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…
How to Roll a Bloody Mary
You just got scheduled to work a weekend opening shift and your bar offers food. Well you better be able to put out a properly made Bloody Mary because the guests showing up will be…
How to Make a London Vesper
When your eyes itch and rubbing them feels like sandpaper, you know that Spring is in full effect. Now is the time to have plenty of warm weather cocktails on hand to dazzle and amaze. …
Cocktails Shaken or Stirred
When first learning about cocktails you have to decide which ones you’ll stir versus the ones you’ll shake. Some should always be shaken such as the Margarita, Amaretto Sour, and Mudslide. These drinks involve dairy,…
A Spring Cocktail Negroni
The weather is beginning to warm up so you would do well to begin offering lighter cocktails. If the thought of making pitchers of Skinny Margaritas put a chill down your spine then be sure…
How to Make a Skinny Margarita
It’s a surprisingly beautiful day to still be in the throes of Winter. Maybe too beautiful. The after work crowd is just starting to crescendo across your bar when the question comes. ‘Do you know…
Beer School 101
The world’s first food law was introduced to protect beer’s purity. 1516’s Reinheitsgebot which is German for Purity Law allowed for only water, barley, hops, and finally yeast to be used in the brewing process. …
On Making a Cosmopolitan
Having considered my earlier post regarding Essential Cocktails to Learn First, a revision is necessary. A cosmopolitan is one of the most butchered cocktails on the drink market today and one that is easy to…
