Milwaukee cocktail week starts Wednesday. The week features cocktail pairings at many of the area's best restaurants, mixology lessons and distillery tastings.

Events start tonight at two restaurants: Morel Restaurant on S 2nd and Goodkind in Bay View.

The restaurants will offer a four-course dinner paired with great lakes distillery cocktails from 6:30 until 9:30 PM.

There's also the opening night cocktail competition at The Hamilton on E. Hamilton. The competition starts at 7 PM.

The celebration of Milwaukee’s cocktail culture runs through next Tuesday.