Mixology Workshop by TimeOut KL

About a week ago, I had the opportunity to attend a mixology workshop, courtesy of TimeOut KL. Mixology workshop simply means cocktail mixing workshop. I was really excited about this workshop! I mean like, how often does one get to learn the proper way of mixing cocktails from a professional bartender right? Of course, that would mean me, someone who has zero knowledge in this field will be a bartender for a day :p

The day finally came and being one who is quite punctual for events/meetings, the boyfriend and I showed up approximately half an hour ago at Twenty One Kitchen & Bar. Needless to say we were the first and we sort of waited for another half an hour for other participants to show up too :(



The workshop started off with a brief introduction of the tequila that we would be using – The Patron Tequila by Timothy. Basically, tequila is a distilled beverage made from the blue agave plant. We were all told that this particular tequila that would be used in workshop is 100% handmade, from the tequila itself till the bottle (which includes labeling, putting on the stickers too!). Briefing session included us tasting the neat tequila. I was like “Uh, can I not drink this?” Mind you, the tequila consists of 40% alcohol.

Some pictures of the bar/work places/ingredients:

After briefing, then it was the time for all of us to show off our skills. Ben, the trainer of the day started off the practical session by introducing the tools of the day.

Crusher, mixing spoon, ice strainer, fine strainer, measuring spoons

Ben Ng, from fluid alchemy bar school

Sugar syrup, passion fruit puree, fresh lemon juice, vanilla syrup

Long story short, we made 3 concoctions throughout the workshop, namely Passion Fruit Margarita, Spice & Dust, and Harlot’s Kiss.

I still have the list of ingredients/ways to make the 3 cocktails shown above but I’m not revealing them here, approach me personally if you would like to know how. Hehe.

Last but not least, I’m proud to say that I left the workshop without getting drunk :D