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11/21/25 - NJ Introduces Procera Gin w/ Dale DeGroff!

November 21, 2025 06:00 PM until November 21, 2025 08:00 PM


The Greatest Gin

The Greatest Bartender

One Perfect Cocktail Party

Friday, November 21 | 6–8 PM 


Join us for the New Jersey launch of Procera Gin — the first gin distilled in Africa and, quite possibly, the finest gin in the world.

We’ll be joined by Dale DeGroff — “King Cocktail” himself — mixing drinks, sharing his incomparable wisdom on martinis, gin, and the fine art of hospitality…and there might even be a story or two!

Procera is a game changer. Don’t take our word for it. Here’s what Robert Simonson wrote in The Mix:

The Giving Tree: A Single-Juniper-Tree-Batch Gin Changes the Game

Procera Gin, made in Kenya, Is Blazing More Than One Trail

by Robert Simonson in The Mix

…Procera is distilled from Juniperus Procera (hence the name of the gin), a juniper variety that is indigenous to the highlands of Kenya where it grows wild at an altitude of 2,200 meters, ripening slowly under the equatorial sun.

Using a unique species of juniper to make gin would be enough to garner Procera some press attention. (While there are many different kinds of of juniper, most gins on the market are made with Juniper communis.) But Procera is distilled using fresh juniper berries, not dried.

“What we’re trying to do is showcase Africa,” said Alan Murungi, a partner in Procera. “We’re showcasing the sun, the terroir, the products, the peppers, the juniper. It’s a fresh product, whereas most gins are made from dried juniper from Eastern Europe…

Procera Cocktail Party

🍸 Three signature cocktails: The Martini • The DeGroni • The Gin & Badger Tonic

🍴 Passed hors d’oeuvres all evening

🎵 Live jazz guitar to set the mood

👑 Dale DeGroff, mixing, storytelling & martini mastery

🎁 AND Take Home a Taste of Nairobi: Bring home a 200ml bottle of Procera Gin…for practice at home)!

$59.95 Per Person

Purchase Tickets Here!