This was so obvious I didn't stop to think what that might be like and how it would differ from the brunch crowd I was used to serving. It took a bit of getting used to but pretty soon I was hooked. Hip hop blared from the speakers in the bar while I poured pints and shots, mixed drinks, grumbled quietly to myself about having to serve sodas, and excitedly but a little slowly prepared cocktails — all the while smiling at every customer, chatting away, becoming best friends just for those fleeting moments while you prepare the drinks and they wait.
Bartending is so much fun. The months I spent behind a bar were by far the best part of my hospitality career. But bartending is also hard work — and this is part of what makes it so rewarding.
Be Prepared. Suddenly you have to learn new techniques , recipes , and lingo. Love this quote? Tweet it! The rest is history. Folks usually put gin, whiskey, and in fizzes, but gin is the most popular. A local barkeep used imported Cognac to make a cocktail that a local apothecary had created.
And it grew evermore popular with the years. James Bond, in the stories and movies, has at least twice ordered an Americano cocktail. And Bond prefers Perrier in his Americanos, thank you very much. Sounds like a pretty refreshing drink, the Americano. Pretty good.
Could probably be a little stronger. When you spend your days worrying about all sorts of men-at-arms, armored cavalry, and the looming Prussian threat, you need a little something more than Campari to take the edge of.
He asked a bartender to throw a shot of gin in his Americano, and the Negroni was born. Back in the 18th and 19th centuries, the Frisian island of Fohr was known for its whaling community. The pursuit of whales took these folks all the way to America—New England to be precise. That's where much of the whaling industry had consolidated. At the tail end of the whaling era, mixing rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters became popular in New York City.
And it spread to the rest of the region—Hartford, Connecticut, specifically. The whalers from Fohr picked up the habit there. Heading back to their homeland because work dried up, they brought the recipe and their appetite for it with them. To this day, the little island of less than 9, people is in love with it. They drink it for lunch, for dinner, as a nightcap, for special occasions.
Pictures of it adorn restaurants and menus. Bartenders specialize in it. And people seek it out constantly. Mojitos may seem like a newer, trendy drink, but their history reaches back many centuries.
Native Cubans used mint leaves, sugar cane juice, and lime for medicine. The European presence in the Caribbean around that time encountered it and it soon evolved into a recreational drink with the addition of rum.
The combination of cool mint leaves in mojitos complements the punch of citrus exquisitely. There are worse fates in the world than disposing of practice mojitos. These are the most popular cocktail recipes bartenders should know. They teach them in bartending school and you may even learn about them when you get your alcohol server certification.
They are, in fact, must-know drinks for bartenders—or those learning how to become a bartender. Once you've mastered that, you can start to embellish as your creativity takes over. Made with sugar, angostura bitters , and whiskey usually bourbon or rye , a good old-fashioned never goes out of style.
It's a supremely balanced drink with deep and complex flavors. Once you have the classic mastered, you can start to experiment with some fantastic new ingredients, such as a maple bourbon or flavored bitters such as orange, chocolate, or cardamom, to create new, exciting flavor profiles. Simple, refreshing, and lightly bitter, a classic gin and tonic combines two ounces of aromatic dry gin with four ounces of tonic water and a squeeze of lime juice. It's a great, fizzy summer cocktail, and you can easily vary it with a squeeze of another citrus juice grapefruit is tasty or by experimenting with gins that have different aromatic profiles.
The classic kamikaze is a cold, sweet-tart combination of vodka, lime juice, and triple sec that's perfect for sipping. Learn the basic recipe, then try to fancy it up a bit, for example with fresh blackberries. Lemon drops are the Johnny-come-lately of martinis, but they're quite popular. With a sweet, tart, lemony flavor, this chilled and shaken cocktail is reminiscent of the candy after which it's named. Want to fancy it up? Drop an actual lemon drop candy in as a garnish, or add some fresh berries.
This isn't your grandma's sweet tea. Long Island Iced Tea has been around for a while because it packs such a powerful boozy wallop with five different types of liquor including gin, vodka, rum, tequila, and triple sec or Cointreau.
A Tom Collins is another classic gin cocktail that remains popular, particularly in summer months when people are looking for a refreshing drink. Made with gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and soda water, it's aromatic, fizzy, sweet, and lemony. Learn the classic, and then add one more drink to your repertoire to create a less aromatic vodka Collins , which is a Tom Collins made with vodka in place of the gin.
A Manhattan is a classic martini's darker, sweeter, slightly more complex cousin. Made with rye, sweet vermouth , and bitters, it's been a popular classic for decades. Sometimes the only cocktail that will suffice is a tart margarita.
The classic version is made with lime juice, triple sec or Cointreau, and tequila on the rocks in a salt-rimmed glass.
Master the classic before you expand to blended margaritas or fruit flavored versions like a strawberry margarita. Like the margarita, a classic daiquiri is a drink that is served on the rocks, although it is also popular blended and frozen.
This sweet, tart, and refreshing cocktail contains lime juice, rum, and simple syrup. Master the classic, and then expand into frozen and fruity versions, such as strawberry or banana. A classic gimlet is another gin cocktail is made with gin, lime juice, and simple syrup. It's tart and sweet with plenty of pucker power. Once you've mastered the gin gimlet, you can easily vary it by replacing the gin with vodka to make a vodka gimlet.
Along with the basics, a good bartender knows how to make the classic versions of the most popular cocktails that are the most commonly ordered in bars around the world.
The Cuban mojito cocktail is growing in popularity for its sweet, minty, refreshing flavors. Learn the classic recipe and technique first below and then branch out to add other flavors such as tropical juices or berries.
A traditional negroni is a thing of beauty; it's a flavorful blend of gin, Campari, and vermouth. It's also one of the most popular cocktails in the world, so if you're behind the bar, you'll likely encounter it sooner rather than later. Next to the old-fashioned, the whiskey sour is the world's most popular whiskey cocktail , so it's important that a bartender learns this blend of whiskey, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
The classic Moscow mule is all over cocktail menus these days along with popular variations that add berries, fuit juice, mint, and other ingredients. Learn the classic, and then creatively branch out. Skip to main content Drink. Finger-snappers and money wavers will just have to wait. Make Fun. Thrillist Serves.
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