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Memorable experiences, enjoying craft cocktails together

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Full Service Cocktail Experiences

COCKTAIL CLASSES and BARTENDING SERVICES – designed to be captivating, creative, and connecting

All services include delicious alcohol-free options

Available for:

  • COCKTAIL CLASSES (In-person and virtual)- Hands-on experience crafting cocktails through a cheeky science lesson and engaging story telling
  • MIXOLOGY and BARTENDING SERVICES for weddings, birthday’s, office happy hours, holiday friend gatherings, art gallery openings, fundraisers
  • SPIRITS TASTINGS – perfect for enhancing networking events, happy hours, and birthday’s
  • CONSULTING on crafting beverages and hospitality services for your bar, restaurant, coffee & tea shop, office
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What people are saying about Rebecca's Cocktail Experiences

Rebecca is incredibly communicative, prompt, and reliable. Even when she’s on the move herself, she makes time to work with us. And on live calls? She absolutely nails the balance of professionalism and fun—after all, we’re sometimes asking her to shake up cocktails at noon! Not to mention, she’s a walking cocktail encyclopedia, effortlessly dropping knowledge on spirits, ingredients, and mixology techniques.

But beyond her expertise, it’s Rebecca’s charm and thoroughness that make her our go-to for all things cocktail-related. If you’re looking for someone who brings energy, expertise, and a killer cocktail to the table, look no further. We couldn’t recommend her more!

— Connor, March 2025

Rebecca was incredibly kind, charming and informative throughout the entire class. My mom and our close family friend have been talking about the cocktails and the experience ever since mothers day. Not only did Rebecca bestow some good practical knowledge about our initial cocktails, but she went the extra mile and sent us a few extra’s that involved my mom’s favorite liquor. You all should be booking her yesterday

— William , May 2023

Rebecca is a fountain of knowledge and so easy to talk to. It felt like having one of your closest friends hosting a cocktail making class, including knowing your flavor preferences. She was absolutely fantastic and I cannot recommend her enough.

— Ryan , August 2023

Rebecca came down to Stanford and led an enlivening alcohol-free cocktail class for 12 of us. We were a diverse group in both background (people from North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia) and cocktail experience, and one of our participants was pregnant. It was a great time for all! The drinks Rebecca lead us through were delicious and beautiful. It was a nice combination of learning how to make delicious, slow-drinking non-alcoholic cocktails; being shown where/how one might incorporate alcohol (if desired); and ensuring everyone could safely drive home afterward. We would definitely recommend Rebecca’s classes to others.

— Jarod , June 2024

Rebecca was amazing and we are so happy to have picked this event for our team offsite. Our group was on the smaller side (4) and it is typically hard to find group activities that’ll accept our size. I was so thankful to come across her class, her communication was prompt, she was inviting, personable and the class went very smoothly. Rebecca was super knowledgeable and went deep into a lot of drink history which was very interesting for all of us. The bar she hosted at was really cool, great music and great vibes all around. We will definitely be booking Rebecca again for another class in the future, and highly recommend her!

— Erika CB, August 2024

Got the class for my team of 10 people and it was perfect!! Rebecca was amazing and super knowledgeable. We loved getting to know the history of the drinks we were making and of bartending. Super nice teacher who answered all our questions. Would recommend absolutely.

— Thai, September 2024

Rebecca is absolutely delightful!! She was personable, engaging and knowledgeable! Everyone on our team loved the class and the drinks were fantastic. We genuinely would not have changed a single thing about our experience. Super grateful to Rebecca for making it so wonderful!

— Shannon, December 2024
We are not new to cocktail making and still felt the class was very informative. Rebecca was very friendly and knowledgeable! We would definitely take another class with her!
— Megan , December 2024

The class with Rebecca was awesome. She felt more like a friend and fit right into our small friend group class. We’ve been wanting to up our mocktail game and Rebecca taught us easy to make recipes that are significantly better than anything we were making before. Highly recommended.

— Vivek, February 2025

What an amazing experience! Rebecca was fun, knowledgeable and brought a twist to each drink we made!

My fiancé and I were picking drinks for our wedding, which made the evening extra special! Rebecca had so many tips for our special day outside of the drinks made.

— Malinda, September 2024
A little about me

Some call me a cocktail evangelist

I call me a human who is passionate about learning, educating and throwing a darn good party. Since 2014, I've taught cocktail history and disciplines to bar staffs and curious people virtually and in-person. I've crafted cocktail menus for bars and conducted cocktail parties for private in-home events, weddings and office happy hours all over the Bay Area Before 2020, I was the bar manager at San Francisco’s Bon Voyage!, and previously worked at Maialino, Barbuto and Dante in NYC.
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Surprise!! This sweet family sent the birthday gi Surprise!! 
This sweet family sent the birthday girl out for lunch while we set up for a surprise cocktail class 

I love being invited into homes for an intimate cocktail class experience. Class typically runs about two hours and each person crafts three cocktails. We share stories and laughs and discuss how to craft cocktails at home, efficiently and affordably 

All cocktails made in these classes can be made without alcohol, and I supply a variety of alcohol and alcohol-free options 

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Virtual cocktail classes are still going strong! Virtual cocktail classes are still going strong! 
One of my favorite cocktails to make, teach and drink is the Clover Club. Classically made with gin, this cocktail also tastes great with tequila or vodka or lan alcohol-free spirit or green tea. 

Berry Syrup
½ cup sugar
½ cup room temperature water
¼ cup berries (if using frozen, defrost first)
Add berries, sugar and water to mason jar
Attach lid and shake to dissolve sugar into liquid
Strain berries from liquid, discard berries
Store syrup in mason jar in fridge for up to 10 days
or add 2 tbsp alcohol to stabilize the syrup and to extend its shelf life
or freeze into ice cubes
defrost/melt before making cocktail

Clover Club
2 oz (¼ cup) gin, vodka, white rum or tequila
  Alcohol-free: cold tea - citrus, green or berry
½ oz (1 tbsp) dry vermouth or orange liqueur or fino sherry (all optional)
¾ oz (1.5 tbsp) lemon juice
½ oz (1 tbsp) berry syrup
1 egg white (or 1.5 tbsp aquafaba)
Add egg white to shaking vessel
Add all other ingredients to shaking vessel
Shake ingredients without ice for 60 seconds to activate egg white foam
Fill shaker with ice, shake hard for 7 seconds
Strain into a chilled stemmed drinking glass
Garnish with berries

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Craft Cocktail Classes are perfect events for a te Craft Cocktail Classes are perfect events for a team offsite. This class was held at @stablecafe. 

In class, we  focused on aperitifs and vermouths with low alcohol content (abv), and a variety of alcohol-free spirits.

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