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Cocktail making girls trips, shaken for the girls

How many of the girls could actually make the drink they always order? This weekend you find out: your own bartender host, a shaker each, then dinner, drinks and somewhere to stay for all of you.

See the cocktail making weekendsPick your city
Where
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast
Group size
From six of you
Price
From $449 per person, somewhere to stay included
Your host
Your own bartender host
The girls laughing as one friend shakes her cocktail behind the bar

Why the girls keep picking cocktail making

Strong opinions. No qualifications. Until now.

This group has very strong opinions about cocktails and absolutely no qualifications. Between you, you’ve sent back a margarita for being too sweet, reviewed every espresso martini in town and argued about a garnish for most of a birthday dinner.

Everyone can rattle off everyone else’s order without looking up: the espresso martini loyalists on one side, the ones who order whatever has the best name on the other. What a normal night out never lets you do is step behind the bar and make it yourselves.

Your own bartender host is all personality and zero lecture. The shakers go hand to hand, every pour gets a round of applause whether it’s earned it or not, and somebody discovers an alarming natural talent with a cocktail shaker.

Nothing says friendship like knowing someone’s order, and nothing tests it like letting them make it.

What happens on a cocktail making girls weekend

Shake first, ask questions later.

A cocktail making girls trip with My Ultimate is a hands on cocktail class with your own bartender host, built into a whole girls weekend with somewhere to stay, food, drinks and a night out.

  1. Pink cocktails with mint and tiny disco ball garnishes lined up on a bar

    The bar is set for you.

    Shakers, jiggers and fresh garnishes, ready before you walk in. Somebody’s already practising her technique with an empty water bottle, and everyone’s pretending not to notice.

  2. A bartender straining a pink cocktail into a coupe glass at a lit bar

    Your host pours the first one.

    Your bartender host shows the group how the good stuff actually comes together, then hands over the shakers.

  3. Friends shaking and pouring their own cocktails at the bar

    Everyone shakes.

    Shake, stir and pour your own: two cocktails each in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, three each in Brisbane, and a hands on class in Melbourne.

  4. A shaker pouring a pink cocktail into a row of martini glasses

    Strain, garnish, taste.

    Every one comes with a garnish decision, a dramatic pour and a round of applause. Then everyone tastes her own and reaches straight for the glass beside it to compare.

  5. Two friends laughing as they shake cocktails at the bar

    Round two, now with opinions.

    By the second round the tasting panel is louder than the music, and the grazing or share plates between rounds disappear accordingly.

  6. Three friends smiling together on a night out in the city

    Glasses up, then on to the night.

    A rooftop, a garden bar or a beach club deck, a bottle or a cocktail waiting, and everyone back on the customer side of the bar with very informed opinions.

Four ways to do a cocktail making girls trip

Pick your city, pick your pour.

Each one is a whole girls weekend with the cocktail class built in: somewhere to stay, the food, the drinks and where to next, already in an order that works. Each city’s page has it alongside every other girls weekend there.

Prices are from, per person, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact dates.

Five friends cheering with cocktails around a marble table on a night out

Melbourne

Some decisions are better with the girls

Pour Decisions Club

Teaching this group how to make cocktails feels slightly dangerous, but here we are: lunch by the water, a hands on class at a hidden cocktail bar, then a cocktail each on a rooftop with the city around you.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in your own city apartment
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates by the water
  • A hands on cocktail making class with grazing plates
  • A cocktail on arrival at a rooftop garden bar
  • A discounted cocktail menu

See every detail of Pour Decisions ClubCompare Melbourne’s food and wine weekends

See Melbourne girls weekends
Two friends winking and pouting in a flash photo at a bar

Sydney

Your order, made by you

The Cocktail Side Quest

Two cocktails each in a velvet room that’s all yours for the class, hot grazing and bubbly at a cocktail lounge, then a rooftop bottle under the city lights.

From $499 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • Hands on cocktail making in a private room, two cocktails each
  • Bubbles on arrival and hot grazing platters
  • A discounted cocktail menu
  • Rooftop garden drinks with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of The Cocktail Side Quest

See Sydney girls weekends
Friends chatting over share plates and drinks in a red-lit booth

Brisbane

Shake first, ask questions later

Shake It Til You Make It

The critics finally step behind the bar: three cocktails each in a room hired just for your group, dinner under the neon lights, then a bottle of bubbly in a tropical garden bar.

From $449 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic city apartment
  • Hands on cocktail making with your own bartender, three cocktails each
  • Delicious grazing plates
  • Bubbles on arrival and share plates with neon glam vibes
  • A tropical garden bar with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of Shake It Til You Make It

See Brisbane girls weekends
Four friends dancing and pulling faces by a pool bar at night

Gold Coast

Every round comes with a confession

Confessions Of A Cocktail Lover

’I’ll tell you properly when I see you.’ Two cocktails each at a private class, mimosas and share plates at a beachfront restaurant, then a bottle of bubbly on the rooftop, where the good confessions come out.

From $479 per person, minimum of six

What’s included

  • Overnight accommodation in a chic coastal apartment
  • A private cocktail class with your own bartender, two cocktails each
  • Bubbles on arrival
  • Beachfront dining with mimosa sips and shared plates
  • A rooftop beach club with a bottle of bubbly

See every detail of Confessions Of A Cocktail Lover

See the Gold Coast girls weekends

What kind of girls group cocktail making suits

The ones who already have opinions.

It works for the espresso martini loyalists, the ones who order whatever has the best name, and everyone in between.

Three friends laughing together over bubbly in a lounge bar

The self-appointed critics.

You’ve reviewed every cocktail in town. Now you find out what it takes to make one.

The ones who’ve never shaken a cocktail.

That’s most of the bar, and exactly who your host is there for. All personality, zero lecture.

The home bar cart girls.

Everyone leaves with a few tricks worth remembering and a favourite worth attempting at home.

Friends who’ve never met.

Shakers going hand to hand break the ice faster than any introduction.

The ones with a lot to catch up on.

’I’ll tell you properly when I see you.’ This is when you see each other.

The birthday that wants more than a booking.

Not just cocktails out. A round you made yourselves, and a story about who poured it.

What pairs well with cocktail making

The rest of the weekend, sorted around the bar.

Every cocktail making weekend already works on its own. These are the things that sit beautifully beside it, and a few of them can be added to the weekends above.

A VIP nightclub booth

Put the new skills to the test from the other side of the bar. An extra on all four weekends.

More on nightclub booths

Grazing at the apartment

Something for the coffee table while the tasting panel reconvenes. An extra on the Melbourne and Sydney weekends.

More on grazing delivered

Brunch the morning after

Mimosas, made by someone else for once. An extra on the Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast weekends.

More on bottomless brunch

Tarot readings

Another round of confessions, with cards this time. An extra on the Brisbane and Gold Coast weekends.

More on tarot readings

High tea

Pinkies out, with a professional pouring. An extra on the Brisbane weekend.

More on high tea

Axe throwing

One competitive session leads to another. Its own weekend in every city.

More on axe throwing

Paint and sip

Another hands on session with a drink in hand. Its own weekend in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

More on paint and sip

Life drawing

Same group, a very different kind of concentration. Its own weekend in every city.

More on life drawing

A rooftop

Make your own, then order one with a view. Already in the Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast weekends.

More on rooftop bars

A topless waiter

Somebody else on bar duty for once. An extra on the Gold Coast weekend.

More on topless waiters

Karaoke

Shake your own, then sing. Cocktail making is an extra on the Sydney karaoke weekend.

More on karaoke

A boat cruise

Cocktails on the water first, then make your own. Cocktail making is an extra on the Melbourne cruise weekend.

More on boat cruises

Pizza making

Stretch, top and fight over the last slice. A pizza making class is an extra on the Melbourne weekend.

More on pizza making

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Good to know before your cocktail class

The small things the girls will ask about.

How many cocktails

Two each in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, three each in Brisbane. In Melbourne you shake, stir and mix your own through the class.

Food

Grazing or share plates keep the table going between rounds.

Your host

Your own bartender host, all personality and zero lecture.

What to wear

Whatever you’re wearing to dinner. Sleeves you can push up are a bonus.

Cocktail making girls trips with My Ultimate, at a glance

What it is
A hands on cocktail class with your own bartender host, inside a whole girls weekend.
Where
Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, at our cocktail bars. In Sydney the room is all yours, in Brisbane it is hired just for your group and on the Gold Coast it is a private class.
How many cocktails
Two each in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, three each in Brisbane.
Group size
All four weekends start from six of you. Fewer? Tell us how many when you check your dates.
Price
From $449 per person in Melbourne and Brisbane, $479 on the Gold Coast and $499 in Sydney, with somewhere to stay included, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates.
Who runs it
My Ultimate Girls Trip, part of My Ultimate, female founded in 2011.

Real girls trip reviews

In their own words, exactly as written.

Three women in pyjamas hugging and laughing in a hotel room

Somehow the weekend felt full and lazy at the same time.

I mean that as a massive compliment.

Rebecca W., 35
Three women in pyjamas piled on a bed together, cuddling

Everyone kept saying I'd nailed it.

Obviously I told them it was all me.

Sorry My Ultimate.

Emma L., 32

Read more girls trip reviews

My Ultimate has been creating unforgettable girls weekends since 2011, so we know a thing or two about bringing the girls together.

  • 2011Female founded and still founder-led
  • Thousandsof My Ultimate celebrations every year
  • 4.7on Google
  • IATAregistered and accredited under TIDS
  • Your hosta bartender host, all personality and zero lecture
  • Proudmajor corporate sponsor of Share the Dignity
Two friends hugging and grinning in the apartment kitchen

Booking a cocktail making class, or a whole girls weekend

Same shakers, a very different weekend.

Plenty of groups book a class and have a great time. Then comes the bit after: where to eat, who’s booking it, whose bar cart the night ends at, and everyone heading home in separate rides.

A cocktail making girls weekend with My Ultimate lines up the apartment, dinner and the last round around the class, so the appeals court on whose cocktail really won sits on the couch, with everyone there.

Somewhere to stay, already in it.One living room for the getting ready, the tasting panel and the morning coffee, stirred not shaken.
One front door at the end of the night.Nobody has to work out whose bar cart the night ends at, because everyone is already home.
You’re in the photo.Shaker raised, not on your phone working out where to next.

Meet Nyree, who started My Ultimate in 2011

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Girls trip idea: a cocktail making weekend. Our own bartender host, a shaker each, then dinner and drinks, with somewhere to stay for all of us.

Melbourne from $449pp, Brisbane from $449pp, Gold Coast from $479pp, Sydney from $499pp. Who’s in?

https://www.myultimate-girls-trip.com.au/cocktail-making-girls-trip

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Where you can do a cocktail making girls trip

Where are we going?

Pick your city to see its cocktail making weekend beside every other girls weekend there, prices and all. Found the one? Check your dates.

Four friends sipping rosé in a vineyard at duskMelbourneMelbourne girls weekendsFour friends on the bow of a boat raising glasses towards the Sydney Harbour BridgeSydneySydney girls weekendsA city skyline and river at golden hour, boats moored belowBrisbaneBrisbane girls weekendsFour friends laughing over drinks on an oceanfront deck at sunsetGold CoastGold Coast girls weekends

In Melbourne you can also compare every food and wine weekend side by side, prices and inclusions on one page. Every city’s girls weekends: Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, the Gold Coast.

Know what the girls want? Start a Melbourne girls trip wishlist, or check available dates for your group or call or chat with us on 1300 339 734.

Cocktail making girls trip questions

Asked a lot, answered here.

Still deciding? See what pairs well with cocktail making, or pick your city and see the weekends.

Do we need to know anything about cocktails?

No. Your own bartender host gets everyone behind the bar and shows you how the good stuff comes together, one step at a time.

How many cocktails do we make?

Two each in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, and three each in Brisbane. In Melbourne you shake, stir and mix your own through a hands on class.

How much does a cocktail making girls trip cost?

The four cocktail making weekends start from $449 per person in Melbourne and Brisbane, $479 on the Gold Coast and $499 in Sydney, with somewhere to stay included, for a minimum of six. Accommodation can cost more on busy dates such as school holidays, so we confirm the price for your exact weekend when you check availability.

Is the class just for our group?

In Sydney the velvet room is all yours for the class, in Brisbane the room is hired just for your group, and on the Gold Coast it’s a private class. In Melbourne it’s a hands on class at a hidden cocktail bar.

Is there food?

Yes. Grazing or share plates keep the table going between rounds, and share plates, lunch or dinner come with the rest of the weekend.

Can we do the class at our apartment?

The classes run at our cocktail bars, so the apartment stays free for getting ready and the debrief.

What else is in the weekend?

Your own apartment, then food and drinks with the group: lunch by the water, hot grazing, dinner under the neon lights or a beachfront table, and a rooftop, a garden bar or a beach club deck to finish.

What goes well with cocktail making?

A VIP booth, grazing at the apartment, brunch the morning after, tarot readings or high tea. Some are already in the weekends and some can be added; each city’s page shows what’s in each weekend.

Can we just book the cocktail class?

Cocktail making with My Ultimate comes inside a whole girls weekend, with somewhere to stay. Pick your city to see the weekends in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and on the Gold Coast.

How many of us do we need?

All four cocktail making weekends start from six. Fewer than that? Let us know how many of you there are. We cater for groups of many sizes.