Overview:
This interactive cocktail making event is a winning night away from the office, where guests spend the afternoon or evening learning a new skill - the ageless art of cocktail making.

This fun, shared experience offers the perfect environment for colleagues to bond and includes a selection of team building games that will get everybody working together.

Throughout the event, guests are taught how to mix, muddle and mash a selection of classic cocktails, taught by a professional mixologist, in a real cocktail bar! By the end of the event everybody will have been behind the bar to shake, rattle and pour. 

Format:
On arrival, guests will be greeted with a glass of bubbly and a flavoured vodka shot. The cocktail masterclass begins with an introductory talk on the history of cocktails, such as the origin of the word and interesting facts. Throughout the event the mixologist demonstrates how to make a selection of signature cocktails, followed by teams working together to recreate them with plenty of tasting opportunities.

Sample Cocktails:
Long Island Iced Tea, Raspberry or Bison Grass Mojito, Cosmopolitan, Russian Bride, Classic Bond Martini, Mudslide or a Strawberry Woo Woo, plus others.

During the session everybody gets a chance to shake, rattle and pour, behind the bar, using their new cocktail knowledge and bar skills. When guests aren’t making cocktails they’ll be competing against each other in cocktail themed team activities, such as a bar tool relay race, blindfolded challenge and, of course, shake offs.

The event concludes with everybody coming together to enjoy their creations and a final farewell flavoured vodka shot. 

Included:
• Experienced Mixologist
• Full event management
• All alcohol, equipment and fresh ingredients
• Cocktail training
• Team challenges
• Bubbly on arrival per person
• Two Vodka Shots per person
• Cocktail tasters throughout the event
• Three cocktails per person (to drink during the event)
• Use of the venue and facilities
• Public liability insurance
• Party Boards and Desserts
Three course meal and a drink (are available at an additional cost)

Duration:
2 hours. This may vary depending on the size of your group.

 

 

Overview:
There's more to cocktail making than just pouring a few spirits in a glass and giving it a bit of a shake - enter the world of Mixology.

Mixology is an art: get it right and you can create delicious drinks which will be an explosion of pleasure on your tongue, but get it wrong and you'll be pulling pained faces and reaching for the mouthwash!

After a welcome drink each group will have one or more cocktail ambassadors who will brief you on the day's activities before giving a short introductory talk on the history of the cocktail - where the word originates - and the tools and bar skills behind some of the world's most famous drinks. If you don't know the difference between a Hawthorn strainer and a Boston shaker, you'll find out.

The ambassador will then make an introduction shot for the group where he/she will explain what all of the bar tools are used for.

Your host will then demo a range of cocktails displaying all of the main cocktails styles and everyone will get behind the bar to create them themsleves including martinis, shaken drinks, layered drinks, mojitos and milky cocktails.

Guests will then be able to choose to make another cocktail of their choice either straight up or as a game/race/team competition or simply to relax and enjoy afterwards.

Finally, guests can leave with a bang as they enjoy a 'vodka train' cocktail domino rally as a farewell drink. All guests will also receive a Cocktail Master Cetificate plus the group leader will receive a keepsake complete with photos.

Duration:
1-2 hours. This may vary depending on the size of your group.

Starter
Classic Prawn Cocktail
Baked Portobello Mushrooms with Stilton (v)
Chicken Liver Pate with Sticky Onion Relish & Toast

Main
Grilled Rump Steak with Chips & Krupnik Vodka Glaze
Salmon & Smoked Haddock Fishcakes
Warm Chicken Milanese Salad
Aubergine in Golden Crumb Stuffed with Spinach & Mozzarella (v)

Dessert 
Rich Chocolate Tart & Clotted Cream
Sticky Toffee Pudding
Classic Cheese Board 

Included:
- Cocktail ambassadors
- Glass of 'bubbly' on arrival
- Welcome flavoured vodka shot
- History of the cocktail
- Bar tools and skills
- Demo cocktails and tasting
- All guests shake up cocktails behind the bar including competition/games (each guest gets a minimum of 2 cocktails to make/drink)
- 3 course meal

Overview:
If you’re looking for an activity to make the weekend memorable, or something to bring together a group of girls who don’t all know each other , then cocktail making, or mixology as it’s called, is the perfect solution.

Experienced, professional and friendly mixologists will take you step by step through the history of cocktails and then show you how to make three of the classics, before handing you the bottles and letting your imagination and creativity run wild.

As you experiment under expert guidance as to what works and what doesn’t, you’ll start to appreciate a whole new art form and most excitingly develop skills which you can then hone with friends and family in the years to come.

Format:
Each group will have one or more cocktail ambassadors who will brief you on the day's activities before giving a short introductory talk on the history of the cocktail and the origin of the word. Each member of your group will then be given a bar tool which they will have to try to identify before putting the tools in the correct order of use when making a cocktail.

The ambassador will then make an introduction shot for the group where he/she will explain what all of the bar tools are used for. If you don't know the difference between a Hawthorn strainer and a Boston shaker, you'll find out.

Everyone then makes lemonade using real lemons, gomme and soda water, and you'll learn about how to perfectly balance sweet and sour. You'll use your lemonade to make a Raspberry Vodka Collins and a Passion Fruit Krushka.

You'll then be talked through the history of, and taught how to make a Mojito/Bison Grass Mojito, a Pear Caipirowska, a Cosmopolitan and a White Russian/Bride. Then it'll be your turn to show off your cocktail skills by going head to head with another member of your group in a shake off where you'll each make one of the cocktails.

The event will end with a mini quiz with two free cocktail vouchers each on offer for the winning team. To soak up some of the alcohol, your group will also have a couple of food platters to nibble at, with a wide variety of food.

Included:
- Cocktail ambassadors
- Welcome flavoured vodka shot
- History of the cocktail
- Bar tools and skills
- Balancing taste
- Demo cocktails and tasting
- All guests shake up cocktails behind the bar including competition/games (each guest gets a minimum of 2 cocktails to make/drink)
- Special Platter or Mezze Platter - one platter per three people.

Duration:
1-2 hours. This may vary depending on the size of your group.

Notes:
- With over 10 private party areas to choose from we can cater for all of your needs and are happy to create bespoke party packages for you!
- For an additional charge a three course meal can be arranged.

Overview:
There's more to cocktail making than just pouring a few spirits in a glass and giving it a bit of a shake. Mixology is an art: get it right and you can create delicious drinks which will be an explosion of pleasure on your tongue, but get it wrong and you'll be pulling pained faces and reaching for the mouthwash to wash the taste away!

This activity is a winning night out of the office, ideal for promoting a fun team working atmosphere and treating your team to a sensory experience.

Format:
Guests will be greeted with a drink on arrival followed by an introductory talk on the history of cocktails and the origin of the word from an experienced Mixologist.

Throughout the event the Mixologist demonstrates how to make a selection of tasty cocktails, and teams have a go at making them with plenty of tasting opportunities. Everybody gets a chance to shake, rattle and pour, behind the bar, using their new cocktail knowledge and bar skills to make one of the cocktails.

When teams aren’t making cocktails they’ll be competing against each other for points in cocktail themed activities, such as the bar tools challenge, lemon squeezing and a team quiz all about cocktails. The event concludes with a presentation where fun prizes are awarded to the winning team.

Venue:
Situated in the heart of the vibrant Belmont Street, the venue has two levels: the Ground Floor Bar, furnished with leather sofas and decorated with copper finishes is perfect for both relaxing during the day and enjoying a drink or two at night; the Basement Bar downstairs opens out onto an elevated outdoor deck that boasts some great views of the city's Union Terrace Gardens and is perfect for relaxing on a warm Summer's afternoon. With menus to suit all tastes, awesome DJ's, regular live music and theme nights there really is something for everybody.

Included:
• Experienced Mixologist
• Full event management
• All alcohol, equipment and fresh ingredients
• Cocktail training
• Team challenges
• Drink on arrival
• Cocktail tasters throughout the event
• Two extra cocktails per person (to drink during the event)
• Use of the venue and facilities
• Prizes for the winning team
• Public liability insurance 
• five-piece finger food buffet
• Three course meal (is available at an additional cost)

Duration:
1.5 - 2 hours. This may vary depending on the size of your group.