Rent an Event Location in Basel: Bar, Apéro and Catering

An event location in the middle of Basel: 40 seats, 80 to 90 standing places in the Aktienmühle distillery. Rent the room on its own, book it with bar and staff, or add the gin workshop.

Apéro, bar catering and signature drinks we do in house — or the mobile bar comes to you. Once we have talked it through, almost anything works, including with an outside caterer. Tell us what you have in mind: we come back with a proposal, usually within one working day.

Enquire about your event See what we offer
40 seats at our place
80–90 standing places at our place
12 bar units on the mobile bar
250 guests served at a single event
What you can book

Three building blocks. Combine them freely.

Take the room alone, the bar alone, or everything together with a programme. Once we have talked it through, almost anything works, including with an outside caterer. In the quote we tell you what makes sense for your number of guests.

The GIN LAB. distillery in the Aktienmühle in Basel, seated for 40 people at two long tables, the Holstein still behind

Rent the event location

The distillery at Gärtnerstrasse 46. You can rent it without a programme and run the evening yourself.

  • The room alone, you organise the rest
  • The room with bar infrastructure: bar units, draught system, refrigeration
  • The room with our staff behind the bar
  • 40 seats, 80–90 standing places
  • Outside catering possible, by arrangement
  • In the middle of the Aktienmühle, tram 8 to Wiesenplatz or Ciba
Mobile bar in a converted horse trailer, a barwoman serving and a guest at the counter

Bar catering at your place

Our mobile bar sits in a converted horse trailer and comes to wherever you are celebrating.

  • Twelve bar units, draught system, refrigerated trailer
  • Classics and signature drinks made with our own gins
  • Also for events larger than we can host in house
  • Bartenders from us, not a self-service table
Two suckling pigs on the spit over the coals at an event in Basel

Programme and food

Everything can be booked separately, from the tasting to the grill.

  • Gin workshop in Basel: every guest blends their own gin and takes the bottle home
  • Gin tasting or masterclass
  • Pizza napoletana and tarte flambée, baked on site — 509 degrees, 90 seconds per pizza
  • Grill, up to a whole suckling pig
  • Coffee service
  • Or your own caterer, by arrangement
What kind of occasion

Tell us what you have in mind.

We have worked on very different occasions. If yours is not listed, ask anyway.

Anniversary

A company anniversary or a milestone birthday. On request with your own gin as a gift for every guest.

Birthday

From twenty people seated to ninety standing. Bar, music and food by arrangement.

Stag and hen party

Distilling your own gin instead of a pub crawl. Everyone goes home with their own bottle.

Topping-out ceremony

The mobile bar comes straight to the building site. We bring the refrigerated trailer and the draught system; we sort out the power beforehand.

Wedding

Apéro, a bar for the evening, or both. A signature drink for the couple if you want one.

Company event

Team, clients or partners. The workshop as a shared programme, the bar for the open part afterwards.

See team events and company events

Club celebration

For cliques and clubs. Also with your own gin for the occasion, from ten bottles up.

Kitchen party

A small group, an open kitchen, a long evening. At our place or at yours.

Dinner party

40 seats at long tables. Aperitif from the bar, food from your caterer or from our grill.

Tell us what you have in mind — we come back with a proposal, usually within one working day.

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At our place or at yours

Two locations, one team.

At the distillery

Gärtnerstrasse 46, 4057 Basel, in the Aktienmühle. The still in the room, the bar in the room, short distances.

  • 40 seats at tables
  • 80–90 people standing
  • Tram 8, stop Wiesenplatz or Ciba
  • Renting the room on its own is possible too

At your place

Garden, hall, building site, festival ground. The mobile bar runs self-sufficiently.

  • A converted horse trailer with twelve bar units
  • Refrigerated trailer and draught system come along
  • Larger events than we can host in house
  • Basel and the surrounding region
How it runs

From enquiry to event.

01

Enquiry

Date, number of guests, occasion, place. To start with, we need no more than that.

02

Proposal

We come back, usually within one working day, with a concrete proposal and a price.

03

Event

We set up, run the evening and clear everything away again.

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Experience

What we have done so far.

4 years running

We ran the bar at Basel Social Club, with around 40,000 visitors per edition.

250 people

That is how many guests we have served at a single event. Larger numbers we discuss in detail beforehand.

Price

What sets the price.

We work with a quote per event, not with a price list. These points decide it:

  • Number of guests and duration
  • The location at our place, or the journey to yours
  • The scope of the bar: apéro, open bar, signature drinks
  • A programme such as a workshop, tasting or masterclass
  • Food, grill, coffee service
  • Staff and set-up time

Give us the date, the number of guests and the occasion, and you get a concrete price.

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Frequently asked questions

What hosts usually ask.

40 seats at tables, 80 to 90 people standing. For larger events we come to you with the mobile bar.
Yes. Three versions: the room alone, the room with bar infrastructure such as bar units, draught system and refrigeration, or the room with our staff behind the bar. We settle what you need in the enquiry.
Yes. Our mobile bar sits in a converted horse trailer, with twelve bar units, a refrigerated trailer and a draught system. Garden, hall, building site or festival ground in Basel and the surrounding region.
That depends on the number of guests, the duration, the scope of the bar, the programme and the food. This is why we work with a quote per event. After your enquiry we come back, usually within one working day, with a concrete price.
Yes. We bake pizza napoletana and tarte flambée on site in the pizza oven on a Biscotto stone — 509 degrees, 90 seconds per pizza, with two ovens in parallel for larger groups. Alongside that a grill up to a whole suckling pig, coffee service, and for a seated multi-course menu we work with our catering partner.
Yes, by arrangement. Outside caterers are welcome — we take the bar and you settle the rest directly with them. A lot is possible here, so just tell us what you have in mind.
Yes, that is our most common programme. At the gin workshop every guest develops their own recipe, blends their gin and takes the bottle home. A gin tasting or a masterclass works too.
The earlier you ask, the more likely your date is still free. Send us the date you want and we will tell you straight away whether it works — even at short notice the enquiry is worth it.
Gärtnerstrasse 46, 4057 Basel, in the Aktienmühle. Tram number 8 to Wiesenplatz or Ciba.
Enquiry

Enquire about your event — no obligation

Date, number of guests, occasion. We come back, usually within one working day, with a proposal.

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GIN LAB. · Ale & Bread GmbH · Aktienmühle distillery · Gärtnerstrasse 46 · 4057 Basel · hello@gin-lab.ch
The GIN LAB. is only accessible to people over 18.