established in 2015.
50,000 cocktails poured and counting! For over 9 years we’ve hosted fun & engaging team socials, public events, and using the combined knowledge of dozens of Industry Professionals and mixologists, we’ve put together some of the best bartender training and private hospitality services available anywhere in the world. Welcome to the largest cocktail class program in Canada!
Cocktail Workshops
The original and still the very best. A cocktail workshop is the perfect get-together for couples, friends, team socials, and bridal parties. Learn to make your favourite cocktails, the history of prohibition, tropical recipes, and famous movie recipes. Every event has fun and challenging trivia games with prizes from our store. Our public events are scheduled monthly, with new themes added each season, sign up by yourself, with a partner, or a small group. Click below to sign up for an upcoming event, or contact us for a private booking across Ontario.
Private Events
Let us build the perfect team social. We’ve worked with brands big and small to deliver fun and engaging workshops year after year. Whether you just need a Bartender, are planning a Bachelor or Bachelorette Party, or a holiday party for the entire office, we’ll create a custom affordable quote for your group today. We can accommodate private groups from as few as 8 to 100 or more, with onsite or offsite bookings at our event space. Send us some info on our contact page and we’ll take it from there!
Starting from just $79 per guest
Custom gift options for each attendee
Non-alcoholic spirits always available
Fully licensed and Smart Serve Certified.
The Holiday gift guide!
This holiday season we have gift options for everyone, choose a pair of cocktail workshop tickets, (instantly available) one of our beautiful cocktail-inspired candles, or a signed hardcover copy of No Shots After Midnight!
Free Shipping for a Limited time!
Purchase any two gifts and receive free shipping anywhere in Canada until December 31st! Choose any candle and a book, two candles, or two books, any two items qualify! Cheers!
*Free shipping also applies to purchasing any physical product + a gift certificate, click here for details!
Cocktail Workshop Gift Certificates
The perfect Secret Santa, birthday gift, or for that person looking to add a bit of knowledge to their home bar setup. Purchase a gift certificate for a Cocktail Workshop today and get an instant code redeemable for any of our weekly events!
Burn the Well Candles
Our line of hand poured cocktail inspired candles are made from 100% soy and coconut wax with zero additives. Professionally poured right here in Toronto, each burns for 45 hours and will fill your home with an incredible scent blend inspired by our most popular cocktail recipes.Your candle is set in a beautiful cocktail glass that can be cleaned and reused.
Purchase from our partners at Cocktail Emporium in store or delivered across Canada, or at any Cocktail Workshop!
No shots after midnight
The collection of 25 original stories from over a decade spent working and traversing bars across the world, No Shots After Midnight is our Canadian best-selling cocktail book. With more than 4000 copies sold, Featuring unique artwork and photography from a kaleidoscope of talented contributors and original cocktail recipes from an international team of award-winning bartenders. Printed in Hardcover with dust jacket, 192 pages.
gift cERTIFICATES!
The perfect Secret Santa, birthday gift, or for that person looking to add a bit of knowledge to their home bar setup. Purchase a gift certificate for a Cocktail Workshop today and get an instant code redeemable for any of our weekly events!
preshift training Course $99
We created the first Canadian online bartender training program in 2018. Our long list of graduates work in pubs, arenas, nightclubs and speakeasy’s across Canada. Since the initial release we’ve added new content to keep you up to date on modern bartending techniques and recipes, so every graduate is ready for that first interview, first shift, and first impression.
Classic and modern Cocktails
Wine Knowledge with a Certified Sommelier
Beer Knowledge & Tasting with a Professional Brewer
Bar Tools and Techniques
Spirit Knowledge with a Professional Brand Ambassador
Using Egg Whites, Making Syrups, and Proper Ice
How to nail a working interview
How the Industry works
BareBones Bartending PreShift Training gives you instant access to our comprehensive Online Program as soon as you sign up, meaning there’s no waiting around to book class dates. It’s online, on the go, wherever you happen to be. If you’d like some practice behind a real bar, try a Cocktail Workshop where you can gain experience working with Professional Bartenders who will help with everything from industry insight, personalized tips, and how to nail your interview.
