"I'm sure other people have made a teatini with iced tea," says T.O. Bevy's Ernie McIvor, who dreamed up the steamy-tini. "But this is a Manitoba first.... Can you imagine if it's 35 below and you come in and have one?"

"There's bound to be something for everybody," [Peter Wilk] says. "But it's not just the chance to try the cocktails. You'll see the whole art of making the cocktail. They'll show you how to muddle (crush) the mint leaves for mojitos. They'll show you the proper method for shaking and straining."

"The first thing people want to make sure is that they have a safe ride home," he says. "Unlike wine, where you'd start with white and work your way to red, it's tough to say which ones to go to first. You'd probably want to save the creamy drinks for last. You might want to start with the martinis."