Turret Bakehouse: Sourdough Secrets
Available every Saturday morning during Forage & Feast
5am - 10am
Maximum 4 participants per date
Each participant will become part of the sourdough secrets workshop.
But there’s a catch….
If you want to think like a baker you knead to work like a baker so class starts at 5am
Be apart of our daily bake, learning our secrets to sourdough over 5 hours
Tickets include
5 hours of a baker’s life
Breakfast included
Coffee
1x loaf of bread
$220pp
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Paint & Sip Sessions at Mrs Baker's Still House
Paint & Sip Sessions at Mrs Baker's Still House - Beginners Watercolour
Grab a friend and come for a relaxed afternoon of painting botanicals and sipping gin. Held at Mrs Baker's Still House, a micro-distillery 50min west of Ballarat. Whether you are new to watercolours or just looking to brush up on your skills these sessions are a playful way to create a botanical painting with drink in hand!
You will be guided through some watercolour painting techniques. Then given a choice of botanical prints, these are line drawings of different gin botanicals, to paint. Use the print as a guide and get playful. Develop your own style, whether it is realist or abstract, while you enjoy some of Mrs Baker's gins!
A fun afternoon for groups of friends, individuals or couples!
Capacity: 8 people.
What is included in the ticket:
Gin tasting of Mrs Baker's gin range.
Choice of prints to paint: Either, one A4 botanical print or, a set of three botanical cards.
1 x paint brush.
1 x watercolour palette.
1 x water jar.
1 x gin & tonic (or soda).
You will be able to purchase further drinks and painting prints on the day. And the gorgeous little cellar door will be open for bottle sales and further tastings of the Mrs Baker's gin & liqueur range.
EXTRA: If you would like to book a Grazing Platter ($30ea, serves 2-3 people) to enjoy on the day, these MUST be booked in advance. See contact details below. Please advise any dietary requirements.
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Gin Blending Masterclasses at Mrs Baker's Still House
$180AUD PP + BOOKING FEE | 3 HOURS | LUNCH PROVIDED
Blend your own gin at this rural distillery nestled in the hills of the gorgeous Pyrenees Ranges, north-west of Ballarat, Victoria.
Grab one of your nearest-and-dearest and book yourselves in for a lovely afternoon of gin!
Visit the regional distillery, and get hands-on as you learn about gin botanicals, explore the flavour components harnessed by distillation and tour the micro distillery. You will be guided through tasting up to 15 individual distillations such as juniper, citrus, coffee, and pepperberry and deciding upon your own signature gin.
Your host, Jane (owner, founder, botanist), will guide you through the blending process as you harness the scientist within, using beakers and test-tubes to blend your own gin and bottle it into one of Mrs Baker’s elegant apothecary-style bottles. Enjoy the playful and relaxed atomosphere as you put your new botanical knowledge to work and make a gin unique to you.
You will sample your gin after class as a Gin & Tonic (or soda) over a light lunch, and then have the opportunity to browse the Mrs Baker's range in the Cellar Door.
WHAT IS INCLUDED
- Tour of the Gin Garden; you will learn about the different plants that can be used to make gin.
- A brief tour of the Distillery; look inside the Mrs Baker's Still House micro-distillery and learn about the basic distillation process.
- Blend your own 200mL bottle of gin.
- Custom label it with a fancy name of your choosing!
- A record of your 'signature blend' recipe.
- A wonderfully illustrated booklet with botanical insights to take home with you.
- A gorgeous tussie-mussie of gin botanicals.
- 1 x Gin and Tonic (made with your gin!) to enjoy after class.
- A light lunch (dietary requirements: please get in touch if you need to book for a specific dietary need).
- OPTIONAL EXTRA: participants will have the oportunity to blend a second bottle of gin on the day for an added $50/bottle. This is to be arranged and payed for on the day.
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Turret Bakehouse: Sourdough Secrets
Available every Saturday morning during Forage & Feast
5am - 10am
Maximum 4 participants per date
Each participant will become part of the sourdough secrets workshop.
But there’s a catch….
If you want to think like a baker you knead to work like a baker so class starts at 5am
Be apart of our daily bake, learning our secrets to sourdough over 5 hours
Tickets include
5 hours of a baker’s life
Breakfast included
Coffee
1x loaf of bread
$220pp
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Turret Bakehouse: Sourdough Secrets
Available every Saturday morning during Forage & Feast
5am - 10am
Maximum 4 participants per date
Each participant will become part of the sourdough secrets workshop.
But there’s a catch….
If you want to think like a baker you knead to work like a baker so class starts at 5am
Be apart of our daily bake, learning our secrets to sourdough over 5 hours
Tickets include
5 hours of a baker’s life
Breakfast included
Coffee
1x loaf of bread
$220pp
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Turret Bakehouse: Sourdough Secrets
Available every Saturday morning during Forage & Feast
5am - 10am
Maximum 4 participants per date
Each participant will become part of the sourdough secrets workshop.
But there’s a catch….
If you want to think like a baker you knead to work like a baker so class starts at 5am
Be apart of our daily bake, learning our secrets to sourdough over 5 hours
Tickets include
5 hours of a baker’s life
Breakfast included
Coffee
1x loaf of bread
$220pp
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Turret Bakehouse: Sourdough Secrets
Available every Saturday morning during Forage & Feast
5am - 10am
Maximum 4 participants per date
Each participant will become part of the sourdough secrets workshop.
But there’s a catch….
If you want to think like a baker you knead to work like a baker so class starts at 5am
Be apart of our daily bake, learning our secrets to sourdough over 5 hours
Tickets include
5 hours of a baker’s life
Breakfast included
Coffee
1x loaf of bread
$220pp
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Paint & Sip Sessions at Mrs Baker's Still House
Paint & Sip Sessions at Mrs Baker's Still House - Beginners Watercolour
Grab a friend and come for a relaxed afternoon of painting botanicals and sipping gin. Held at Mrs Baker's Still House, a micro-distillery 50min west of Ballarat. Whether you are new to watercolours or just looking to brush up on your skills these sessions are a playful way to create a botanical painting with drink in hand!
You will be guided through some watercolour painting techniques. Then given a choice of botanical prints, these are line drawings of different gin botanicals, to paint. Use the print as a guide and get playful. Develop your own style, whether it is realist or abstract, while you enjoy some of Mrs Baker's gins!
A fun afternoon for groups of friends, individuals or couples!
Capacity: 8 people.
What is included in the ticket:
Gin tasting of Mrs Baker's gin range.
Choice of prints to paint: Either, one A4 botanical print or, a set of three botanical cards.
1 x paint brush.
1 x watercolour palette.
1 x water jar.
1 x gin & tonic (or soda).
You will be able to purchase further drinks and painting prints on the day. And the gorgeous little cellar door will be open for bottle sales and further tastings of the Mrs Baker's gin & liqueur range.
EXTRA: If you would like to book a Grazing Platter ($30ea, serves 2-3 people) to enjoy on the day, these MUST be booked in advance. See contact details below. Please advise any dietary requirements.
Featuring Central Highlands Growers & Producers…
Village Dreaming: Fermenting, Drying & Preserving for Beginners
I love foraging, I love growing and I want to make the very most of what I find and what I grow.
Preserving for beginners offers all the skills needed to preserve the taste of summer, the cool of winter and the red of autumn.
This class is jam packed with information and is focused on three methods of Food Preserving:
Fermenting
Dehydrating
Boiling Hot Water Bath Method.
The Boiling Hot Water Bath Method is the most information heavy of the three hence I will spend 1/2 of the class on this method.
I will provide comprehensive notes on all three methods to you via email before the class.
In many preserving classes you are taught recipes but rarely are you taught the principles that underpin these recipes. Without an understanding of the principles, you are left always wondering if what you have done will last, if it is safe and safe to share. The notes I will provide you will include links to recipes, but the focus of this class is on understanding “how to preserve” “how to make that preserve safe” & “how to make that preserve last”.
Preserving is easy, that is why so many homemakers get involved, it is also very rewarding.
There is a great deal to learn initially and at first it can seem overwhelming, but once learned it is deeply gratifying, empowering and something of great value to share with others.
What you will learn:
Acidity; its role in preserving, how to measure pH and what the pH of a preserve should be
How to determine the acidity naturally found in raw ingredients
Elevation; how elevation affects preserving times, how to determine if you are at elevation and how to adjust for elevation
Raw Pack and Hot Pack method
The role of sugar, salt, heat, time, and acidity
How to sterilise jars and when not to pre sterilise jars
How to accurately pack food into jars
Preserving Organisations and their recipes
How does the Australian Fowler’s method differ from The National Centre for Home Food Preservation
I will showcase a range of ferments, dehydrated foods including flowers, & preserves.
We will make: One ferment, One dehydrated food, One Preserve
This is a demonstration class with some hands on activities.
$250 pp
Join me if you can! Much huge care, Mara