Entertaining Basics

Stirring a mixed drink mixes the alcohol without bruising or breaking the ice. Learn to stir alcohol and mixed drinks from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Liquors are popular alcoholic beverages also called 'spirits' and consumed alone or in mixed drinks. Learn types of liquor found in bars and what drinks they make from an award-winning bartender...

Stock a great home bar with these essential liquors and alcoholic mixers. Explore the types of alcohol a home bar requires with these tips from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending...

If a bar is out of one alcohol, what can a bartender use instead to make similar mixed drinks? Learn popular alcohol substitutes from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

A bartender gets pretty busy, so spills and mistakes with drinks need strategy to handle. Clean up spills and mistakes like an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Layered drinks are popular alcoholic beverages in which different spirits or beers float in the glass without mixing. Learn to make popular layered drinks from an award-winning bartender in this...

A great bartender always has helpful stuff at hand, including matches, paper, a phone book and playing cards. Keep useful stuff behind the bar with an award-winning bartender in this free...

Certain beers, spirits and mixed drinks have garnishes that are standard every good bartender must know. Learn to garnish alcohol and mixed drinks from an award-winning bartender in this free...

Bartenders are often harassed by drunk, pushy customers wanting stronger drinks. Pour weaker drinks that taste strong to avoid drunk, bumbling clients with an award-winning bartender in this free...

Liqueurs are sweet or flavored alcoholic mixers often used to make mixed drinks. Learn popular liqueurs at bars and what drinks they make from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Improperly measuring alcohol can get bartenders in trouble, so use a jigger or speed pour with careful counting. Measure alcohol for mixing drinks from an award-winning bartender in this free...

Bars are organized for efficiency into stations like the well, bar back, shelf and sinks. Learn the parts of a bar from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

The bar gun is a tool that holds many common drinks in a hose for easy pouring. Learn the drinks connected to the bar gun from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Being a bartender means measuring drinks, serving customers and managing supplies. Learn bartending skills from an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Making drinks as a bartender means knowing terms, like lace, box and bruise. Speak like a bartender with an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

Make drinks as a bartender who knows how to use terms like muddle, on the rocks, frost and float. Speak like a bartender with an award-winning bartender in this free bartending video.

To perform the bartending skill called Around the World, you will need to gather a few things. Take a bottle, coordination and patience and add a little practice and a couple of bruises. You'll...

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