My wife bought me a 4-hour "mixology" class through livingsocial and that's what my review is based on.
To start class we worked on timing how long we should pour in order to get the right amount of liquor using those plastic pour tops. But then later, the guy told us not to bother to buy those for home use. Ok, so why did we spend 20 minutes working on that?
We worked on some basic drink mixes, but since we were only using colored water so everything was judged by sight.
Overall the class seemed like it had no idea what its target market was. It certainly was not a "mixology" class or anything designed for someone other than a true beginner with drinks. It also seemed that the class might be designed for people just trying to get a basic bartending certificate. But then why the livingsocial deal?
Forgot to mention that during the 4 hours, one hour was spent watching a cheesy 90's video on wine, basically meant for servers, and then we were pretty much done 40 minutes early.
The class was definitely not worth the money or the time, especially if you are interested in anything beyond basic drink recipes. The class had no purpose or focus, you couldn't taste anything and half the things said were contradicted later. read more