Here we go, let’s do this, the sequel for the live bartender training is out. Actually it’s been out for awhile on my YouTube Channel, but for those of you following the blog, it’s on a time-delay. Apparently. (Translation: Gotta get my shit together). If you’re just coming here for the first time, and you’re curious […]
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More accurately, this article should be titled “How Much do Bartenders REALLY Make” because a wide chasm exists between a bartender salary and what they actually make and what the government and other online websites claim they make. As you most likely already know, a bartender’s income is not like a traditional office job that has […]
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As I continue my quest to help aspiring people of all ages become a bartender, a few months ago I had the idea to use my bar as a sort of tool for field training for battle. Though I don’t really bartend much anymore, I do jump back there once in awhile to help out or […]
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Whenever someone who is trying to become a bartender asks me “Do I need a bartending license to bartend?”, I can’t help but think of some official government worker, like an ABC (The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control) agent walking up to the bar in a long trench coat and fedora and gruffly barking at […]
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Best Online Bartending School of 2018 – 2019Yes, I am fully aware that claiming to have the best online bartending school is a tad presumptuous, risky even. Perhaps you’ll be turned off by such a bold claim, or think I’m a boasting douchebag, and nobody wants to be thought of as a boasting douchebag. Hence the […]
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How to Pour Draft Beer Like a ProFor those of you looking to become a bartender, pouring a draft beer might seem like a simple thing to the average Bob, Dick and Sally, but for those of you who have never done it before, it might be as intimidating as getting that condom wrapper open for […]
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I have to be honest and say that I’m not really a red wine guy. All that sniffing and swirling and looking for the “legs” cascading down the glass.And then there’s always that one guy at the table who has to gurgle the wine between his teeth like Hannibal Lecter in Silence of the Lambs, […]
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This is totally unrelated to working in a bar, except that for like 10 years I had people come into my bar and tell me that I looked like Matt Damon, which was awesome because basically all I really heard was, “Hey look everybody, it’s Jason Bourne.” For those of you who don’t know me well […]
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Not too long ago I had a bartender interview with this guy who was trying to become a bartender. His name is Brock (yep, not making that up), and this photograph was paper-clipped to the application he turned into me (without the caption beneath it, of course). I kid you not. This was his plan to […]
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If you’re serious about becoming a bartender, and more importantly, if you’re serious about making a lot of money bartending, you’d better know how to be fast and that means multitasking. As you know, there is nothing worse than the sloth bartender who takes forever to get your drink order, and then once they finally […]
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