Overview:
Shimmy up with the high society and shake your weekend up a little by immersing yourself in the art of cocktail making. Even if you don't know your vodka from your vermouth you'll be astounded as to how quickly you can grasp the basic tenets of high class drink fixing. Whether you favour the delicate fizz of the Kir Royale or prefer the rush of sipping a well balanced mojito, you'll discover many new and exciting ways to make and consume alcohol. Unleash your creative side as you are introduced to drink mixing and challenged to come up with your own unique cocktail.
Who knows, maybe you'll create a winning combination...
Manhattan or Martini?
Even if you're the type who never strays from her standard order of a vodka tonic, you'll be amazed at just how much there is to know about the art of alcohol. Your gracious tutors will take you through the history, trends and even the explanations as to why some cocktails taste just so damn good. For those of you who just love exploring the bottomless world of mixed drinks you'll love the seemingly endless combinations that await you. Cheers!
How it Works:
You arrive at a central London cocktail venue to a champagne reception. Your private bartender will begin with a brief history of cocktails and the current trends of the moment. All the bits and pieces that go into the making of a cocktail - from the glassware to the ingredients - will be explained and you'll get some great demonstrations by the professionals and, of course, you'll be invited to taste their creations.
Cocktail Making:
Champagne Reception.
- Meet and greet with the bartender.
Start of Cocktail Training
- Intro: history, explanation of cocktails/ingredients; glassware that should be used; technicalities of cocktail-making.
- Demo of making 3 classic Cocktails (Mojito, Classic Champagne and Cosmopolitan)
- Everybody tastes the cocktails and starts thinking on how to invent their own.
Cocktail Games
- Group is split into 2 or 3 teams
- Each team has 30 minutes to produce a cocktail per each member.
- Play safe and recreate one of the demonstrations, or be inventive to get more points.
- At the end each team nominates their best cocktail to be judged on name, taste, presentation and performance.
- Additional alcohol, fruit and mixing utensils, crusher to be available on bar, for each team to use.
Presentation & Prizes
- At the end of the day the best two 'mixologists' will have a 'cocktail off' for the grand prize.
Included:
Platters of bar snacks are included varying in size depending on the number in the group. Please let us know if you require a vegetarian option.
Optional Dinner
- After the fun, relax and drink you cocktail creations over a delicious 2 course dinner and then hang around in the bar as the eveing crowd rolls in to party the night away. (Dinner is £13pp extra)
Notes:
Allow 2 hours for the Cocktail Making.
Max. of 12 people per session.