Join us at Commellini Estate for dinner and our summer cocktail class, Havana Nights!

In the late 1800s, when not busy conquering Cuba or digging the Panama Canal, American engineers, military personnel, and laborers experienced both the tropical environs and exotic drinks. Word of drinks like the Cocoyage, Queen’s Park Swizzle, and the ubiquitous Daiquiri spread.

Enter Prohibition in the 1920s, which boosted the tropical rum craze. Tourists from the dry states flooded Havana, drinking daiquiris and fizzes and creating the cruise line industry. The 1940s and 50s brought a flood of Americans to Havana to enjoy the drinks, music, and tropical paradise.

This rum-focused interactive class will enlighten the cocktail enthusiast while mixing and sipping a chronology of 3 drinks that tell the history of Havana. Immerse yourself in the world of mixology with our hands-on class set-up. You’ll find bartending stations equipped with all the necessary tools, fresh-made syrups and juices, prepped and ready ingredients, and vintage glassware. Shake, swirl, and sip in style as you deepen your knowledge of cocktails and develop your palate.

• Inspired by the Havana Conference of 1946 — rum, apricot, pineapple, lime, fizzy water, allspice bitters float, mint
• Presidenté Mario García Menocal inspired the drink enjoyed in Havana in the early 1900s — aged rum, dry vermouth, curaçao, orange bitters, grenadine, orange oil
• A Cuban cocktail class wouldn’t be authentic without “Papa’s” fav — silver rum, maraschino liqueur, lime, cran bitters, grapefruit, brandied cherry

The evening begins with dinner, followed by the cocktail class.

On the Menu for Dinner: Focaccia Bread, Commellini Caesar Salad, Pasta Bar Buffet Featuring three of the Commellini Estate Historical Sauces, including our Spaghetti with Gina’s Vegetable Marinara, Fettuccine & Albert’s White Wine Alfredo, and Rigatoni & Leda’s Meat Sauce.

Full details and to purchase tickets are at Commellini Estate –>> Click HERE! 

Email Renée if you have any questions at owner@raisingthebarNW.com