San Diego Spirits Festival

By Thrillist

Published on 6/15/2011 at 4:00 AM

In an effort to raise yours, the SDSF is back, this time in a brand-new kind of small 52000sqft pier-top locale and featuring unlimited tastings from the game's biggest players and player-haters, plus brands making their US debut (The King's Ginger, Bootlegger 21 Vodka, etc.). They'll have three bands playing each day, bartender battles to crown the SD mix king/ queen, and an all-out VIP "cabaret-style speakeasy" after-party from EPIC Entertainment where, purportedly, "anything can happen", so you just know someone's going to offer other people Altoids at some point.