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Hands-On Cocktails: Sweet vs. Sour and How to Customize Cocktails

The Chopping Block Lincoln Square

4.7 269 reviews

Discover the art of balancing sweet and sour in this hands-on cocktail class. Guided by spirits expert Christophe Bakunas, you'll explore how sugar and acid interact to enhance or alter classic cocktails like the Margarita and Whiskey Sour. Perfect for home bartenders, this class will teach you how to customize drinks to suit any palate, while mastering essential cocktail techniques and presentation.

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What you'll learn in this drink making class:

This hands-on cocktail class will walk you through two of the most important non-alcoholic components in cocktails and how they work unilaterally as well as in unison. Spirits expert, Christophe Bakunas, will break down sugar and acid within several classic cocktails, and you'll get a minute-by-minute personal experience in how they change, enhance or destroy your cocktail. This is a must class for the home bartender that wants to explore the nuances of structure and balance in their cocktails, and the perfect road map on how to customize cocktails for your friends who have a different palate than your own. A light snack will be served during class.

Menu:

The Margarita vs. The Daisy
Whiskey Sour vs. The Old Fashioned

Skills covered in class:

Cocktail components and flavor dynamics
Jiggering
Must-have bar ingredients
Bar lingo
Presentation
Garnishes
Selecting appropriate glassware

You must be 21 or over to attend. Please present valid ID at the time of check-in.

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Also note that by purchasing seats for classes at The Chopping Block you are authorizing CourseHorse to charge your card if you order additional drinks and do not pay for them at the time of the class.

Refund Policy

All classes have a 4 business days cancellation policy, except Culinary Boot Camps which have a 16 business days cancellation policy.

You must email us at [email protected] to cancel an existing reservation, but please note the 15% service fee is non-refundable and non-transferable.

If you cancel within 4 business days, you will not receive a refund or credit for your class, but feel free to send a guest in your place. Our credit card refund policy is 90 days. If your purchase was made prior to that, you will receive an account credit, not a refund to your credit card.

Please note:

All virtual class sales are final.
All virtual students will receive a recording of the class within 48 hours of the class.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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The Chopping Block Lincoln Square

Chicago’s premiere recreational cooking school and gourmet retail store, offers demonstration, hands-on cooking classes and virtual classes, as well as wine classes, private cooking parties and corporate team building events.

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The Chopping Block Lincoln Square
Lincoln Square, North Side
4747 N Lincoln
Btwn W Leland & W Lawrence Avenues
Chicago, Illinois 60625 Lincoln Square, North Side
4747 N Lincoln
Btwn W Leland & W Lawrence Avenues
Chicago, Illinois 60625

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