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A Mountain Affair to Remember

On Saturday, June 1, Garden & Gun and McKee Properties hosted an evening affair complete with a bourbon bar, specialty cocktails, and light bites courtesy of the Garden & Gun Club. Throughout the night, guests enjoyed fly fishing and falconry demos, live music, and hot air balloon rides over the estate.

Special thanks to:
McKee Properties
Garden & Gun Club
Silver Run Reserve

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Guests enjoy a summer evening in Cashiers, North Carolina, tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Chef Ann Kim of the Garden & Gun Club prepares brined and grilled pork tenderloin on the Sea Island Forge kettle.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Smoked cobia on baked saltines, one of the evening’s speciality hors d’oeuvres.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Cocktails in hand, guests take in the lush estate.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Party guests mingle on the lawn as hot air balloons prepare for sightseeing rides over the property.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Attendees savor bourbon cocktails on Silver Run Estate’s sprawling grounds.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

The bourbon bar offered pours from a number of fine bottles, along with cocktails like the Garden & Gun Club’s Proper Old Fashioned—Blade and Bow bourbon, Angostura bitters, brown sugar, and lemon.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Pete Kipp provides guests with an up-close, interactive falconry experience.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Party goers enjoy the evening’s signature cocktail, the Lightnin’ Hopkins—Salers Gentiane, tequila, Green Chartreuse, lime, and agave.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro

Guests revel in a cool, early June evening against the Blue Ridge backdrop.

Photo: Susan B. Renfro