| Bartending can be a lucrative job, either part time | | | | grapes and flavored with other fruits. This area of |
| or full time. Bartenders are paid an hourly salary | | | | the course will provide you with a basic working |
| and earn tips, usually based on their performance | | | | knowledge of wine service: tasting, pouring, and |
| and quality of service. The amount of money you | | | | the basic differences between types of wines. |
| can make as a bartender is capped only by your | | | | Customer Service |
| ability and the time and effort you're willing to put | | | | Good customer service translates to happy |
| into it. The working atmosphere itself can be fun | | | | customers, which translates to higher bar tabs, |
| and laid back, or it can be stressful. How you | | | | which translates to higher tips and more money |
| perceive the situation depends mostly on what | | | | for you. You'll learn how to answer questions and |
| kind of person you are, how well prepared you | | | | fulfill requests. Often, a guest will ask for |
| are for the work, and how you hold up under | | | | "something fruity" or "something strong, but |
| pressure. | | | | smooth". You'll be expected to come up with |
| Succeeding as a bartender will require you to be a | | | | exactly what they're looking for, with almost no |
| people person. You'll be dealing with different | | | | real directions. By knowing what questions to ask |
| people, attitudes and conversation for your entire | | | | and what drinks best fit the bill, you'll be able to |
| shift. You'll need to be able to adapt well to each | | | | provide the perfect drink. |
| new person sitting at your bar or ordering drinks | | | | Speed Techniques |
| from you, and you'll have to be able to perform | | | | You'll learn techniques for mixing and pouring more |
| your job swiftly and make it look easy at the | | | | than one drink at a time during your rushes. Not |
| same time. | | | | only can this be done properly, but it can also be |
| If you're looking into becoming a bartender, an | | | | done artistically, You'll learn techniques to pour |
| option you may want to consider would be one | | | | multiple drinks, even if they're different drinks, all |
| of the bartender's schools around the country. | | | | at once and make it look good doing it. |
| The classrooms in these schools are setup to look | | | | These are just the basics of what you need to |
| just like a bar you'd work in, complete with a real | | | | know, and what you'll learn, attending a |
| bar, real liquor bottles, bar seats, soda guns and | | | | bartender's school. The advantages of bartending |
| stainless steel sinks - as well as any other | | | | school are numerous, and the investment is |
| equipment you'd expect to encounter in a real bar | | | | definitely worth it if you plan to make a long term |
| environment. | | | | income from bartending. Tips in many of the |
| You can expect to learn several things at the | | | | more popular bars are $150 to $300 a night, and |
| school: how to properly pour many of the most | | | | you can imagine that tips in a club could get even |
| popular and classic drinks, how to properly tap a | | | | higher. |
| keg and pour a beer from a tap, basic wine | | | | The biggest advantage to attending a school |
| knowledge, customer service, alcohol awareness, | | | | versus on the job training in a bar or club is the |
| fruit cutting and garnishes and speed techniques. | | | | lack of customers. With all the drinks and |
| Mixology | | | | variations that you'll need to learn, trying to retain |
| This part of the course will teach you the basics | | | | them all in a working environment such as a busy |
| of mixing and pouring drinks. You'll learn how to | | | | bar or club could be hard to near impossible. |
| mix and pour over 100 of the most popular | | | | Learning to mix the drinks, as well as the basics, |
| drinks, as well as classics that don't really go out | | | | in a classroom environment will allow you to |
| of style. You'll learn the basics of mixology, as well | | | | perfect mixing and pouring drinks in a controlled |
| as pouring techniques for different drinks. | | | | atmosphere, helping you to retain the knowledge |
| Beers | | | | and translating it to work experience later. |
| Aside from knowing how to properly tap a keg | | | | Going in to the busy club or bar atmosphere |
| and pour a beer from a tap (and yes, there's a | | | | already knowing how to mix the drinks will allow |
| technique to it), you'll also need to know the | | | | you on learning much more important lessons that |
| major difference between types of beers. This | | | | can only be learned in the work environment - |
| section of the course should give you a basic | | | | such as how to read and react to the crowd |
| working knowledge of beer. | | | | without being flustered trying to pour 10 drinks at |
| Wines | | | | one time. |
| Wines are created in varied ways, from different | | | | |