A good cocktail is nothing if not a spectacle. The rattle of the shaker, the long pour into the just-prepped martini glass, the look from the bartender at the end — it’s all art, craft, theatre. It’s mixology, the art and science of crafting the alcoholic beverages we drink. Since the second part is so important, why can’t we have a cocktail?
The Evolution of Cocktail Making
Cocktail making has changed how our mixed drink of yesteryears was used to mask the bite of alcohol. Today, it is a celebrated craft. Cocktails are known for balance, ingenuity, and novelty.
Most mixologists have taken the art mentioned above to another dimension and have learned to layer the taste, the textures, and sometimes the smell. Mixology has recently started hogging the limelight, but it is an artistic and blooming kind.
What is Mixology?
The definition of “mixology” is so much more than just pouring liquor and a mixer into a glass. No. It is the science, craft, and art of creating and crafting drinks and cocktails with ingredients, technique, and presentation. In the very least, a mixologist is like a cocktail artist who explores the following:
- Flavor Profiles: Balancing sweet, sour, bitter, and umami notes.
- Ingredients: Experimenting with spirits, liqueurs, syrups, and fresh produce.
- Technique: Muddling, shaking, layering, smoking! A mixologist uses an exact technique for the drink or cocktail he creates.
- Presentation: Have you ever been allured by the sight of a crisp drink in a fancy glass? Yes, that’s a mixologist for you.
Using mixology is so much more than pouring drinks. It’s drinking those drinks with all your senses. So tasty.
Why Take a Cocktail Making Class?
A cocktail making class isn’t just mixing drinks: it’s a melting pot of fun, creativity, knowledge, and socializing thrown into one awesome activity. Impress your friends with your new skills when you host your next soiree, with a cocktail class. Or simply have a good excuse to get out of the house with all passes leading through the gift shop. It’s the perfect balance of ‘edutainment.’
Here’s why exploring a cocktail-making class is great:
1. Learn from the Experts
Professional mixologists are artists, and you can’t put a price on that. When you pay for your private cocktail classes, you’ll learn information and techniques that you can’t find in a book or on YouTube!
- They create the perfect balanced cocktail so it’s not too sweet, too sour, or too bitter!
- Use fresh ingredients, infusions, and homemade garnishes! You’ll impress guests with your homemade cocktail creations (plus, fresh is always best!)
- History behind classic cocktails! You’ll be full of fun facts to share at your holiday gathering!
A professional mixologist will provide you with the knowledge to make amazing cocktails in a way that is approachable and enjoyable for everyone!
2. Hands-On Experience
Professional mixologists are basically wizards of the wind, and everything they know is darn near priceless. Take a class, and you’re learning the same trade secrets that you can even find in the chic-est looking recipe book or the most fab YouTube tutorial.
- Because guess what—you can actually learn how to balance the flavors so it won’t be sweet, sour, and bitter.
- You’ll get down low on all the fresh ingredients, infusions, and about a hundred other things on how to build up your drink portfolio, which don’t even have to make you break a sweat.
- What We’re Really Saying is that you Can Learn So Much About How to Make A Cocktail.
Class with the skills of a mixologist to learn how to make a cocktail in the absolute easiest, breeziest, and most awesome way.
3. Boost Your Confidence
The only thing better than elevating a cocktail with your next-level alchemy? Watching your friends raise their own spirits the home bartender way after their turn behind one of these.
- Mastering mixology boosts your confidence in hosting and entertaining.
- Bar tools basics and how you can start to use them. You and me. The day after
- Because now you’ll be able to switch up lemonades, every time, any time.
There is something very satisfying about making something very pretty and then swallowing it and then feeling even more creative and pretty.
4. Have Fun and Socialise
We want to have fun and a good time and to meet other people.
- Laugh with the people by your side, have fun doing your drinks, and take some of them.
- Enjoy their company and the moments.
- Meet the people in your classroom; they love to drink and meet people.
You will always have fun preparing your drinks and meeting people at all moments.
The Perfect Gift: Cocktail Making and Mixology
Do you want a non-material gift? How about a cocktail masterclass? It’s an original gift idea because it is not a consumable experience. You leave with memories and a new ability acquired.
Imagine giving someone a night where they learn to make their favorite cocktails in a professional space. Who would not like it? You do not have to wait for the right day to arrive.
Tips for Beginners
If you have never made your own cocktail at home, these tips will help you to get the hang of it:
- Start with the basics: don’t get into complicated beverages at first. Capable of preparing a Mojito, a Margarita, or an Old Fashioned
- First aid: Do not begin if you do not have a shaker, jigger, strainer, or muddler.
- Try new mixes: Incorporate herbs, fruit, and spices to rediscover the classics.
- Feel free: The more ingredients you mix, the greater your understanding of them will be.
The Rise of Craft Cocktails
Not one of those in your area? No problem! You can get the experience at home with local cocktail classes. You will be making picturesque drinks that are actually very, very tasty in no time — and your next party won’t soon be forgotten.
Why Giftory?
Giftory is all about how experiences can create lasting memories with everything from cocktail-making classes to cooking lessons and more planned for you by them. We have something for everyone.
Whether it’s for you or a loved one, Giftory lets you find, book and enjoy the most unique and amazing collection of thoughtful, fun, and memorable experiences.