Shake it up with summer cocktails

Head to this bartending workshop that will show you some tips and tricks to whip up your own summer cocktails right at home

Spend this Saturday learning how to make your own home bar. Head to this day-long bartending workshop organised by iReboot which will ensure you can shake up a few interesting cocktails in your own bar the next time there's a party at home.
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Pradeep Andrews, a freelance bartender who also runs a bartending school in town called Shaken N Stirred will be teaching you the tricks of his trade.
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Besides a series of 25 simple vodka, white rum and whiskey based cocktails that can be made at home, the workshop will tell you how to set up a home bar without spending a lot of money. "A home bar can be created in as much as R 1,500 exclusive of the ingredients.
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Nothing spanky but it can cover basic equipment that a bar requires," says Andrews. Some of the cocktails that will be taught will include fresh fruit and vegetable-based variations of Mojitos, Cosmopolitan, Whiskey Sour and Blue Lagoon.

Andrews, who has worked as a bartender with various hotel chains and liquor labels believes that he has had a passion for the mixes and says, "I love to teach people how to get other people drunk", he says. "For myself though, I prefer a whiskey and water or rum and water," he adds.

Andrews will also provide small tips like substitutes for cocktail ingredients during the workshop. "For example, when making a Bloody Mary, you could use chilli powder in place of Tabasco and if you don't have Worcestershire sauce you can use a little bit of tamarind paste dissolved in water," says Andrews.

Also part of the workshop will be a session on what cocktails to mix for what party and a few flair tricks. "People who are interested in flair bartending will pick up some tricks while the others can have fun watching," says Andrews.

ATu00a0 iReboot, Infantry road
ON May 28, 3 pm to 8 pm
Call 9663857828
Email workshop@ireboot.com
For Rs 3,200