custom classes
If you’re looking for a class that’s tailored to you and your group, this is for you. Hit the LET’S GET STARTED button, below, to tell me more about your cocktail preferences and skill level. This ensures that I can get a head start on putting together a unique program for you, comprised of classic and obscure cocktails from cocktail history and/or my own original drinks. Once I’ve received your questionnaire answers, I’ll send you a scheduling link that’ll enable you to book the date and time of your choice!
Recent examples of custom classes I’ve done include:
Tropical cocktails of the late nineteenth century
Summer cocktails with Scotch and Campari
Champagne cocktails with bourbon or gin
Rum cocktails with a lesson on Daiquiris
Rye cocktails 1870-1930
Price: $500
Duration of class: 1 hour
Class size: 10 Zoom windows, limit 3 participants per window (not including Al)
FOR A FAMILY OF COCKTAIL LOVERS, I PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM OF TROPICAL DRINKS MADE WITH RUM THAT PREDATE THE SO-CALLED “TIKI” MOVEMENT OF THE MID-1930S THROUGH ‘70S. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL COCKTAIL BY ME, THE TRINIDAD SWIZZLE, THAT’S BASED ON THE QUEEN’S PARK SWIZZLE FROM THE EARLY YEARS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IN THIS CLASS, THE SWIZZLE WAS JOINED BY MY RIFF ON THE CUBAN CLASSIC, THE PRESIDENTE, AS WELL AS TOM BULLOCK’S EXCELLENT FANNIE WARD COCKTAIL, WHICH IS AN EGG-WHITE SOUR WITH UNAGED RUM, GRENADINE, AND LIME.
FOR A YOUNG DAD’S FIRST FATHER’S DAY, I PUT TOGETHER AN EXPLORATION OF RYE WHISKEY COCKTAILS FROM THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH PERIODS FROM FAMOUS BARTENDERS JERRY THOMAS, HUGO ENSSLIN AND HARRY CRADDOCK. PICTURED HERE IS HUGO ENSSLIN’S UP-TO-DATE COCKTAIL FROM 1917, COMPRISED OF RYE, OLOROSO SHERRY, GRAND MARNIER, AND BITTERS