Online Cocktail Classes
Inspired by the lockdown era, we believe our online cocktail classes provide the 100% interactivity expected from a Mixology Events masterclass, whilst providing a virtual environment in which to be sociable despite the current distance between us all.
Our online classes follow a similar structure to our award-winning physical ones, which we’ve been delivering for over a decade. Your learned host will begin by outlining some core techniques, before leading you through a number of classic cocktails – giving and receiving feedback as we go. All this will be rounded off with a cocktail making competition, ensuring the experience is as interconnected as possible.
We deliver all the professional kit and ingredients individually in boxes, directly to your door. All you need to provide is the ice.
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100% Hands-on Cocktail Making Class
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Any time you wish, 7 days a week
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Learn to make cocktails online from your own home
Award-winning, fun & informative
For groups of any size
No more than 5 guests per cocktail bar station
Our recommended class runs for two hours
Every guest will make (and drink) 5 cocktails behind their own bar
MASTERCLASS FORMAT
Booking Process
To get things started, first decide if you want to join a public class or, if there are six or more of you, set up a private class of your own. Choose from our range of different menu and class varieties to tailor your virtual class experience to best suit your tastes.
Delivery & Prep
All the equipment and ingredients required are delivered straight to your door a few days prior. The pack also includes guidance on how to set up your bar station and how to make your own ice at home, which you’ll ideally need to do in advance.
Class Length & Invitation
On the day of your online class, we’ll send out a Zoom meeting invitation which will include a ‘waiting room’. Once everybody has logged in, your host will kick off the masterclass.
Each of our interactive online cocktail classes last roughly 30mins – 2 hours depending on the option you have chosen.
Introduction of Cocktail Class
Your virtual host will go around the group to ensure you’re all set up, before introducing some of the key concepts behind cocktail making. Pour your pre-batched reception cocktail into a glass with ice to enjoy during the class introduction.
Make a Variety of Cocktails
Once everybody has set themselves up, your host will take you through each drink one by one whilst guests attempt to recreate them as closely as possible before drinking. In between each cocktail, your host will go around each participant to get feedback on how their creation went. We have class options to make two, three, or even four cocktails.
Competition
To round off your class, each bar will then be pitted against the rest and given 8 minutes to produce their very own cocktail creation, using the ‘mystery ingredients’ we include in your pack as well as any garnish you can find around your house.
The items you will need from the kitchen are a small knife and a small or medium size chopping board. These are only the ideal sizes – if you only have a meat cleaver and a tree trunk they will still do the trick.
*Please note, non-alcoholic options are available for each cocktail. Nobody gets left out.
Buy Cocktail Making Class Vouchers now!
Not sure when you want to join us? Buying for somebody else? Get yourselves a gift voucher, redeemable on any one of our public classes, which take place at our flagship venue two days a week, 52 weeks a year. You’ll receive a beautifully presented voucher in the post, and there’s also the option of digitally-downloadable PDF vouchers if you running short on time!
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Inspired by the lockdown era, our virtual classes provide an environment in which to be sociable despite the distances between us.
Learn to make cocktails from the comfort of your own home. Professional equipment and high-quality ingredients delivered directly to your door, anywhere in the world. Classes are conducted using the Zoom platform as standard, with other options available!
Step 1. Choose Your Class
Step one on your journey towards your online cocktail class is choosing which class type suits you, or your group, the best.
Individuals & Small Groups:
Our rotating selection of public scheduled classes, which take place every Friday & Saturday evening from 6:30 pm, are great for individuals, couples, and smaller groups of five or less. You’ll be joining a group of like-minded people from all around the world, with no more than 20 of you online at any one time, ensuring everyone can get a word in edgewise!
Larger Groups:
We also offer our private virtual classes to larger groups of six or more. These classes allow for a much greater degree of customisation in terms of drink & menu selection, and flexibility in terms of timings. Get in touch with one of our team if you’d like to take us on privately, and they can talk you through your options.
Step 2. Delivery
Next, it’s our turn. Once you’ve made your booking with us – whether you’re attending a public or private class – we’ll get to work on putting together your boxes and getting them to you, wherever in the world you may be.
A few days before your scheduled class, you’ll receive your box containing all the equipment and ingredients you’ll need for your upcoming class. To date, we’ve shipped our boxes all over the country as well as abroad so if you’re not currently in the UK please don’t be put off.
Step 3. Prep
As well as professional equipment and specialist ingredients, your box will contain a number of documents which will outline what you need to do on your end in preparation for your class.
This will include how to set up your equipment beforehand, how to join your online class, what extra bits and pieces of simple equipment you’ll need, and how to make your own ice in advance at home.
Step 4. On The Day
Once you’ve prepared everything on your end, all that’s left to do is wait for the invitation from your chosen video link software, which you should receive via the email you used upon booking.
You’ll be allowed into a ‘waiting room’, and once everyone is present your class will begin. Your experienced host will kick things off with a class introduction while you enjoy your pre-bottled welcome cocktail. Guests will then be led through a number of cocktail creations (depending on your class type), with time set aside after each drink for feedback.
Finally, to indulge our competitive sides, the class will conclude with a competition. Each participant (or group of participants) will face off against the rest to produce the best cocktail using the mystery ingredient in their box. After 8 minutes, your host will ask for the contents, name, and story behind your creation and decide the winner.
Inside every cocktail kit, you’ll find all the tools, guidance and ingredients required to embark on your online cocktail class with us:
- Cocktail Shaker: One of the most important tools in any bartender’s armoury, your cocktail shaker is a crucial component in the creation of many iconic cocktails. You’ll receive a professional-quality Boston-style stainless steel shaker as standard.
- Bar Spoon: Inside your box, you’ll also receive a long, flat-ended steel bar spoon – sometimes known as Mazagran spoons – as standard. Crucial in terms of stirring down classic drinks like Negronis and Old Fashioneds.
- Jigger/Measure: A really useful little tool, which is key to getting your drinks ratios bang-on. You’ll receive a classic multi-measure jigger in your box.
- Strainers: You’ll also find two strainers – a fine strainer and Hawthorne strainer. Your Hawthorne strainer is used to separate large blocks of ice from your drink when pouring, whilst the fine strainer is used to pick up smaller pieces of ice and debris.
- Muddler: This is essentially a device used to mash and mix up ingredients. Think mint in a Mojito.
- Ingredients: All the high-quality ingredients, including premium spirits, liqueurs, juices, and fresh fruit, are sent out from our specialist liquor store straight to your door.
- Guidance: Finally, your box will also contain some in-depth guidance documents, designed to help you get everything ready before your class.
Group Enquiry
If you want to make a private booking for a group, or have any specific needs that need our attention, our enquiry form is the fastest route to the answers you need. Once completed, one of our team will be in touch.
Group / Private EnquiryBuy
If you’d like to buy a voucher as a gift, or are unsure which specific day to join us, this is your best route. Gift-wrapped and digital vouchers are available for public masterclasses, tastings, virtual classes, and cinema nights.
Buy NowBook
Book directly on to any public class, tasting, or event via our simple online booking form. This includes our in-house public cocktail classes, virtual classes, cinema nights, in-house tastings, and more.
Book NowRedeem
If you’ve been given a voucher, or gone ahead and purchased one for yourself, you can redeem it here using our form. Even if your voucher was purchased elsewhere (Virgin Experience etc.) this is the place to redeem it.
Redeem NowPROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT
We deliver all the professional-standard equipment you’ll need for your online class straight to your door, wherever you are in the world.
These boxes contain all the essential tools you’ll find in every good bartender’s armoury – including a stainless steel cocktail shaker, strainer, bar spoon, Mexican elbow, and jigger/measure. All you’ll need to provide is a knife and a cutting board.
PREMIUM SPIRITS & INGREDIENTS
As well as equipment, we dispatch all the required ingredients for your class from our specialist liquor store in Shoreditch, including the premium spirits, mixers, and fresh fruit.
We also conceal a special mystery ingredient inside every box, which – to stand any chance of winning – you’ll need to incorporate into your competition cocktail at the session’s end.
EXTRA BITS AND PIECES
As well as equipment and ingredients, each box will contain a few extra bits and pieces to welcome you and help you get started.
This includes a complimentary reception drink, an issue of our magazine, and a few guides on how to set up your station and how to make your own ice in preparation for your class.
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ALL-IN-ONE BOX
This box is great for smaller groups, or those who are trying out the class for the very first time.
With options available starting from £100 per head, the box includes a cocktail kit, containing all the professional-standard equipment in every good bartender’s armoury, a pack of high-quality ingredients, and a subscription to one masterclass.
TOP-UP BOX
If you’ve taken a virtual class with us and it’s left you thirsty for more, our Top-Up Packs are an ideal investment.
*LAUNCHING AT THE END OF JULY..*
MASTERCLASS SERIES
An evolving series of immersive virtual masterclasses designed for those who have been to one of our regular classes before, or are seeking a cocktail class with a bit of a twist.
Each of these new sessions is inspired by a certain theme, from a Mezcal-based Cinco de Mayo fiesta, to CBD-infused spirits, the history of gin, and more.
Group Enquiry
If you want to make a private booking for a group, or have any specific needs that need our attention, our enquiry form is the fastest route to the answers you need. Once completed, one of our team will be in touch.
Group / Private EnquiryCall 03333 44 77 65 or use our contact form
SMALL GROUPS
Our scheduled public online classes are the perfect choice for small groups of up to 5 guests and will be running every Friday & Saturday evening.
Simply select the date which suits you best from our dropdown menu, enter your details, and sit back and wait for all the equipment and ingredients to come to you.
GROUP BOOKINGS
Any time, anywhere, for groups of any size, we pride ourselves on offering 100% interactivity through our private online cocktail masterclasses.
Perfect for larger groups of six or more, these classes theoretically have unlimited capacity. However, we do recommend that you keep your class size to no more than 25 guests in order to maximise feedback and interaction and communication with your host and with one another.
BUY GIFT VOUCHERS
Purchasing for somebody else and aren’t sure when they’ll want to join us? Our gift vouchers are the ideal option.
You’ll receive a beautifully presented voucher in the post, which is redeemable on your online class – or any physical Mixology Events experience over the next 12 months if they’d prefer to visit us in person. There’s also the option of digitally-downloadable PDF vouchers if you running short on time!
FAQs
Do you do online cocktail making for couples?
Yes, we do online cocktail making classes for 2 people. On our 100% interactive public sessions, which take place every Friday and Saturday evening from 6:30pm, you’ll be joining a wider group of like-minded couples, families, and friends all learning the art of making cocktails simultaneously.
How much are online cocktail classes for two?
Our virtual cocktail kits cost £100 for one person, or £120 for two, and are delivered directly to your door anywhere in the world via UPS or DPD international shipping.
What do I get in a cocktail kit?
Inside every cocktail kit you’ll get a stainless steel cocktail shaker, bar spoon, measure, speed pourer, drip mat, muddler, Hawthorne strainer, and all the high-quality ingredients, spirits, and guidance required to take part in a session.All you’ll need to provide is a knife, chopping board, glassware and some ice.
Will your class improve my homemade cocktails?
Without a doubt, our classes will improve your homemade cocktails. We tailor all our cocktail making classes to fit cocktail enthusiasts of all ability levels, from beginners to seasoned pros, and our rotating menu is often packed with delicious, easy to make cocktail classics. We also provide all the professional equipment you’ll ever need (to keep) so that when you next make cocktails at home you’ll be doing so in style.
What’s the difference between a cocktail making class, cocktail masterclass, and a cocktail lesson?
We’ve decided to call them ‘cocktail making classes’, rather than ‘cocktail masterclasses’ or ‘cocktail lessons’ because we feel it best described the service we were offering. For example, we thought ‘cocktail masterclasses’ suggested that you would be tasting cocktails rather than getting your hands dirty, whilst ‘cocktail lessons’ we thought sounded a little too much like going to school. Our cocktail making classes, we believe, strike the perfect balance between fun and factual, hence the name.
Do you offer any mixology courses?
In normal times, yes we do offer mixology courses and bartender training. However, in light of the current public health crisis, we have stopped doing this as regularly. However, thanks to our new online classes there is now the potential to take our mixology courses virtually, whereby we can teach any and all aspiring bartenders the tricks of the trade to get them started off via Zoom.
Classic Class:
One for all you retro fans out there, and probably our favourite class to teach. Our classic class deals with some of the quintessential drinks of bartending history, and updates them for the 21st century using modern techniques and ingredients.
Includes a complimentary welcome drink, as well as a French Martini, and two more twists on classic drinks that helped define modern bartending.
*Please bear in mind non-alcoholic and low-ABV options are available for all the above. Nobody gets left out.
Tiki Class:
Let your hair down as we work our way through the extensive cocktail repertoire of legendary bartender Donn Beach during our online tiki class.
As well as a welcome drink, you’ll work your way through three classics of the Tiki category.
*Please bear in mind non-alcoholic and low-ABV options are available for all the above. Nobody gets left out.
Virtual Gin Class:
Get to grips with all things juniper on our gin-based online cocktail class.
Enjoy a gin-based reception cocktail before you work your way through three iconic gin cocktails – including the Breakfast Martini amongst other gin-based classics.
*Please bear in mind non-alcoholic and low-ABV options are available for all the above. Nobody gets left out.
Seasonal Class Series:
An evolving series of one-off immersive masterclasses designed for those who have been to one of our regular classes before, or are seeking a virtual cocktail class with a bit of a twist.
Each of these new sessions is inspired by a certain theme, from the twisting and sometimes-illicit history of gin, to CBD-infused spirits, and even low-and-no ABV wellness classes designed to show that bartending is about far more than alcohol.
Call 03333 44 77 65 or use our contact form
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YOUR ONLINE HOST
Our entire team, from bartenders to our head office, have years of experience in the industry, and with Mixology Events. They each go through rigorous training to learn how to deliver the best cocktail making classes on the market.
Not only this, each and every one of them are enthusiastic, friendly, and – generally – pretty lovely human beings to have around. Don’t just take our word for it, why not book a virtual class and meet them for yourselves?
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EVENT ORGANISERS
We have a dedicated and personal team of event organisers based at head offices in Shoreditch. The same event organiser will be on hand to help from planning and booking your online class, on the day and post-event.
They’ll be happy to talk you through any queries you may have, ranging from those related to the bookings process, delivery status, cancellations, returns, and everything in between. Simply drop us an email or, if you need an instant response, give us a call on the number provided.
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OUR STANDARD COCKTAIL CLASSES
Although we’re proud of our online classes, we’ve spent most of the last decade delivering physical cocktail making classes in-house at our Shoreditch flagship venue, and at a variety of our venues spanning the UK.
Available on both a public and private basis, each of our range of award-winning classes is focussed on delivering 100% interactivity for every single guest. Why not pay us all a visit in person once all this blows over?
