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Learn the rules of cocktail making — then break them.

Master the classic cocktails every bartender knows — right from home. Built by working bartenders in Madrid, tested in real bars.

改良 · Learn. Practice. Elevate. Repeat.

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The school, at a glance

One bar. All connected.

Not a menu of links: it's how it all fits. You learn the why, practise it, keep it organised in your bar, and break it in the Lab. Then round again.

Learnlearn

Learn

The why behind every drink.

Flavour encyclopediaClassicsJournalGlassware

↓what you learn, you break in the Lab

Practicepractise

Practice

The craft, hands-on.

PracticeQuizPour costPrebatch

→you practise the classics you learn

Your barorganise

Your bar

Everything organised.

Bottle shelfIngredientsInventory

→with what you've got, you know what to pour

The Labbreak

The Lab

Break it and twist it.

Break a ClassicMood boardBuild your menuTechniques

↺what you create comes back to the menu

It all belongs to the whole.

Learn→Practise→Organise→Break↺then round again, one level up.

One goal

Learn by playing. Level up.

It all comes together, structured and gamified on Skool: you climb the ladder at your pace, with the community pushing you. Teams is the goal.

Guest·Barback→Bartender→Teams

Levels and a clear path, rung by rung.
Monthly challenges and a community of 50+ bartenders.
Earn discounts and unlock the school's tools.

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The community

The school lives on Skool

Recipes, courses and the whole method — plus a room full of working bartenders — live in our Skool community. On your laptop and in your pocket.

· Courses, the levelled path and micro-quizzes
· A hidden room for people who take mixology seriously
· On the web and in the Skool app

Enter the community

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The Mixology School community on the Skool app

Around the bar

One bar, 13 countries.

From Madrid to Melbourne, 56 people learn the method with us on Skool. Every flag on this globe is someone in the room.

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countries: 13; countries
continents: 6; continents

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The deck

Start with the five that teach the rest.

Master these and roughly 80% of the modern canon starts to make sense. Swipe from one to the next; tap a card to see its mise en place.

Classic · Built

Mise en place

Negroni — equal parts

Gin, red bitter and sweet vermouth. One big cube and an orange peel.

See recipe

Every classic

The whole deck, framed.

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Negroni

Daiquiri

Old Fashioned

Margarita

Pornstar Martini

Martini

Whiskey Sour

Americano

Boulevardier

Sidecar

Caipirinha

Bellini

Manhattan

Mojito

Moscow Mule

Espresso Martini

Tom Collins

French 75

Aperol Spritz

Sazerac

Alexander

Angel Face

Aviation

Bee's Knees

Between the Sheets

Black Russian

Bloody Mary

Bramble

Brandy Crusta

Canchanchara

Cardinale

Casino

Champagne Cocktail

Clover Club

Corpse Reviver #2

Cuba Libre

Dark 'N' Stormy

Don's Special Daiquiri

Fernandito

French Connection

French Martini

Garibaldi

Gin Basil Smash

Gin Fizz

Grasshopper

Hanky Panky

Hemingway Special

Horse's Neck

IBA Tiki

Illegal Mezcal

Irish Coffee

Jungle Bird

Kir

Last Word

Lemon Drop Martini

Long Island Iced Tea

Mai Tai

Martinez

Mary Pickford

Mimosa

Mint Julep

Missionary's Downfall

Monkey Gland

Naked and Famous

New York Sour

Old Cuban

Paloma

Paper Plane

Paradise

Penicillin

Piña Colada

Pisco Punch

Pisco Sour

Planter's Punch

Porto Flip

Rabo de Galo

Ramos Gin Fizz

Remember the Maine

Russian Spring Punch

Rusty Nail

Sea Breeze

Sex on the Beach

Sherry Cobbler

Singapore Sling

South Side

Spicy Fifty

Stinger

Suffering Bastard

Tequila Sunrise

Three Dots and a Dash

Tipperary

Trinidad Sour

Tuxedo

Vesper

Vieux Carré

Zombie

Chartreuse Swizzle

Cosmopolitan

White Lady

Tommy's Margarita

The series Break a classic — vermillion brush lettering

One classic, broken a thousand ways. Every twist is a lesson in design.

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The Mixology School classroom on Skool — courses and levels, on the app

Inside the school

Not a recipe list. A way of thinking.

Every module is built like a study kit — flavor architecture, balance and the creative logic behind a great drink. Short lessons, flashcards and two-minute quizzes, so it sticks.

Short lessons
Flashcards
2-minute quizzes
Real bar skills

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5-question quiz

Which classic cocktail are you?

Answer five quick questions and meet the drink that matches your taste — then learn to make it.

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The Journal

Go behind the spirit.

Field notes from the world of drinks — how they're really made, told by the people who make them.

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Studied with

October 2026The origin

The count who broke a classic

Florence, 1919: Camillo Negroni swaps the soda for gin and, without knowing it, invents the method — breaking a classic on purpose. The prelude to the Lab.

Florence, 19194 min read

September 2026Entre Compas · Agaves

The third agave

A cata of cocuy at Viva Madrid — Venezuela's wild agave spirit, and why most of the room didn't know it was agave at all.

Viva Madrid · Madrid5 min read

July 2026Entre Compas · Agaves

That's not water down there

A sobremesa at La Mezcaloteca, and the quiet arithmetic of how real mezcal is actually made.

La Mezcaloteca · Oaxaca4 min read

September 2026Pisco Sarcay

No water, no oak, no second pass

A pisco cata with Sarcay — and why Peru's grape spirit might be the most honest pour on the back bar.

Ficus · Madrid4 min read

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