Copenhagen Distillery has a dedicated and nerdy staff, and we celebrate this with a series of top specialist cocktail masterclasses. So hurry to buy a ticket, the groups are small and the level will be towering.

Each month, one of our expert bartenders will select an exciting theme and present recipes, techniques and, not least, heist stories that unfold a very specific corner of the cocktail universe.

There will be plenty to learn for both the all-green home bartenders and all those who think they already know it all.

This October, we spotlight the complicated and sometimes opaque relationships that define and separate Fizz, Collins and Sour cocktails. Bartender and whisky maker Niki Fribert Lauridsen takes us by the hand and guides. What exactly are the differences? Where do the different drinks actually come from? And how do you make the right foam on your whiskey sour? That and much more will be answered while, of course, we also review the very basic techniques and principles that apply to cocktails in general.

In November, our Assistant Bar Manager Jasmin Liljudottir is focusing on hot drinks. It's cold and dark, and the world is full of hot cocktails. Mulled wine, vin chaud, mulled wine, glüh wein, hot punches and toddies, to name just a few. But how do you manage to make a good Gløgg? Why does it heat up? Copenhagen Distillery has won “most innovative” at DM in Gløgg three times, so of course we also need to get a bit avant garde.

The December course is all about Martinis in the company of our development manager and cocktail book author Sune Urth. New Year is around the corner and what's more festive than a Dry Martini. Join the workshop as we dive into the history of the martini. We're going to talk about vermouth, stirring techniques, Zen Buddhism, microcollapses and a little bit about James Bond. It's going to be geeky, it's going to be gin-heavy and it's definitely going to be festive.

January becomes a little less gray and gruesome than usual when our bar manager Tobias Larsen points his binoculars at New Orleans. The mythological jazz capital is home to a bevy of amazing cocktails, from la Louisianne and Sazerac to Ramos's Gin Fizz. It's going to be something to do with dusty jazz, heist stories and a lot of whiskey and brandy.

After the course, you can continue exploring the different tastes in Copenhagen Distillery's cocktail bar, where you can linger for drinks and cozy get-togethers.