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Cocktail-Making Lesson Saturday

12/1/2016

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Elizabeth's Christmas present to Luke this year came in the form of a cocktail-making lesson, so on Saturday we headed down to College Street Bar to learn some new tricks and sample a few tasty recipes!
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Luke making a Margarita... under very close supervision.
The class was called Breaking the Ice and was run by Bartender One; it serves as an introduction to cocktail-making for bartenders and cocktail enthusiasts alike. We definitely fall more on the cocktail (drinking) enthusiast side of things, but after the lesson we were seriously considering taking one of the more in-depth courses offered by Bartender One.
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Ready to sample some drinks.
After a quick, and messy, introduction to free pouring (using water so as to not waste precious booze) we were straight into making and sampling cocktails. With around 16 people taking the course, and limited space behind the bar, we took turns making a cocktail for the rest of the group to sample. It was a lot of fun, very laid back, and we weren't complaining about the emphasis on sampling the different drinks. The guys running the course were great, proving all the top tips and explaining the backstory of each of the drinks, which included a Cucumber Tom Collins, a Whiskey Sour, a Cosmopolitan with burnt orange peel, and a Margarita.
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Shaking up a Margarita.
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Prepping a Whiskey Sour.
The whole lessons lasted around 2 hours. On our way back to our apartment (via an awesome little pizza place) we decided to pick up the necessary ingredients for our own Cucumber Tom Collins, and spent the evening enjoying our newfound knowledge. Overall, Luke was very pleased with his Christmas present.

Here are some more pictures from the day:
In other, sadder news this week, we had to say farewell to our beloved little black dog back in the UK (Blackie a.k.a. Paddy a.k.a. Brutus). He lived a very long and happy life, and was loved by us all. We will miss the little guy.
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13 Comments
Ashley @ The Wandering Weekenders link
13/1/2016 05:22:57 pm

A cocktail-making class sounds like the perfect way to spend a Saturday! I don't much about making cocktails, I pretty much just know that I like them! That's smart to practice with water at first, so no alcohol got wasted!

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Elizabeth link
16/1/2016 01:03:00 pm

Exactly! And now we know how to make some at home which is going to be awesome.

At first I thought we weren't going to get to make real drinks and that we were just going to use water, but it definitely makes sense when you're first learning how to free pour because I spilled so much!

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Mar link
14/1/2016 06:49:44 pm

This looks like so much fun!

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Elizabeth link
16/1/2016 01:07:19 pm

It was a great afternoon out!

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Mar link
14/1/2016 06:51:44 pm

ps. Sorry to hear about the little guy :( Losing a furry friend is never easy.

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Elizabeth link
16/1/2016 01:09:00 pm

Thanks, he was a really great little animal. And he lived to be 17/18 years old so at least everyone can take comfort in that.

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Katie
15/1/2016 04:48:01 pm

What a fun Christmas gift!!

Sorry to hear about the puppers of many names...

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Elizabeth link
16/1/2016 01:10:09 pm

It worked out really well!

Thanks. He was a great guy.

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Isabel link
18/1/2016 04:02:04 pm

I think this year my husband will get cooking or cocktail lessons too. Looks like a lot of fun!

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Kelly
18/1/2016 08:28:55 pm

This sounds like such a fun day!

xx Kelly
<a href="http://www.sparklesandshoes.com/">Sparkles and Shoes</a>

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DC @ Young Adult Money link
25/1/2016 11:33:55 pm

So awesome! My wife and I would love to do something like this.

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Elizabeth link
29/1/2016 05:55:09 pm

We would definitely recommend it! It was a great afternoon out.

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Jamison
5/2/2016 12:01:15 am

You guys rock! Thanks for the great feedback :) can't wait to see you guys in the masterclass!!! Cheers

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