Wine School 101
The bar offers people drinks containing alcohol, right. Well sometimes people want to class the joint up a bit by ordering from the wine menu. So, you better have enough wine knowledge to handle whatever…
Footwear for Bartenders
You use them every shift. Often hours pass without you putting them down even once. The most used tool any bartender deploys is their feet. So why not spend some time figuring out the best…
How to Make a Moscow Mule
Sunshine and water bring out the cries for Moscow Mules in bars all across America. The rising temperatures, along with their being considered a classic cocktail, means you’ll be expected to know how to make…
How to Remember Names and Faces
There you are wishing you could crawl under the backbar and hide. A wonderful guest who you recall works as a creative executive at a well known magazine has just returned to your bar. Oh…
How to Make a Long Island Iced Tea
One of the essential drinks you’ll need to know how to make is a Long Island Iced Tea. It calls for a little of everything off the speed rail of well liquors. You’ll serve it…
Personal Hygiene for Bartenders
Your appearance behind the bar speaks volumes about the way you conduct yourself while running the show. I don’t care if you work at a club, saloon, or dive your personal hygiene and work attire…
Popular Shooters for the Bar
Oh the shots you’ll pour! Here is a ready made list of the top shots you’ll be asked to make for guests barside.
How to Make a Tom Collins
Nothing cuts the heat and humidity like a tall slender glass filled with a Tom Collins cocktail over ice. So famous and beloved they named the glass it is served in after the classic drink. …
How to Rim a Cocktail Glass
Bloody Mary’s, Lemon Drops, Sidecars, or Margaritas are just some of the cocktails where you’ll be called upon to rim the serving glass. Some places will have you only rim half the glass so as…
How to Make a Sidecar
The Sidecar stands as one of the most venerated cocktails that you’ll learn about when starting out behind the bar. You need to know how to make one. Today we’ll focus on making the cocktail…
