What You'll Get
Being a good bartender is like being a good dancer—to do it properly, you need to know how to twist, shake, and effectively remind your audience where to locate their head, shoulders, knees, and toes. Learn the cocktail hokey pokey with today’s Groupon for bartending classes from SF Mixology. Choose between the following options:
- For $99, you get an Introduction to Mixology course for one (a $199 value).
- For $159, you an Introduction to Mixology course for two (a $398 value).<p>
Helmed by a cocktail connoisseur and scholar of bar-side psychology, SF Mixology helps drink buffs hone their concocting craft while pushing the boundaries of the country’s resurging cocktail movement. Introduction to Mixology classes teach burgeoning bartenders the basics of flavor pairing and mixing techniques as instructors spin tales about the cocktail’s rich history, including its role during the Prohibition era and the time it missed its callback to star in Sideways. With approachable and functional concepts, firewater fusers learn the ropes of merging ingredients and crafting shindig-worthy cocktails as they pour, shake, and strain spirits like professionals. Students also study the various dimensions of their palates, gleaning the principles of how alcohol bonds each sweet-and-sour flavor together. When classes come to a close, the swanky nightclub setting lets newly minted martini mavens kick back and enjoy the fruits of their labor surrounded by the glow of red neon and futuristic décor.
The Fine Print
Promotional value expires Apr 15, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 2 per person, may buy 3 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Valid only for option purchased. Must be 21 or older. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services.
About SF Mixology
SF Mixology founder Shawn Refoua blended his experience as program director and a student of behavioral psychology into an academy that brings bartending methodology and cocktail mixology into the 21st century. With an eye toward libation history, the school's interactive classes range from basic and advanced mixology courses to in-depth lessons on specific liquors and the evolution of the cocktail through the 14 years of Prohibition and the decade when swizzle sticks were outlawed. Each class complements the goals of cocktail party hosts, as well as aspiring or continually learning bartenders, who can learn and practice essential behind-the-bar techniques while brushing up on flavor theory and emerging recipe methodologies. Held in a high-profile bar, the laid-back classes include plenty of sample sips and enthusiastic toasts to newfound friends.