Published on Dec, 2024
We're from the United States and we are big cocktail drinkers - old fashioneds, gimlets, martinis, sazeracs,whiskey sours, dark and stormy - you name it. We went to this because we had done wine and tapa tours in Madrid and Seveille, and this looked fun and (slightly) different. First, there are cocktails THEN tapas. I mistakenly thought it was a pairing thing - it was not. So don't be afraid when you're two cocktials in before the tapas come out (they are not the strongest, but if you're just used to wine or beer and didn't eat like us, then prepare for that). Second, the cocktails we made were almost fully out of a "Sex and the City" menu, which was hilarious to us. Cosmo, magarita, raspberry mojito, and espresso martini. We're mostly whiskey and gin people, but hey, when in Barcelona. Third, we were the only foreign tourists on this tour. The rest of the folk were from Spain and the ones we spoke to said this was the second or third cocktail experience they have ever had. Wild to us, but when you're wine is really good, I guess that makes sense. It was a fun time, going through the movements of making the drinks, talking and laughing about drink culture, and our Spainish colleagues helping us learn about their city while we tried to help them with their cocktails. It was different than we thought it would be but honestly a great time.