What to expect

Vodka is the national Russian alcoholic drink. Vodka is neither an aperitif nor a digestive. It goes well with food, especially Russian food. It is pure and simple.

“The secret of vodka is in the right snack and good company. Vodka perfectly accompanies Russian dishes: pickled mushrooms, herring with boiled potatoes, different types of cured fat (salo in Russian).

A nation’s character is determined by food and drink and Russian people, like any other nation, instinctively reach for a drink that compliments the food on their table. Many Russians piously believe that vodka is healthier and cleaner than other spirits.

We mostly drink it straight, but we also make many wonderful cocktails with Vodka. We will share with you secrets of the best, tastiest and most fashionable Vodka based cocktails by the best Russian barmen.

 

The event will be PRE-RECORDED but the Organizer will be live and ready to answer all your questions.


You may now access and see the Vodka Cocktail Masterclass session HERE


 

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Limited to 50 spots per session. Event Duration: 1 hour.

The event will be PRE-RECORDED but the Organizer will be live and ready to answer all your questions.

Today we will teach you how we drink Vodka in Russia. Vodka is the Russian national drink. We drink it straight and in cocktails. Today we will teach you how to make few Russian
fashionable cocktails with Vodka. Please watch, repeat learn how to make cocktails with us and enjoy.
We will start with Butterfly Fizz Cocktail created by Lotte Hotel barmen.

Recipes:
 “Butterfly Fizz”cocktail  by LOTTE Hotel

Ingredients:
Vodka Koskenkorva (lemon, lime & yarrow flavors) -50ml
Honey syrup -20ml
Lemon juice -10ml
Butterfly pea tea -50ml
Sage leaves – 10g
Blueberry -3 g
–   method:   Shake  with some Sage leaves, Serve with crashed ice, on top – Blue tea and Blueberries

The most fashionable hotel and bar of Saint-Petersburg is So Sofitel. We will proceed with cocktail making at the So Sofitel roof top bar.
Newly created Vodka Cocktail at the So Sofitel hotel is called “The 21st century”

“XXI Century” cocktail  by SO Sofitel hotel

Ingredients:
Russian Standard vodka – 30ml
Lychi liqueur -10ml
Cointreau liqueur -10ml
Lime – 35g
Mix all ingredients, add crashed ice, shake all ingredients, Serve with lime

From trendy Saint-Petersburg bars we will proceed to classic, traditional bars. The first bar that we will visit is the Lichfield bar at the Astoria Rocco Forte hotel. The bar is named
after famous photographer Patrick Lichfield whose photos are decorating the walls of the bar. Our host is Daniel the best barmen of the Rocco Forte Saint-Petersburg. We will learn
how to prepare Counselor cocktail with Daniel.

Counselor cocktail by Astoria Rocco Forte hotel

Ingredients:
Russian Standard vodka – 30ml
Advocaat liqueur -30ml
Amaretto liqueur (Di Saronno) – 20ml
Orange juice – 30ml
Lemon juice -10ml
Recipe: Mix, Shake; Strain, Serve with crashed ice and Grounded with dark
chocolate, enjoy!

Last but not the least our host is Belmond’s legendary bar where the bartender Alexandra will teach us how to prepare a very feminine cocktail “A million of Red Roses”.
Master class will is organized by Kalinka International DMC and will be led by Alina Kuznetsova Kalinka International DMC General Director.

“Million Red Roses”  cocktail by Belmond hotel 

Ingredients:
Russian Standard vodka – 5cl
Fresh grapefruit juice- 10cl
Lime juice- 1cl
Honey syrup- 3cl
Dry sparkling wine- 20cl
Crashed ice
Recipe: mix all ingredients except for sparking wine, shake in shaker, serve, add chilled
sparkling wine, drink and enjoy your cocktail

Organizer Info

Alina Kuznetsova

Alina Kuznetsova

Master class will is organized by Kalinka International DMC and will be led by Alina Kuznetsova
Kalinka International DMC General Director.
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