Virtual Cocktails: How to Make Classic Cocktails

With the entertaining season upon us, it’s important to have a variety of iconic cocktails in your back pocket for your entertaining needs. With the help of spirits expert, Christophe Bakunas, you’ll be slinging classic cocktails for all your friends and family just like the pros. Christophe will virtually teach you how to set up your home bar with the essential tools and ingredients, the history of cocktails and punches, the differences of liquor and liqueur, and important bar lingo. You'll learn how to mix, shake and stir delicious cocktails so you can create your own creations at home.  

To enhance your experience, we recommend you’re using the same spirits as Christophe during class. Reserve your spirits package now that includes Plantation White Rum, Citadelle Gin and Journeyman Not a King Rye Whiskey, and indicate when you would like to pick it up at Lincoln Square prior to the class. We'll have it ready when you arrive, and you'll pay for the spirits at pickup. This package is priced at $129.54, and that price includes tax.

Each student will prepare:

• Daiquiri
• Sazerac
• Gin Rickey

Skills covered in class:

• Cocktail components and flavor dynamics
• Must-have bar ingredients
• How to set up a bar
• Jiggering
• Bar lingo
• Presentation
• Garnishes
• Selecting appropriate glassware

You can choose to join this cocktail class virtually from the comfort of your own home where you'll be able to see and hear the instructor and ask your questions via the chat feature in Zoom. Or, experience this hands-on class in person in our state-of-the-art kitchen at the Merchandise Mart: Sign up here. Stir and shake the cocktails as you enjoy noshes and a delightful evening expanding your spirits knowledge. Ask your questions of the instructor yourself during this interactive class.

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