Simple Syrup Recipe
Simple syrup is a staple cocktail sweetener that deserves a spot on every bartender’s shelf. After years of purchasing simple syrup at the store, I finally tried a homemade recipe – and I’ve never looked back!
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Gomme Syrup Explained: Use-Cases, Alternatives, Recipes, And More
Cocktail syrups, like Gomme, are a staple liquified mixing ingredient commonly found in a number of cocktails and mixed drinks. Syrups serve a huge purpose for crafty bartenders thanks to the unique (mostly sweet) flavors and different textures they can …
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Top 25 Cocktails Every Bartender Should Know
There are hundreds of so-called essential cocktails out there. Some of the oldest bartending cocktails were created in the 1800’s and even more are being thought up today by creative bartenders. If you really wanted to, you could spend years …
10 Delicious Mocktail Recipes for Bartenders
Similarly to knowing a few popular shot recipes this year, it’s always useful to know some great-tasting mocktail recipes. Not everyone that enters your bar will want to drink alcohol. Whether it’s because they’re pregnant, they’re underage, it’s dry July, …
21 Best Shots & Popular Shots for the New Year
Regardless of who you are and what you do, knowing some of the best shots recipes is always useful. And I mean going beyond the standard tequila, sambuca and Jager shots (even though these are all great!). These are the …
Essential Bar Tools & Equipment – A Bartender’s Guide
When you first step behind a bar and notice all of the glimmering bar tools & equipment, it can be not very clear. There are spiral-shaped spoons, shapely wooden sticks, shakers everywhere, measuring instruments with strange names, blenders, juicers, mallets, …
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11 Important Bartending Techniques Everyone Should Know
To the uninitiated, learning the bartending techniques essential to the art of mixing drinks can seem like a monster task. Shake or stir? Free pour or jigger? What should I use for a garnish? These are all legitimate questions and …
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How to Memorize Cocktail Recipes
It’s embarrassing when you’re a bartender, a customer asks you for a basic cocktail, and you’re not sure how to make it because you’ve forgotten the recipe. Not only does it look unprofessional, it’s a huge time waste too. Instead …