Learn the history of bitters and about its journey from being a cure-all medicine peddled by snake oil salesmen to its modern-day usage as the most common cocktail additive in the world. Explore how the wide array of today’s bitters shapes the cocktail scene and then develop your own to enhance your libations at home. Class will include a wide variety of flavors and botanicals to make your own bitters in a reusable jar and infusion bag to continue your own bitters making journey at home.   

The founder of Arkansas Mixology, Dillon Garcia is a leader in the Arkansas hospitality industry and a past president of the Arkansas chapter of the United States Bartenders Guild. He runs multiple cocktail programs across the state, including at Allsopp & Chapple and the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock.