Grand Mixology
Grand Mixology
in-person ⬝ interactive
Join the Pouring Ribbons for a hands-on and interactive mixology experience culminating with an Iron Bartender competition!
Perfect for groups or teams, you’ll learn to shake and stir like a true mixologist with hands-on guidance from the Pouring Ribbons team.
Bartending stations will be set up, where pre determined groups of 6, led by a Pouring Ribbons mixologist, will have actual hands-on experience shaking, stirring and mixing cocktails.
Each group nominates a leader and a best group drink.
Pouring Ribbons, along with a guest judge, will then choose 3 participants to compete in an Iron Bartender competition held in front of the entire group.
Guests will also enjoy a 1hr full open bar with a signature punch and a buffet as they enter the room and loosen up before the main festivities
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
How to shake, stir & mix cocktails
ON THE MENU
1 hour open bar
Welcome signature punch cocktail
1 hour open buffet
YOUR BOOKING INCLUDES
Exclusive use of Pouring Ribbons’ full space
1 hour full open bar with a signature punch and a buffet
1 hour interactive mixology experience
2.5 hours of open bar, music, food and festivities
GOOD TO KNOW
35-60 guests
Please book at least 5 days in advance to secure your requested date
IMPORTANT INFO
Proof of Covid-19 vaccination required (Excelsior app or card accepted)
ABOUT YOUR GUIDE
JOAQUÍN SIMÓ
Partner/Bartender, Pouring Ribbons
Joaquín Simó has traveled a long way from his native Ecuador in his search for the perfect daiquiri. Raised amongst Cuban family in Miami, he grew up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from his grandfather's farm and helping his father at his French bakery.
With his epicurean roots firmly established, he sought out new seasons in New England at Boston University. Through college and beyond, Joaquín tended bar in crowded college dives, raucous rock n' roll joints, neighborhood restaurants and trendy hot spots until becoming a part of the opening staff of New York’s acclaimed cocktail bar Death & Company.
His encyclopedic knowledge of all things food, spirits, beers and flavor combinations makes him the perfect guide when teaching a fledgling group, a new list or infusing a fresh sense of energy and excitement into a more experienced staff.
Joaquín served as deputy editor for the Food & Wine Cocktail books, contributing the Latin Drinks chapter, front and back matter, as well as recipe-testing both books.
Also named one of Playboy's Top 10 Mixologists in 2009, Joaquín has served as a panelist at Tales of the Cocktail, the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, the Copenhagen Spirits & Cocktail Conference and the Gourmet Latino Festival. A finalist at the 2011 Spirited Awards, Joaquín was awarded the coveted 2012 Spirited Award as American Bartender of the Year at Tales of the Cocktail.
About Pouring Ribbons
Pouring Ribbons is Imbibe Magazine's 2013 Cocktail Bar of the Year, Time Out NY's 2013 Best New Cocktail Bar, #44 on Drink International's World's Best Bars and their managing partner, Joaquín Simó, was voted as the prestigious American Bartender of the Year at the 2012 Tales of The Cocktail award ceremony. However, with all our accolades, what we they’re most proud is their customer service. At Pouring Ribbons, they place their guests on a pedestal, not the cocktails.