Great Cocktails: The Art of Mixology

Schedule

Sat, 12 Apr, 2025 at 12:00 pm to Sat, 13 Dec, 2025 at 02:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Elixir | San Francisco, CA

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Learn more techniques to not only make, but understand, great cocktails, for home bartending, and drinking about town.
About this Event

2-2.5hrs – Building on the core cocktail formulas, this course in mixology will focus on techniques for enhanced flavor, texture, aroma and appearance, while reinforcing the basics.

We cover the tools, terminology and techniques behind a good majority of modern and classic cocktails, and provide tips for creating them at your home bar. Learn how to utilize advanced cocktail making techniques like using foaming agents (egg white, aquafaba, etc.) , flips, rinses, swizzles, rims, muddling, dry shake, wet shake, and reverse dry shake.

This class teaches the intermediate techniques of home bartending, the necessary tools and cocktail construction, all through the building blocks of three fundamental cocktails that are easy to misunderstand. Rediscovering these drinks and the ways they can be made will reinforce the core goals of this series of classes:

  • Achieve awareness of how you like your cocktails to be made. Everyone likes their steak cooked differently and some people don't like or eat steak. The same holds true for cocktails. We'll focus on understanding your own palate, and preferences for stylistic differences and levels of complexity.
  • How to make the drinks (and many more) for your friends and guests while entertaining.
  • How to order those drinks while out on the town, so that you always get what you want, finding value and more pleasure when spending your hard-earned money on cocktails.
  • Each cocktail is representative of a key formula found throughout the lexicon of cocktails. You'll be making and learning about the following
  1. The Built/Muddled - Cucumber Ranch Water
  2. The Shaken - Pisco Sour
  3. The Stirred/Rinsed - The Sazerac
  4. The Swizzle - Queens Park Swizzle

Taught by one of the talented ELIXIR bartenders, or one of San Francisco's other top bartenders who work with our renowned Cocktail Events and Beverage Catering business, Elixir To Go.

Check out our Elixir To Go Facebook page for photos of past classes and https://elixirtogo.com/services/ to learn about our other private and off-site services

@ElixirSF and @ElixirToGo Instagram and Twitter

hashtags: #ElixirSF

21 and Over ONLY

If fewer than five people sign up, the class will be rescheduled to the next available date—so tell your friends and join together!


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"We learned more than just how to mix some popular cocktails, we got to learn about the history from a passionate, detailed instructor. All of us left with plans for stocking our liquor cabinets and a new appreciation for bartenders." - A. Moore on Google Reviews

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Elixir, 3200 16th Street, San Francisco, United States

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