| Tending a bar can be a task that is more difficult | | | | you're using a lot of corked beverages. |
| than it may initially appear. However, whether | | | | Now, onto things you're not as likely to have. |
| you're doing so at home or at a professional | | | | Shakers are a very important part of a any bar, |
| location, there are a few tools which can help | | | | and are needed for a variety of mix drinks. There |
| improve your effectiveness in bar tending. Here | | | | are multiple types of shakers which can get you |
| are a few important bar tending tools to help you | | | | different effects and which are more or less |
| fulfill your important role as well as you possibly | | | | effective with different drinks. Cool shakers, |
| can. | | | | standard shakers, short shaker cut, and Boston |
| Let's start with the most basic basics. The ones | | | | shakers are the most common types that you'll |
| that you probably already have, and if you don't, | | | | want to have among your collection of bar |
| that you can buy at a local grocery store. These | | | | tending tools. Beyond shakers, strainers are also |
| bar tending tools are so obvious that if you fail to | | | | very important for making certain drinks. |
| have them, you just fail. End of story. A good | | | | Other items are optional, but help improve the |
| bottle opener is the first thing. If you're serving up | | | | atmosphere. Good coasters, a towel, a lighter, and |
| beers, especially foreign ones, this will sometimes | | | | straws can all help provide the atmosphere that |
| be important. It's also necessary for many bottles | | | | people are looking for. Beyond that, a tip jar is a |
| of liquor. Wine openers (I don't recommend just a | | | | good recommendation if you're looking to make |
| corkscrew, but rather the sort with a lever | | | | some extra cash when you help people drink. |
| mechanism for easy opening) definitely help if | | | | |