Cola de Gallo Mixology

Fall tropi-vibes at Cola de Gallo:
Rum Old Fashioned with Demerara syrup. / Ponche pa’ Casa

Cola de Gallo is here to tend to your tropi-jangueos, cocktail hours, weddings, work-parties, mixology classes, and much more!

Hit us on the DM for custom-made imbibing experiences! 📥

We make delicious cocktails and mocktails focused on Latin American spirits, ingredients, and drinks. We love to teach about the social and natural history of these spirits. And we love to have a good a** time, ¡por los buenos tiempos!

Photo of the Cola de Gallo team tending the wedding of Anna and Evan ♥️ by .light.inyou

It’s been a while y’all! Here’s the latest update: we’re fully vaccinated and available for small in person events, mixology classes and weddings! We’re still doing our renowned online mixology classes of course. So hit that DM for details.

*in person events only in Chicago area*

🚨Sign up ASAP!🚨
Starting this Thursday March 11. Join us for Yoga and ‘Tails: a 4-week physical and (spirit)ual wellness course featuring low-impact yoga and high-impact cocktails and mocktails. Learn more about our facilitators and .cocktails here and send us a message to sign up before Tuesday March 9!!

Thank you all who joined us last Friday for our first of (hopefully many) Live Tropi-Hours! If you'd like to be a live participant at our next free live event, or if you want to schedule your own private mixology virtual class, send us a message and make sure to like and follow this page and our instagram :)

*GIVEAWAY!* More info below:
Tropi-hour: a special live showing of a Cola de Gallo Mixology Class, with our host, Miguel! Learn about the Cuban 1930s and how bartenders safeguarded local recipes and jobs from the encroaching mobster boom of the American Prohibition Era.
*Learn how to mix your own Cuban classic: La Chaparra
*Join us as a participant via zoom! (details below)
Friday Feb. 26 at 6:00PM CST

Want to join us as a live participant?
We’ll be selecting three winners for our free live class giveaway through here!

START DATE FEB 16
END DATE: FEB 23
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How to Enter in three easy steps:
Rules:
1. Follow us .cocktails (¡Gracias! ;))

2.Tag a friend. (Each tag per message is an entry), tell them what cocktail you’d treat them to right now.

3. Optional : Share this post in your story or post. We will give you a free cyber air shot to show our appreciation!! Please tag us ;) .cocktails or .

Look at the amazing work our friends and familia are doing to support the fight against food insecurity in our communities! Much love to Amor Y Sofrito and Urban Pilón for building community power through collaboration and mutual aid!

The South Side Mutual Aid Group Fighting Food Insecurity with Meals that Feed the Soul – Borderless Magazine Farm, Food, Familias partners with diverse chefs to bring meals with cultural specificity to Black and Latinx communities in need.

Trying out some prohibition-era recipes from the 1930 bartender’s manual of the Club de Cantineros de la República de Cuba.

Drinks (in order of appearance):

🇨🇺El Presidente🇨🇺feat:
- 3 Estrellas
-Homemade Grenadine
- Blanc Vermouth

🌆Bronx Cocktail🏙 feat:
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- Italian Vermouth
- French Vermouth
-fresh squeezed Orange juice

🏴‍☠️Modified Colonial Cocktail (Calling it the Anti-Colonial)🏴‍☠️ feat:
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🇲🇽 Lime peel

Some of the ingredients for these drinks are no longer in production so a little research has to be done to find close “cousins.” A drink, even one “invented” 100 years ago will always be a reflection of present day society.

Meditate and imbibe mindfully. Join us for the first collaborative Yoga and Mocktails online experience! Featuring the wonderous Yoga skills of and the humorous cocktail/mocktail antics of our master mixologist Miguel. This January 28 at 6:00PM.
🚨Limited number of spots are available 🚨
DM For details.
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Very few spots left! Sign up before they’re gone. Super excited for this collaboration with Urban Pilón and Bandolero's Spirit Solutions!!

⁣New 2021 Cooking Classes by Urban Pilón Announced!!! ⠀
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“Cocina Caribeña y Cócteles-Cooking & Mixology Series” with mixologists from Bandoleros Spirit Solutions & Cola de Gallo Cocktails. This series of classes will now be on Friday’s. Classes start January 22nd til February 12th at 6pm Central Time (4 Weeks). Learn and cook along with myself and mixologists who will help host. Your ingredient list will be provided a week before class. Follow along using fresh, easy to source ingredients while staying within a budget. Spaces will be limited. Inbox for questions. Thank you ⠀
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Check out urbanpilon.com and reserve your spot in bio.