Hooch 101: Crafting Cocktails with Bay Area Booze
August 25, 2016
7:30 PM
Doors Open: 7:15 PM
Doors Open: 7:15 PM
PLEASE NOTE: THIS CLASS TAKES PLACE AT HQ (FORMERLY MARTIN MACK’S), AN IRISH PUB LOCATED AT 1568 HAIGHT STREET IN THE UPPER HAIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD. ONCE YOU ARRIVE AT HQ, WALK THROUGH THE MAIN BAR TO THE BACK BAR. THE CLASS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE BACK BAR. DON’T WORRY, THERE WILL BE A SIGN TO SHOW YOU THE WAY!
ADDRESS: HQ - 1568 HAIGHT STREET, SF CA 94117
Though widely identified as a BOOM town since the 1840’s, San Francisco (and the Bay Area proper) has developed a strong reputation as a BOOZE town over the past two decades! Over thirty local distilleries have sprung up since the early 1990’s, offering everything from Absinthe and Sloe Gin, to infused vodkas and good old fashioned, put-hair-on-your-chest whiskey!
In Hooch 101: Cocktail Techniques with Bay Area Booze, barkeep Gillian Fitzgerald will give you a crash course on the booze trade in SF. She will introduce you and your gullet to some of the best locally made spirits that Bay Area distilleries have to offer! You will learn to make three amazing cocktails using our favorite locally distilled spirits, and of course tasting each spirit as you go! Gillian will show you proper muddling, shaking, and stirring techniques (with or without a colander), as well as some of the bartender tools of the trade. You will learn to batch your cocktail recipes, in the event that you need to intoxicate large groups of your friends and loved ones. Gillian will explain the importance of "balancing" a cocktail, and decipher some of the more complicated details of today’s cocktail menus. And lastly, you will receive a handy checklist of distilleries in the Bay Area and a recipe booklet outlining the cocktails you made, and others that are easy to replicate at home. The price of this class includes one drink ticket, good for a cocktail or beer of your choice at HQ (since the three you make during the class surely won’t be enough…)
Supplies Needed: None
Instructor Bio: Gillian Fitzgerald has filled both the role of bar owner and cocktail maven. She grew up just outside of Dublin in Ireland before moving to San Francisco in 2008. Having spent many a night behind the bar concocting marvels of libation goodness, Gillian opened Virgil’s Sea Room in the Mission in July 2013. In late 2015, she and business partner Kelly McVicker of McVicker Pickles launched their own line of bloody mary mix, aptly named Proud Mary. Check out Proud Mary at www.drinkproud.com.
The rules / important stuff: We have a NO EXCEPTIONS 72 HOUR CANCELLATION policy - this includes cancellation, re-books, gift certificates, moving classes, etc. For more information on canceling a class, please read our cancellation policy. All classes are 21+ unless you email for permission. If any questions, please email us at info AT workshopsf DOT org.
ADDRESS: HQ - 1568 HAIGHT STREET, SF CA 94117
Though widely identified as a BOOM town since the 1840’s, San Francisco (and the Bay Area proper) has developed a strong reputation as a BOOZE town over the past two decades! Over thirty local distilleries have sprung up since the early 1990’s, offering everything from Absinthe and Sloe Gin, to infused vodkas and good old fashioned, put-hair-on-your-chest whiskey!
In Hooch 101: Cocktail Techniques with Bay Area Booze, barkeep Gillian Fitzgerald will give you a crash course on the booze trade in SF. She will introduce you and your gullet to some of the best locally made spirits that Bay Area distilleries have to offer! You will learn to make three amazing cocktails using our favorite locally distilled spirits, and of course tasting each spirit as you go! Gillian will show you proper muddling, shaking, and stirring techniques (with or without a colander), as well as some of the bartender tools of the trade. You will learn to batch your cocktail recipes, in the event that you need to intoxicate large groups of your friends and loved ones. Gillian will explain the importance of "balancing" a cocktail, and decipher some of the more complicated details of today’s cocktail menus. And lastly, you will receive a handy checklist of distilleries in the Bay Area and a recipe booklet outlining the cocktails you made, and others that are easy to replicate at home. The price of this class includes one drink ticket, good for a cocktail or beer of your choice at HQ (since the three you make during the class surely won’t be enough…)
Supplies Needed: None
Instructor Bio: Gillian Fitzgerald has filled both the role of bar owner and cocktail maven. She grew up just outside of Dublin in Ireland before moving to San Francisco in 2008. Having spent many a night behind the bar concocting marvels of libation goodness, Gillian opened Virgil’s Sea Room in the Mission in July 2013. In late 2015, she and business partner Kelly McVicker of McVicker Pickles launched their own line of bloody mary mix, aptly named Proud Mary. Check out Proud Mary at www.drinkproud.com.
The rules / important stuff: We have a NO EXCEPTIONS 72 HOUR CANCELLATION policy - this includes cancellation, re-books, gift certificates, moving classes, etc. For more information on canceling a class, please read our cancellation policy. All classes are 21+ unless you email for permission. If any questions, please email us at info AT workshopsf DOT org.
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