As part of the Bartender Knowledge Exchange at London Cocktail Week, Laurie Howells, Head Bartender at Archive & Myth, will lead an essential session on the foundations of flavour extraction.

In this deep dive, Laurie will explore the five key methods that every modern bartender should understand: cold infusion, hot extraction, enzymatic, pressurised, and mechanical. Each technique will be brought to life with real-world examples from the Archive & Myth bar programme, showing how they can be applied to elevate taste and unlock creativity.

With practical takeaways you can put into practice immediately, this session offers a fresh perspective on how flavour is built, layered, and transformed behind the stick — equipping bartenders with the tools to think differently about what’s in the glass.

Strictly for working bartenders only, free tickets will be allocated via ballot which you can join HERE. 

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The Bartender Knowledge Exchange at London Cocktail Week is a programme designed for bartenders to learn from some of London’s most respected venues.  Offering unrivalled access pre-or-during shift - these collection of peer-to-peer learning are a chance to sharpen skills and take inspiration back to the bar. Curated by festival founders Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhán Payne, these sessions connect hospitality professionals directly with the people shaping the industry in London right now. Tickets are incredibly limited - some with just a handful of tickets available.