Drink & Learn

Do not miss this tour! Elizabeth is a walking talking history book when it comes to NOLA and Cocktails. Fun, informative, and who doesn’t love to stroll and drink! WE have done this tour twice during out annual St. Patrick’s day trip! So fun for groups, buy her book to read even more!

We had a great time on this tour. We will tell everyone we know that Drink and Learn is a «must do» whenever you visit New Orleans.

We did Elizabeth’s cocktail history tour as a part of a bachelor party weekend for 9 guys in early October. I’m a history buff but I know some of my friends aren’t, so I was a little unsure how the tour would go over. All of us loved it. Elizabeth is engaging, funny, knowledgable, and entertaining. The stories were fascinating and the drinks were strong. Our weekend covered as much of New Orleans as we could get to in 48+ hours, and the Drink and Learn tour was one of the highlights for all of us. I cannot recommend it any higher.

We did the Drink & Learn in early October of this year. What an experience! The drinks were fabulous, her method is thought out and structured well, she is hilarious and filled with a ton of knowledge about all things NOLA and cocktails. We have raved about this tour to everyone we know going to NOLA. This is a can’t miss tour! Book it! You will not be disappointed!

Book it. You won’t regret it. No need to keep reading.
Elizabeth Pearce knows her stuff. She wrote a book about drinking in the French Quarter and it is just as funny and charming as she is.
This tour focuses on the unique history of New Orleans through the evolution of the alcoholic beverages it is famous for. And guess what? You get to sip those beverages as Elizabeth tells you about them. #interactive
They are stored handily in plastic cups that you carry with you in an insulated satchel. Hells to the yes. My husband was slightly skeptical of the man bag, but it soon proved itself both handy and fashionable.
Elizabeth mixes all the drinks herself, provides you with a koozie and straws, and even includes a recipe card to take home.
I don’t feel the need to regurgitate the facts I learned… Why read them here if you are going to take the tour? Just know that Elizabeth keeps you throughly entertained. There was one point where she jumped into a monologue of Judge Sweat’s Whisky Speech that was amazing. It really added to the ambiance of my Sazerac.
The only thing I would redo is take the tour a little later in the day. We did 1pm which was great because it was light out, but then we didn’t keep the happy little buzz we got during the tour going, so we ended up going back to the hotel for a catnap later in the day.
I took two other tours through French Quarter Phantoms and Elizabeth blew them out of the water.

I did this tour while on a trip to New Orleans with my family in April. The tour was really fun and informative, and Elizabeth was a great tour guide. I highly recommend this if you like alcohol and fun New Orleans history. Of all the tours we did on our trip, this one was everyone’s favorite.
Some tips to prepare you for your tour: 1) Bring water. You get a tiny bottle of water in your little drinks bag, but if it’s hot and you need hydration, it’s not enough. 2) Eat a decent meal and don’t drink any alcohol beforehand. 3) If you are lightweight (and especially if you haven’t eaten a meal and/​or you had a drink before the tour started), do not force yourself to finish all of the drinks on the tour (particularly the Sazerac). I made this mistake and was pretty much plastered by the end of the tour (much to the amusement of the rest of my family, all of whom have a much higher tolerance for alcohol than I do).

We had so much fun! I came with a bachelorette party of 9 and Elizabeth was wonderful! She had so much great information to share and definitely kept us entertained with her humor and knowledge. We had a mixed group of heavy drinkers and those that didn’t partake as much and I think we all equally enjoyed it and those who chose to partake to the fullest left nice and sauced! I would definitely recommend this to everyone!

This is a great tour, especially if its your first time in New Orleans! Elizabeth is a fun, energetic tour guide and she knows her stuff.
You get a little cooler of drinks that you can open along the way and she stops at a few key spots to give you a fun, detailed history lesson. I usually fall asleep during history lessons but this made learning fun!
The drinks were legit too — strong and delicious. Totally worth the $ 50 for the tour!

Really fun and worth the money. Well made drinks INCLUDED. Elizabeth really adds some flavor to her stories that I didn’t get with other tour guides.

Wonderful way to spend the afternoon! Elizabeth makes it fun to learn about the history of New Orleans booze. Can’t beat walking and drinking. Highly recommended.

A group of us did this tour in January 2015. It was definitely one of the highlights! Elizabeth was so knowledgable about the city and the origins of her beverages. I thought at first we were going to be visiting different local bars — but no, she showed up with these cute little cooler bags that had 4 drinks in them. At every stop, she’d tell us which drink to pull out and she gave a thorough explanation of it’s origin along with other historical facts.
If you’re looking to drink at bars on Bourbon… this is not the tour for you. We drank and walked around the city for two hours.
If you’re looking for something different and want to add a little history lesson into your trip… then this tour is well worth it!
We even got to keep the Drink & Learn koozies! :P

Great tour. Elizabeth is extremely knowledgeable on the history of the city and it’s relationship to its cocktails. I urge anyone who loves drinking and learning to take this tour. This was an absolute highlight of our excellent trip to NOLA

Best money spent on a tour! Elizabeth is so knowledgable in New Orlean’s history and tying it all in with drinks, the tour is about 1.5 hours of entertaining stories and delicious drinks! Can’t wait for the traveling drink and learn tours!

Best tour I went on while visiting New Orleans! The best way to learn history is to drink & learn! Liz is hilarious too. It was a little hot and more stops inside places would be nice, but it was still amazing!

I am not a huge Unilocaler but I had to log on to leave a review for Drink & Learn. Elizabeth and her tour are so much fun, and so informative. A group of 13 of us did this on 2÷8÷14 after brunch on our first full day in the city, and everyone raved about it. The drinks are tasty, the info is thorough and it is the perfect intro tour to New Orleans. Even if you do not want to overload your schedule with planned activities — as we did not — do yourself (selves) a favor and book this.

Best part about this tour: I was pretty buzzed by the end of it. Worst part: some of the ‘notable stops’ along the tour were remarkably un-​notable. One person joked that it was like a homeless drinking tour of the French Quarter, and I’m obliged to agree! Some of the notable stops were: a parking garage and the steps in front of some government building. I’ll be the first to admit I don’t care much for history, but I would have liked if the tour actually visited some of the more historical bars still in existence. It was kind of a bummer to visit places that used to be important but were now parking garages! I felt a little bad for Elizabeth since it is obvious she is very passionate about her work. The other lady on the tour (I don’t remember her name, but her main job seemed to be to hand out drinks and keep people together) did not seem to be very pleasant. It was also a bit disappointing that the drinks were pre-​made and not made in front of us. If I were to do only one tour of NOLA, it would definitely not be this one.

Recently spent a long weekend in New Orleans. This was one of the few planned activities we took part in.
The tour was excellent (if rainy) and the drinks were fantastic.
I can say that this tour is what you make it. Our tour was full and made up of a large group and then 3 – 4 smaller groups (2 – 3 people). We enjoyed the stories, the history and the surroundings. The larger group seemed to be «too cool for school» and their lack of enjoyment could have done us in. However, we persevered and had a great time.
I would recommend to anyone going to NOLA for a great twist on a the walking tour and some great drinks to boot.

Such a great time. If you are up for a fun, interactive and informational tour then do this.
We learned a ton about the history of the city and it’s culture and it was such a fun way to do it. You could tell as we walked around other people watched on wondering what we were doing and wishing they were doing it with us!
Worth every dime. We will do this again.

Let me start off by saying that Elizabeth is awesome! I had been looking forward to this tour since I booked it a couple of months ago and all the anticipation was rewarded with a wonderful tour.
Elizabeth is extremely knowledgeable and funny, a perfect guide for the two hour tour of the French Quarter. Her cocktails are delicious and the stories that accompany them are thoroughly researched and impeccably presented.
I’m already looking forward to my next visit to New Orleans so I can book this tour again.

I haven’t been able to experience The Cocktail Tour firsthand yet, but I can tell you that my wife and a bunch of friends & family had a fantastic time on their «girls outing» the day before I got married. Given the lineup of a Sazerac, Hurricane, St. Charles Hotel Punch, Praline liqueur, and bottled water I’m pretty confident you’d pay just a good amount anywhere in the French Quarter while not having nearly as much fun as The Cocktail Tour. Be aware that people with a low alcohol tolerance (such as my wife) will leave the tour not only happy because of all they have learned and enjoyed about the tour but also with a happy buzz to start their Friday evening (tours are Fridays at 6pm, or by appointment for larger groups such as my wife’s crowd).
Everyone in the group of varying ages and backgrounds really enjoyed the history (okay, everybody obviously was over 21) and they kept talking all night about how much fun it was. I, unfortunately, was stuck at home de-​veining shrimp and making jambalaya for our open house that evening so I clearly got the bad end of the deal. Whenever we have people in town though — or even when we want to head into the Quarter on a Friday — I have no reservations about recommending The Cocktail Tour and I look forward to checking it out myself at some point.