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…
Fine-Straining Cocktails
What’s with the kitchenware behind the bar? We’re making drinks back here not prepping pasta for a large Spaghetti dinner! Relax Max what you’re looking at is a fine mesh strainer that is used to…
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…
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…
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,…