Detroit City Distillery (DCD) is bringing back its annual Pączki Day Party on March 1, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The free event, hosted jointly with Eastern Market Brewing Company, draws attendees across Michigan, the Midwest, and Canada. It will take place indoors and outdoors all along Riopelle Street in Eastern Market, Detroit with limited capacity, free admission and live music. Food, including Polish favorites, will be available for sale, along with Pączki Day Vodka, all-new Pączki Cream Liqueur, cocktails, merchandise and DCD’s regular spirits menu.
“Even though this party gets bigger and bigger every year, it is so much fun for us to see so many friends and familiar faces return to enjoy some cocktails and laughs,” said J.P. Jerome, master distiller and co-owner of Detroit City Distillery. “It’s been a long, cold winter so far, but that’s no reason we can’t still have fun. Once again, we’ll celebrate the season with Polish treats, music and, of course, cocktails. We hope everyone will join in and raise a glass – or a shot ski – to this one-of-a-kind holiday.”
Party Details:
Date: Saturday, March 1 – 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Location: 2462 Riopelle Street, Detroit (Eastern Market)
Admission: FREE with limited capacity on the street and indoors
Activities: Live music, Polish food, cocktails, Shot Ski, Ice Luge
Music: Provided by The Crampton Brothers, playing from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Food: Srodek’s of Hamtramck will offer pierogi, kielbasa and other Polish favorites. Country Smokehouse will provide fixings for Bloody Marys. Faygo ice cream cooler station.
Merchandise: Hoodies, hats, t-shirts and limited-edition PDV coffee cups.
For this special party, DCD has prepared an all-new drink menu, which includes cocktails made with classic raspberry Pączki Day Vodka, Pączki Cream Liqueur, Pączki Day Vodka Orange Cream and Hometown Horseradish vodka.
Pączki Day Vodka Cocktail Menu – March 1st
- Driving Miss Daisy – Pączki Day Vodka, dry curacao, lemon and Michigan berry syrup
- Rye on Fire – Homegrown Rye, mango, habanero, lemon, ginger and honey
- Orange Cream Float – Orange Cream Pączki Day Vodka, Orange Dream Faygo and Stroh’s Vanilla Ice Cream
- The Orange Thing – Orange Cream Pączki Day Vodka, dry curacao, sour OJ and vanilla
- Idolize Me – Pączki Day Vodka, Earl Grey, lavender, lemon, cinnamon, cardamom and honey
- Krakow Cream – Gilded Age Vodka, Pączki Cream Liqueur, cold brew coffee and vanilla.
- Rogaliki – (shot) Pączki Day Vodka, toasted orgeat, vanilla and cinnamon
- Grandma Juice – (shot) Gilded Age Vodka, plum and Pączki Cream Liqueur
DCD’s popular bottled cocktails and merchandise go on sale today, while supplies last and can be purchased at www.detroitcitydistillery.com and at DCD’s Tasting Room (2462 Riopelle Street, Eastern Market).
Bottled Cocktails
- Polish Daisy Bottled Cocktail ($12 per bottle): Crafted with Pączki Day Vodka, Cocchi Americano, vanilla and lemon.
- Krakow Cream Bottled Cocktail ($12 per bottle): Crafted with Gilded Age Vodka, Pączki Cream Liqueur, cold brew coffee and vanilla.
- Polish Bloody Mary ($12 per bottle): Featuring DCD’s Hometown Horseradish Vodka and a specially crafted Bloody Mary mix, this bottled cocktail offers a unique twist on the classic Bloody Mary.
PDV Spirits
- Pączki Day Vodka ($35 per bottle): This 88-proof Polish vodka is a crystal-clear spirit distilled with fresh raspberry pączki from Hamtramck. It boasts a smooth, buttery texture with a distinctive raspberry finish, making it perfect for savoring chilled over ice, blending into cocktails, or using as a unique pączki chaser.
- Pączki Cream Liqueur ($25 per bottle): Paczki Cream Liqueur is made by blending the original PDV with real dairy cream for an ultra-smooth, velvety liqueur that perfectly translates PDV’s flavor of glazed, buttery raspberry paczki. It is 47.5 proof and is perfect by itself, over ice, mixed with other ingredients or in hot beverages. It comes in 375 ML bottles and is packaged in a decorative white and red box with DCD’s logo.
What Are Pączki?
For the uninitiated, pączki (plural) are rich, filled donuts in various flavors enjoyed on Fat Tuesday before Lent. Pączki resemble donuts but are made with an enriched dough that often incorporates eggs, butter and milk, as well as vodka, which limits the absorption of fats during frying, keeping the exterior crust crisp. Pączki are coated in powdered sugar or glaze and come in traditional flavors like raspberry, strawberry, lemon, plum, apple and custard.
How Pączki Day Vodka is Made
Pączki Day Vodka is made by distilling fresh raspberry pączki in 100 percent potato vodka from Poland and Michigan in a 500-gallon copper pot still. The result is a crystal-clear one-of-a-kind spirit that is smooth, buttery and has a distinct raspberry finish. It can be enjoyed chilled over ice, mixed in a cocktail or as a pączki chaser.
PDV has no artificial ingredients, flavors or sweeteners commonly used in mainstream flavored vodka. DCD’s goal is to make a true craft spirit that highlights the taste of these perfectly handmade, glazed raspberry pączki from Hamtramck.
Detroit City Distillery is renowned for their award-winning small batch artisanal bourbon, whiskey, rye, gin, and vodka, crafted using the finest local ingredients sourced from farms near the distillery.
To explore Pączki Day Vodka and DCD’s diverse range of products, visit www.detroitcitydistillery.com or follow them on social media at @detroitcitydistillery. Please note, customers must be 21 or older to purchase alcohol.
Both Pączki Day Vodka and Pączki Cream go on sale online at detroitcitydistillery.com/shop at 8 a.m., Friday, February 7th. Patrons can begin picking up their orders the same day at 4 p.m. and throughout the remainder of February at the Detroit City Distillery’s Tasting Room in Eastern Market at the Pączki Day Vodka release party. Pączki Day Vodka will also be available at select liquor stores throughout Michigan while supplies last. Increased quantities are also available for direct-to-consumer shipping partnerships via Seelbach’s.