ELEVATE YOUR DRINK MENU
With Golden Gills functional mushroom tinctures in a range of settings such as:
Cocktail Bars, Cafes, Juice/Smoothie Bars, Spas, Wellness Centers
Our mission goes beyond cultivating culinary mushrooms; we also craft highly potent functional mushroom extracts celebrated for their health-regulating benefits.
Our tinctures offer a premium add-on to lattes, teas, juices, smoothies, traditional cocktails and non-alcoholic beverages.
Enhance your drink offerings with lasting wellness options that attract customers and build your reputation for innovative menu choices.
Tasty & On-Trend: Functional mushrooms are popular in wellness trends and easy to integrate into existing menus, or to create new drinks.
Customizable & Easy: Morning coffee, afternoon pick-me-ups, or social evenings with friends, these tinctures work with most every menu item.
Whether it's adding a creative twist to a cocktail, crafting a unique mocktail, or enhancing an existing old menu favorite, our tinctures offer versatility and a touch of the extraordinary.
Our Farm
Golden Gills cultivates our mushrooms indoors in a repurposed 5,000 square foot facility in Wauconda, IL.
In this space, we also have a dedicated clean room, incubation room, and tincture production room where we perform our ultrasonic extraction and bottling. Our flex spaces oversee substrate production, mushroom dehydration and processing procedures.
Additionally, our substrate consists of a mix of kiln dried red oak sawdust and organic soy hulls. in all areas of our cultivation and beyond, we make every attempt to source as local as possible, and with trusted and reputable vendors.
We source our organic supplementation and substrate dry materials from Meadowlark Farm & Mill and Maine Cap N' Stem
Community partners
Elawa Farm Foundation
Partnership in a year-round community CSA and fresh market, along with culinary value-added products, events and sourcing for seasonal dinners.
Elawa Farm Foundation is steward to a historic farm that enriches the greater Lake County community as a center for experiential learning to broaden access to education, nutritious food, and our local food system.Â
Wild Trillium Farm
22 week CSA serving three counties
Wild Trillium Farm cultivates natural, sustainably grown and nutrient rich vegetables, herbs and flowers for our community.
These three women farm in coexistence with Natural Farm Stand in Richmond, Illinois. This land has been chemical free since 1960, Certified Naturally Grown since 2003, and both farms are committed to continuing these practices.
Crystal Lake Food Pantry
At Golden Gills, we’re committed to giving back to our community by donating excess harvests to the Crystal Lake Food Pantry.
The CLFP has been incredibly gracious in receiving our mushrooms, and they go the extra mile to educate recipients on how to incorporate these nutritious ingredients into their meals.
Together, we’re helping to combat food insecurity and promote healthy eating in the greater community we serve.