Unique Adirondack Experiences
Explore our range of offerings from Experience Dinners to Nutritional Energetics Workshops.
Whether you're staying with us, in the area, or live locally, you can enjoy unique ways to discover the Adirondacks with family or friends.
Taste. Explore. Reconnect.
For nearly 140 years and generations of family, we have catered to the public as one of the last original Adirondack Great Camps still open to the public with a 1920s Speakeasy. This enables us to provide you with authentic experiences, both new and timeless, in a stunning setting.
- Taste your way through Adirondack History with Culinary Experiences and a 1920s Speakeasy.
- Explore an authentic horse-drawn Stagecoach or Wagon Ride on our 25-acres.
- Reconnect with your nature through wellness classes and workshops.
But that's not all: from History of Beer Tastings and Cooking Demonstrations, we're just getting started! View our weekly schedule.
Destination Experiences
Where you can taste and laugh through living Adirondack history with family and friends with Stagecoach Rides, Speakeasy Dinners, History of Beer Tastings, Traditional Foods Cooking Demos and so much more.
- Join us where your experience is as expansive as you want to make it.
- Simply come for one of our Experience Dinners or stay in one of our hand-crafted lodgings.
- Either way, you can throw away the keys for a memory-filled moment and immerse in one of the last Adirondack Great Camps open to the public.
Experience Schedule
Fridays & Saturdays
Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration
Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration
Several generations of Hohmeyer chefs are part of a centuries-long Old World culinary lineage dating back to medieval times. Explore seasonal themes from spaetzle to strudels via an interactive 30-minute cooking demo with recipes and how-tos.
History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting
History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting
What is a German Beer? How far back do they go? Are ales, lagers, and wheat beers the same in Berlin as in Munich? Are they the roots of today’s craft beers? Sample 6 beers as we explore the history and myths in a fun 30-minute tasting.
Taste of Germany Experience Dinner
Taste of Germany Experience Dinner
Start off in the 1920s Speakeasy Rathskeller, explore the hidden Beer & Wine Cellar with a large variety of Old World Wines and Beers from around the world. Savor authentic German dishes from Ernest’s side of the family from Heritage Chicken Schnitzel to Old World Roulade.
Wednesdays [Starting 6/21]
Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration
Old World Favorites Cooking Demonstration
Several generations of Hohmeyer chefs are part of a centuries-long Old World culinary lineage dating back to medieval times. Explore seasonal themes from spaetzle to strudels via an interactive 30-minute cooking demo with recipes and how-tos.
History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting
History of German Beer Workshop & Tasting
What is a German Beer? How far back do they go? Are ales, lagers, and wheat beers the same in Berlin as in Munich? Are they the roots of today’s craft beers? Sample 6 beers as we explore the history and myths in a fun 30-minute tasting.
Taste of Germany Experience Dinner
Taste of Germany Experience Dinner
Start off in the 1920s Speakeasy Rathskeller, explore the hidden Beer & Wine Cellar with a large variety of Old World Wines and Beers from around the world. Savor authentic German dishes from Ernest’s side of the family from Heritage Chicken Schnitzel to Old World Roulade.
Thursdays [Starting 6/22]
Myths & Legends of Ancient Tonics
Myths & Legends of Ancient Tonics
Tonics from the gods, the elixir's by the ancient shamans, rations for the pyramids, beer as gold, a savior of the people. Join us for a 30-minute tasting and exploration of the myths and legends of ancient tonics and how they shaped what we drink today.
History of Food Tasting Experience
History of Food Tasting Experience
Savor the five eras of Adirondack Food, featuring the Pioneer era celebrating the origins of the Lodge as an 1800's Stagecoach Inn and Post Office. Cooking demos and stunning sunsets over Lake Clear await you.
Fridays [Starting 6/23]
Roll-in-the-Dough Dessert Cooking Demonstration
Roll-in-the-Dough Dessert Cooking Demonstration
A family-fun 30-minute cooking demo, where everyone rolls in the dough to make their own strudel! Then you can have your dough and eat it too – as your own creation for dessert!
History of Spirits Workshop & Tasting
History of Spirits Workshop & Tasting
A 30-minute workshop about the history of spirits, when it started, and why! Were spirits always called cocktails? Highlighted by a tasting of unique variations of our "Giggle Water" spirits.
Adirondack Alps Takeout Fridays
Adirondack Alps Takeout Fridays
Our 100-mile culinary-focused cuisine with Old World imagination, honoring the timeless practices of slow cooking, vegetable stocks, bone broths, essential oils, and natural herbs and spices: now in your own home! Plus, you'll get the password to the 1920s Speakeasy so you can relax while we finish your order fresh.
Saturdays [Starting 7/8]
Pioneer Wagon Ride
Pioneer Wagon Ride
Ride a Pioneer Wagon with Lucky Clover Farm and authentic draft horses through the woods and to the shores of Lake Clear.
History of Old World Beer Workshop & Tasting
History of Old World Beer Workshop & Tasting
Join Ernest Hohmeyer for a 30-minute experience about the history of beer, replete with a tasting of 6 beers from around the world! The topic changes monthly, corresponding with seasonal beers and trends, but you can always count on interesting conversation and tasty beverages.
Specialty Horse-drawn Stagecoach Rides
Specialty Horse-drawn Stagecoach Rides
Relive the Lodge's beginning as a Stagecoach inn by riding an authentic 1800s Stagecoach to the beach near sunset...but watch out for those 1800s Adirondack Highwaymen!
Lake View Old World Bistro
Lake View Old World Bistro
In one evening, you can explore the Adirondack life of the pioneers; imagine yourself as a Speakeasy patron and an Adirondack Great Camp guest as you savor dinner overlooking one of the most spectacular lake sunsets in the world. Come just for the Old World Bistro or immerse yourself in a disappearing Adirondack experience.
Get In Touch With Us
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