Like a monocle, a cocktail is a classy dinner accessory that can change how clearly you see your food. Customize your adornments with today's Groupon: for $69, you get a cocktail-making experience, including a beverage kit, corks, and labels, at The Brew House (a $136 value).

Voted one of the city's best wine- and beer-making establishments by Waterloo Chronicle readers, The Brew House guides future pour-masters into the fermented arts of concocting beer, wine, coolers, and cider. During the cocktail experience, cocktail makers either mix 15 bottles of two flavours, or 30 bottles of their single favourite flavour. The cocktail then sits and The Brew House masters filter the tasty concoction and add the flavouring. You then return and distribute your cocktails into 30 750-mL bottles not otherwise occupied by genies (customers can bring their own, or purchase new bottles for $1.41 each, including HST). Strawberry- and lime-margarita varietals burst through mouth-doors and gift tongues with a zesty, fruity bouquet and a touch of tequila; the mojito wets whistles with mint and citrus overtones. Call ahead or send a sober carrier pigeon to schedule a class.