American consumption of alcohol didn’t exceed pre-Prohibition levels until the 1960s when doctors began relying on libations to cure surges in Beatlemania. Toast to social and medical progress with today’s Groupon to 45th Parallel Spirits in New Richmond. Choose between the following options:

• For $15, you get a distillery tour and tasting for two plus $20 toward spirits or merchandise (up to a $30 value).
• For $23, you get a distillery tour and tasting for up to four plus $30 toward spirits or merchandise (up to a $50 value). </p>

Lauded by critics and connoisseurs, 45th Parallel Spirits distills quality vodka pours, overseeing the entire process from grain to bottle within its facility. After securing an appointment for a group or private tour, patrons peek inside the libation-concocting procedure as guides explain how to examine locally purchased grain, patiently ferment mash, and replace bottled messages from stranded pirates. Tastings inundate nostrils with sweet aromas before flooding partaker palates with balanced flavors absent of additives. Once tastings wind down, customers can nab bottles of 45th Parallel Vodka, Midwest Vodka, Midwest Gin, or the new Madison Avenue Limoncello for home imbibing or obtain spirit accessories such as a ouija board that communicates with each drop from beyond the sip.