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Bartending Tips For Making Better Drinks
By Barry J Smallhorn
Being a bartender can be a fun, yet rewarding job. For those
who choose bartending as a profession, it is important to always
stay on top of your game. You have to keep late nights, deal with
people who are consuming alcohol, and on top of that, you always
need to keep a happy face!
No one wants a bartender who has a frown on his or her face and
is slow to make a drink. Whether you have been a bartender for
forty years or are just starting your first bartending job, it
is important to keep yourself updated on changes and new ways
to improve your craft. You can learn bartending tips that will
help you do just that; from knowing your basic drinks to creating
your own cocktails.
One of the most important things is to know your drinks! It is
very disappointing to go to a bar and realize that the bartender
doesn’t know how to make your favorite cocktail! As a bartender,
you should be extremely familiar with all things about bartending.
There are several bartending books out there that list drink after
drink.
Know Your Glassware
Grab a few of them and read them whenever you have a spare moment.
Use the internet as well. Knowing how to review your options and
prepare a rare drink by heart is sure to make your bartending
skills a hit! Know your glassware! This may seem crazy but the
glass you use for your mixed drinks truly does matter. Part of
the excitement of ordering a martini is getting it in the signature
glass!
After you know the basics, the best bartending tips are all about
the methods used to make drinks. One of these is how to accurately
stir a drink before it is served. This requires a stirring spoon,
or a stirring stick and a mixing glass. You should pour your ingredients
into the mixing glass and stir in a clockwise motion, slowly.
Building Your Drinks
After you have stirred, pour the mixture over the cold ice. Using
this technique should accurately and smoothly mix drinks to your
customer’s wishes. A wonderful piece of advice for pouring a drink
is about building it, and with some drinks, creating layers may
be required; first with ice, then any spices, then with the alcohol.
It seems so simple but even the simplest tips can create the highest
level of service!
Whatever your trouble, mixing drinks properly, trying to learn
a particular drink combination or whatever it is, the important
thing to remember is that you can keep learning. Even if you have
been bartending your whole life, you can never be too experienced
to reject new information.
Bartending Tips Online And In Bookstores
With determination, you can find good bartending tips practically
anywhere. The internet is a particularly large wealth of information
about the subject. Bookstores carry many helpful books, and don’t
forget the free, unique techniques you may be able to learn from
flair bartenders!
Opening yourself up to new drinks, styles of bartending, and
other techniques, can carry your career to new limits.
About the Author:
Barry J Smallhorn has written a number of articles on cocktails, cooking, food and recipes including
Cocktail Recipes,
Seafood Recipes,
Jerky Beef Meat Recipe,
Make Jerky,
Food Recipes,
Tuna Fish,
Caviar,
Potato Recipes,
Organic Gift Baskets.
Keep a lookout for more articles on this website.
Did You Know This About Bars And Drinks?
Are you in a rut at work and are looking for a new career field?
Are you tired of punching a clock daily just to sit in a little
cubicle that seems stifling? You need a change of pace and a new
career.
Perhaps bartending is exactly the career field you need to explore.
There are plenty of resources on the internet to help you land
that job and help you increase the amount of tips. Plus there
are resources that can teach you the latest hot cocktails and
mixed drinks so you can wow your patrons.
The choices are yours once you learn the necessary skills that
you will need to be a bartender. Those skills include customer
service and knowing how to make those specialty drinks people
love to order. Plus you will need to know how to rake in those
big tips!
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