Hello, I'm Cal!

I am honored to facilitate celebrations focused on joy, love and cocktails, Exactly how my parents taught me. Cocktails with Cal started as a virtual mixology happy hour. I taught clients across the country learning the art of crafting cocktails. Now, I am focused on doing in-person celebrations and classes. With each event, I serve up balanced and delicious cocktails, along with personality, and the space for the hosts to enjoy their party. I look forward to working with you so that you can enjoy your next event with a cocktail in hand at all times. Cheers!

My Story

I grew up son to the hostess with the mostess as my mother and the prepared party planner as my father. Every party, big or small, was a celebration that would put Gatsby to shame. Family, laughs and love were at the center of each of my parents parties... and so were cocktails. I was eager to start my journey as the next host with the most. As soon as I was old enough to hold a fifth of liquor, I was making my loved ones their favorite drinks. An old fashioned for my grandpa, a gimlet for my grandma, a Grey Goose, slightly slightly dirty, no vermouth martini for my mom and her sister, and a gin martini, 3 olives, "the way its meant to be" for my dad. Each cocktail particularly crafted and taught to me by, in my 13-year-old eyes, master mixologists.
This Is where my joy for making cocktails starts.
 
Once in college, I started working behind my first bar honing my skills on the classics and applying that to new concoctions to keep our regulars excited to come back. In 2020, COVID-19 caused our restaurant to close its doors for a few months. In that time, I did what we all did- drink. I started crafting crazy new cocktails with whatever we had in the house, posting them on social media. One day, a friend asked: "Can you teach me and a few people how to make these drinks? I'll pay you..." Well it all went a little blurry after that, all I'm sure of is this was the birth of Cocktails with Cal.