Infusions & Shooters: Exotic Mixology Class
The Bartending Academy Series continues with a deep dive into homemade botanical infusions and fruity shooters, May 26th at 4:00 PM!
Location
The Bebedero
201 West Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902Refund Policy
About this event
- 2 hours
Class Details
Welcome to our series of flair mixology classes, Bartending Academy! This class will deep dive into the world of vodka infusions and flavors. The class will be led by Mederio Venable, who won Best Bartender in 2023’s Best of C-ville, and Allison Evanow, founder and creator of Square One Vodka. Join us for our immersive cocktail class that promises an evening of delightful spirits, fascinating history, and hands-on mixology.
This class will start with us infusing our own vodkas! Allison will take us through the infusion process, highlighting her favorite botanical and herbal infusions. Once we taste and infuse our own vodkas, we shall make a refreshing cocktail from our infusions!
The second part of the class will focus on making shooters with fruit flavored vodkas--Mederio's specialty. He'll teach us the secret to a perfect shooter, and share tips about adjusting the proportions of shooter versus a full cocktail. We'll taste a flight of six shooters and then choose two two recreate on our own!
So, grab your shaker, awaken your inner mixologist, and join us for cocktails, fuego, and fun!
Price: $150 pp
Date: May 26, 2024
Time: 4-6pm
Location: The Bebedero
Price Includes
- Learn some cool history of spirits
- Taste a flight of different vodkas
- Food, alcohol, mixers, and taxes
- Snack on guacamole, queso, chips and salsa
- Learn to mix and garnish one cocktail and four shooters
- Learn a flair bartending technique
- Take home some bartender swag
Price Excludes
- Additional food or drink
ABOUT THE BARTENDING ACADEMY:
The Bartending Academy is a series of exotic mixology classes featuring your favorite spirits as well as some rare treats. Each class features one special category of spirits, from vodka to scotch, cognac to piscos, this series has it all. Take one class or take them all! Every participant gets automatically entered in a raffle drawing to win some serious swag. Students who attend five or more classes will get a mixology certificate and be invited to compete in a bartender showdown at the end of the series. Perfect for a hobby bartender who wants real world experience, but also great for complete novices. We'll meet you where you're at regarding skill level!
REFUND POLICY: Due to the small nature of our classes, no refunds are available.