Austin’s Tipsy Texans Present:
“The History and Practice of Cocktail Mixology,”

The First in a Series of Ongoing Academic Programming:

Austin, TX—The Tipsy Texans, an Austin-based beverage consultancy, bartending team, and well-known voice in the blogosphere, have announced a 12-week intensive academic program covering all aspects of recreational tippling. Led by award-winning bartenders David Alan and Lara Nixon, the course begins on February XX, 2010. The course will begin with the origins of alcohol in pre-modern medicine, travel through cocktail history from the golden age of the 19^th century to the “noble experiment” of Prohibition and its aftermath, then conclude with the modern cocktail revival of the last decade.

Also included in the curriculum will be a class on each major category of spirits, with a lecture on the history and styles of the spirit followed by a hands-on discussion and demonstration of cocktails featuring that spirit. Other classes will cover such topics as Molecular Mixology and Garden-to-Glass bartending. Participants in the full course will be treated to field trips, special lectures and workshops covering diverse topics in cocktail mixology and hostpitality.

Classes will be taught by the team of Alan and Nixon with special guests such as Dorsey Barger of Eastside Cafe, Addie Broyles of the Austin American-Statesman and renowned bartender Bobby Heugel of Anvil Bar & Refuge (Houston.) Class size will be limited to twenty students. A limited number of interns will also be accepted for enrollment in a specialized independent study track.

Details:

• Registration deadline for full program is January 15, 2010.
• Regular classes will be held on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 at various locations
• Student enrollment fee is $350 for the full course, $250 for members of the United States Bartenders Guild.
• For students not seeking program certification, individual classes may be audited for tuition of $35 per class, when space is available.
• “Walk-in” registration for single classes may be made up until noon of the class day

If you are interested please fill out the form above under the tab “spirits class”, and you can e-mail me at boxcar@me.com.  See you there! And if you want to go ahead and enroll, just pay here with paypal!