What does it take to be a bartender?
First, the basics of bartending include dishing out the drinks. Pouring a pint, mixing a drink and popping the cap off the beer is obvious. The parts that customers don’t see, or think about, include trying to control a wonky keg line that’s producing foam and costing the bar money in terms of lost beer sales. Dealing with wrong orders and continuously cleaning. As the saying goes “Time to lean, time to clean.” That’s the simple part. The harder part is memorizing about one hundred drinks and being able to make them on the fly, without thinking. Trying to interpret a customers request, because if we don’t get it right the first time, we have to remake the drink and it kills time. Bartenders also have to know a full menu (at least where I work) and be able to take a customer orders during peek times. We have to get the dish right and make sure the side dishes are correct and recommend stuff, including wine pairings. For many of you that may not know, if a bartender, or server for that m
Video Transcript What Does it Take to Be a Bartender? In this series, I am going to show you some bartending tips that you will need to know if you want to be a bartender. First off, we are going to start by showing you how to measure, whether you are using a jigger or whether you are pouring it free-hand. In addition to that, I am going to show what garnish to use, and what types of drinks you will want to use different garnishes on. Also, basic types of liqueurs and basic types of liquors, and the difference between the two. I am also going to talk about the basic alcohols that you will need for a home bar, bartending terminology, what you should use for alcohol substitution if you have to substitute one alcohol for another, how to handle a spill or a mistake that you make, and what beverages can typically be found on the gun behind the bar. Also, I am going to show you the technique of how to layer a drink, and basic stuff you might want to have behind the bar. In addition to that,
