La Distillerie de l'Arbre Sec can be hired as a whole for private events of up to 50 guests standing, or 18 seated around its workshop table. It is an independent gin micro-distillery at 52 rue de l'Arbre Sec in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, in the historic Louvre district, and it runs gin-making workshops and tastings for groups.
Seminars and company events
The distillery targets team building, client evenings and after-work events, not conferences. Its workshop room has 18 copper mini stills, and a professional distiller guides the group for 2 hours 30 to 3 hours. Participants learn how distillation works, choose botanicals, discover the styles of gin, taste gins and house cocktails, and then distill their own recipe on a small copper still. The format suits groups and team-building events. Private tastings are also offered, with French spirits, gin and cheese pairings, craft whisky or a theme of your choice.
The team helps organisers plan and arrange the space for the occasion. Requests go through a form that asks for the date, the type of event, the number of guests and the budget, and the distillery states that it answers within 72 hours.
Weddings and receptions
The distillery does not present itself for weddings. It offers afterwork drinks, dinners and cocktails in a tailor-made evening.
Rooms and capacities
The hire covers the whole 150 square meters, which are divided into three communicating rooms. Private hire is possible only for the entire space, up to 50 guests standing.
La Verrière is the production room, with the copper still at its center, a glass roof that brings in daylight and a more intimate mood in the evening. Two removable wooden tables seat up to 12 guests.
La Salle des Ateliers is the largest room. A large concrete table sits in the center, and the walls carry counters with the 18 mini stills. The table seats up to 18. Distillation workshops and tastings take place here.
Le Cabinet des Botaniques is the smallest room. Its decor draws on an apothecary's shop and a cabinet of curiosities.
Catering
The distillery works with event partners. Terre(s) Traiteur, a flexitarian caterer using organic, seasonal, short-circuit products, can adapt to different diets. La Fromagerie du Louvre supplies cheese, and Les Caves du Louvre provides the wines for all events.
History and setting
The distillery sits at the back of a courtyard in a listed building. It is both a working gin production site and a venue with a botanical decor. It belongs to the Edonist group and produces gins, vermouths and liqueurs from French botanicals, on a small scale.
Getting there
The address is 52 rue de l'Arbre Sec, close to the Louvre, Pont Neuf and Les Halles. The nearest métro stations include Louvre-Rivoli (line 1) and Pont Neuf (line 7), and the Châtelet-Les Halles hub is within walking distance.
