MASTERING THE BACKYARD BAR

Learn to make fresh, organic, bar-quality summer cocktails for patios, decks, cookouts, and backyard entertaining. Mastering the Backyard BarSimple & Delicious Summer Cocktails for Easy Entertaining Going out is getting more expensive. Your backyard bar is about to get a lot better. Join us at The Distillery for Mastering the Backyard Bar, a hands-on cocktail class designed to help you create fresh, organic, bar-quality cocktails at home — perfect for patios, decks, cookouts, family gatherings, and summer nights with friends. In this class, you’ll receive hands-on instruction and sample four different cocktails, featuring one cocktail from each major spirit category: vodka, gin, organic agave spirits, and bourbon. You’ll learn how to build balanced cocktails using fresh citrus, organic spirits, quality mixers, simple syrups, proper technique, and easy garnishes — the small details that turn a good drink into a great one. But the real value is what you take home. Each guest will receive a printed cocktail guide featuring 12 different summer cocktail recipes, including single-serving recipes, batch recipes, shopping lists, required tools, and step-by-step instructions so you can recreate the experience at home. We’ve done the planning, measuring, testing, and organizing for you. You’ll leave with the skills, recipes, and confidence to host your own backyard cocktail night without spending the whole evening stuck behind the bar. With more than 35,000 ticketed hands-on cocktail class experiences hosted over the past eight years, Western Reserve Distillers is one of Ohio’s most experienced names in consumer cocktail education — and we’re right here in your backyard. Your ticket includes instructor-led demonstrations, cocktail samples, one hands-on cocktail-making experience, all tools and ingredients used during class, and a take-home recipe packet built for summer entertaining. And because our classes are held right inside our gift shop, you can grab a bottle of our award-winning organic spirits immediately after class and start your backyard bar journey the same day. One quick trip to the grocery store for fresh citrus, mint, mixers, and a few simple ingredients — and you can be making fresh, organic, bar-quality cocktails at home that evening. Fresh ingredients. Organic spirits. Better cocktails at home.