Creative Cocktail Consultants Corporation

Beverage Consultant, Designer of Signature Cocktails, Lecturer on Spirits, Cocktails & Fine Dining Beverage Standards
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CREATIVE COCKTAIL CONSULTANTS
IS THE SOLUTION FOR YOUR BEVERAGE PROGRAM
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What do we do?
 
Creative Cocktail Consultants offers a wide variety of beverage services and solutions for establishments looking to upgrade, design or redesign their beverage program. 
 
World renowned mixologist Brian Van Flandern has created
multiple cocktail/beverage programs for some of America's most prestigious hotels, resorts and restaurants.  He has custom  designed cocktails for famed Chefs Thomas Keller, Mario Batali and Michel Richard.  His original recipes can be found in New York, London, Paris, Washington D.C., Miami, Los Angeles, Sante Fe, Seattle, Sydney and other major cities all around the world.
 
Listed below are just some of the services that CCCC offers their clients: 

 
Original Cutting Edge Cocktail Lists 
Let us create a list of cocktails that are appropriate to your demographics and clientele.  Your list will be designed to be easily read and enticing to your guests.   We will create each cocktail in person for your staff to taste and duplicate.  Every consideration, from glassware to garnish will be provided for the staff to consistently create great tasting cocktails that are aesthetically pleasing to the eye and palate.  
 
Custom Designed Specialty Cocktail
Your establishment may request a unique specialty cocktail.  Brian Van Flandern is noted for his remarkably delicious cocktails using unusual or exotic fresh ingredients.  Great thought will go into creating a libation that is completely original, tasty and appropriate to the locale in which it will be served.  It's name will reflect some element of it's surroundings and will have a story that can be related to guests if they ask.

 

Standardized Recipes With Pictures And Instructions
Consistency is essential to a sucessful cocktail program.  Let us standardize your top ten most commonly ordered cocktails.  If you go into ten different bars and order a COSMOPOLITAN, chances are you will get ten different drinks. With our standardized techniques each cocktail will include its own recipe and detailed instructions.  Photographs can be taken to make an employee handbook.  
 
Our Proven Methodology For Creating Consistently Well Balanced Cocktails  
If requested Brian Van Flandern himself will come to your establishment and personally teach your staff his proven methodology for making perfect tasting cocktails each and every time.  He will teach your staff the fundamentals of flavor profiling, the components of a proper cocktail and a course on how to make simple and great looking garnishes.
 
 
Detailed History Of Cocktails And Spirit Education
Every spirit has a story which is an invaulable tool in upselling.  Let us teach your staff about the history of brand name spirits and cocktails.  In a highly informative and entertaining Power Point presentation, Brian Van Flandern answers all your questions about spirits.  How are they made? What is the difference between Vodka and Gin?  Bombay and Bombay Saphire?  Cognac vs. Armagnac?  Eau-de-vie's/Brandies?  Sherries?  Akavit?  What's a Single Malt Scotch?  Blended Scotch Whiskey?  The difference between  Scotch and Irish Whiskey?  Canadian Whiskey?  Tennesse Whiskey?  Kentucky Bourbon?  Liquers vs. Liquor?        
 
Fine Dining Beverage and Wine Standards
Learn from a Michelin Three Star bartender proper fine dining service techniques.  In a hands-on lecture, we show your staff how to handle every possible permutation of beverage service:  How to properly open a bottle of wine/champagne tableside.  How, when and where to place and remove stemware.  Determining who is the host and how to present a bottle.  What to do with the cork, who to pour to and in what order. 
 
Bar Layout And Design
Whether you are creating a bar from scratch or renovating an existing bar we can help.  Brian Van Flandern brings over twenty years of experience to bear in helping you design the layout of your bar.  From dishwashers, to glassware, waste bins to refrigerators, Brian Van Flandern will offer his expert tips for reducing costs while increasing profit.