Need some fancy new mixology skills? If so, good news, because Chicago offers an excellent selection of hands-on bartending classes.

Here are 4 mixology courses in Chicago to get your bartending skills on point. Please check out all the ins and outs below.

#1 Dirty Mixology & More @ Lone Owl Pub

Dates: Select Thursdays (after October 3rd), 7pm

Location: Lone Wolf Pub, 1333 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.

Lone Wolf Pub is located in the casual Lincoln Park district, where you can take a mixology class for beginners offered by Unmudded Spirits. They offer 2-hour free samples to get you started on cocktails for a beginner.

Learn how to correctly use shakers, jiggers and bar implements from professional bartenders. You’ll learn to make the best sours, highballs and old-fashioneds. And, of course, you will be allowed to drink all the samples.

Ticket prices range from $65 per person and make this a great time to have fun with friends and learn to be a bartender at home. You will return prepared to wow people with your creations.

#2 Fundamental Mixology Bartending Workshop at Discovery Center

Date: Saturday, October 5, 2:00 PM.

Place: Discovery Center, Downtown Chicago.

If you’re interested in learning everything you need to know to earn money behind a bar, this 6-hour course is for you. Under expert instructors, you’ll learn all about basics of bartending: measurements, tools, glasses, stock, garnishes, and mixing drinks from A to Z.

You’ll have a real-world experience preparing drinks like pros, from basic martinis and margaritas to creations made with smoked ice cubes and infused syrups. It’s a mixology class for $99 that’ll leave you ready to go host a party or try your hand at bartending.

#3 Flavors of Love Mixology at Chemistry Chicago

Date: Tuesday, October 15, 8:30 PM
Location: Chemistry Bar, South Loop, Chicago

Flavors of Love at Chemistry Chicago combines cocktail shake-and-dinner, if you’re looking for a twist on the traditional mixology class. A mixologist will teach you (and your loved one) how to create 2 custom cocktails.

Then you’ll eat an epic 3-course meal accompanied by your custom drinks. Pink lights, garnishes… it’s an amazing date night that costs $150 a couple. Mixing expertise and laughs you’ll hold for the rest of your life.

#4 Basic Witch Mixology at JoJo’s Pumpkin Patch

Date: Monday, October 7, 6:00 PM
Location: JoJo’s Shake Bar, River North, Chicago

In the “Potion Room” at JoJo’s Shake Bar, learn how to make some Halloween spirit with their Basic Witch mixology course. You’ll make chilling drinks from candy corn, black salt and pumpkin under creepy red lights.

You’ll discover dark takes on classics, and witch-tested mixing techniques. $55 includes the specialty glasses, themed accessories and a cookbook of recipes to brag about at Halloween. This is a dreadfully awesome way to learn bartending in the spirit of the holidays.