuring drinks paired with Sfumato's natural fragrances, Castalia is in the lower level of a Victorian mansion in Detroit's Midtown. We offer both walk-in seating and pre-paid reservations.
Experiences at Castalia
Reservation
Tasting Menu - Table Seating
Table Seating - Try every scented cocktail on our menu with a tasting experience of 8 half-sized drinks served over a 90-minute seating. (Total alcohol is 3.5 standard drinks, can be scaled down and non-alcoholic options also available.) $65 per person includes all drinks. A 20% tip+tax will be automatically added to the ticket price at checkout.
- Prepaid reservation for parties of 2 to 6
- $65 per person
Event
Fragrance Creation Class - December 8th, 2024
Make your own signature scent in this class led by Castalia co-owner Erica Kassel.Learn about the science behind scent, try a fragrant cocktail, and create your own personal fragrance from natural perfumery ingredients. Learn, smell, and sip through this 90-minute class as you learn the basics of fragrance creation. Each guest will create a small bottle of their own custom fragrance to take home.Hosted at the Sfumato Fragrances shop: 3980 Second Avenue Midtown Detroit. On-street parking is free on Alexandrine.
- Sunday, Dec 8, 2024
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- $75 per ticket
Event
Poisoners & Perfumers 2.0 Cocktail Tasting - 5:30 Seating
As the nights grow long and the veil grows thin once again, join us for the long anticipated sequel to Poisoners and Perfumers. We will conjure a new cast of shadowy characters from antiquity to the modern era, and intoxicating scents with diabolical ingredients. Throughout the evening you will enjoy a curated selection of scented cocktails and small bites inspired by famous perfumers and their poisonous wares. Set in a historic Victorian mansion, this full sensory experience will set the mood for the spookiest week of the year! To learn more about these molecules of murder and their accompanying aroma, Castalia's Erica Kassel has designed a 5 course cocktail tasting menu (about 3 drinks worth of alcohol) with each drink paired to a different theme in the mysterious history of deadly plants. Limited to 12 seats, this is a 90-minute experience with cocktails and charcuterie for $75/person plus 20% gratuity.
- Sunday, Oct 27, 2024
- 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
- $75 per ticket
Reservation
Reservation with 2 Drinks Included
This is a 90 minute seating that includes 2 drinks per person. A 20% tip+tax will be automatically added to the ticket price at checkout.
- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 4
- $30 per person
Event
Fragrance Creation Class - November 10th, 2024
Make your own signature scent in this class led by Castalia co-owner Erica Kassel.Learn about the science behind scent, try a fragrant cocktail, and create your own personal fragrance from natural perfumery ingredients. Learn, smell, and sip through this 90-minute class as you learn the basics of fragrance creation. Each guest will create a small bottle of their own custom fragrance to take home.Hosted at the Sfumato Fragrances shop: 3980 Second Avenue Midtown Detroit. On-street parking is free on Alexandrine.
- Sunday, Nov 10, 2024
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- $75 per ticket
Event
Fragrance Creation Class - September 24th
Make your own signature scent in this class led by Castalia co-owner Erica Kassel.Learn about the science behind scent, try a fragrant cocktail, and create your own personal fragrance from natural perfumery ingredients. Learn, smell, and sip through this 90-minute class as you learn the basics of fragrance creation. Each guest will create a small bottle of their own custom fragrance to take home.Hosted at the Sfumato Fragrances shop: 3980 Second Avenue Midtown Detroit. On-street parking is free on Alexandrine.
- Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- $75 per ticket
Event
Bardstown Bourbon Tasting: This is Your Brain on Smells
In collaboration with Bardstown Bourbon, this guided bourbon tasting will feature custom scents, custom bottles, and custom knowledge. A great spirit needs an amazing aroma. Scents are ethereal, so describing and optimizing that aroma is difficult. Taking cues from both perfumery and bourbon-making, this class will detail two conceptual models for thinking about the fragrant components of a drink. Along with sippable and sniffable examples, both a musical analogy and an image analogy will be used to demonstrate how aromatic components combine, enhance, and detract from each other.Co-taught by Bardstown's Jaz'min Weaver, and Castalia's Dr. Kevin Peterson, this class covers how the aromatic portion of a flavor is registered in the brain, along with practical advice for making that aroma sing. The perfect class for both bourbon-enthusiasts and cocktailians looking to bring their drinks to the next level.Ticket price includes all ingredients and ~3 drinks worth of alcohol split among several smaller tastes. The class is a mixture of lecture and hands on.
- Sunday, Oct 13, 2024
- 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
- $75 per ticket
Reservation
Tasting Menu - Bar Seating
Bar Seating - Try every scented cocktail on our menu with a tasting experience of 8 half-sized drinks served over a 90-minute seating. (Total alcohol is 3.5 standard drinks, can be scaled down and non-alcoholic options also available.) $65 per person includes all drinks. A 20% tip+tax will be automatically added to the ticket price at checkout.
- Prepaid reservation for parties of 1 to 4
- $65 per person
Event
Fragrance Creation Class - October 6th 2024
Make your own signature scent in this class led by Castalia co-owner Erica Kassel.Learn about the science behind scent, try a fragrant cocktail, and create your own personal fragrance from natural perfumery ingredients. Learn, smell, and sip through this 90-minute class as you learn the basics of fragrance creation. Each guest will create a small bottle of their own custom fragrance to take home.Hosted at the Sfumato Fragrances shop: 3980 Second Avenue Midtown Detroit. On-street parking is free on Alexandrine.
- Sunday, Oct 6, 2024
- 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
- $75 per ticket
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