MixBurgh Masters is a hands-on series for the people who take the craft seriously. For our first session, Sean Enright hosts the trade at Poetry Lounge in Millvale for a night of pure technique.

You will build three cocktails from the ground up, one shaken, one stirred, and one built in the glass, with full instruction behind each method. Ice and dilution, texture, balance, and the small decisions that turn a solid drink into a memorable one. This is the work that gets rushed on a busy shift, slowed down and walked through from first pour to final garnish.

We made the session for working bartenders and hospitality professionals, and we set it on a Monday so the people who run Pittsburgh's bars every weekend can be there. Poetry Lounge is the right room for it: craft cocktail quality with a dive bar soul, and a literary character all its own.

MixBurgh Masters leads into MixBurgh 2026, Pittsburgh's first Cocktail Weekend and Conference this November (Cocktail Weekend November 7 to 8, Conference November 9 to 11). Proceeds support the MixBurgh Foundation, the Pittsburgh 501(c)(3) building this city's craft cocktail community. Every ticket strengthens the local scene heading into the fall.

Seats are limited by the hands-on format. Claim yours and we will see you behind the bar.