Your employees can work at their own pace & on any device, demonstrating their mastery of the material with quizzes and tests.
Our team of experts includes industry leaders who deeply understand the science of mixology.
Let us teach your staff best practices behind the bar, from how to use bar tools to making classic cocktails.
Our team is available for any questions that come up along the way.
This course focuses on the fundamentals of bartending. While we certainly cover how to make delicious classic cocktails, we also share the universal concepts and practices of being a bartender. Here are the top topics we explore in this course:
“My team and I found that most of the material out there focuses on just memorizing recipes or on the products used to make cocktails. While those concepts are important, we found they don't actually teach students how to effectively succeed as bartenders.
We wanted to create a course that focuses on the operational and procedural aspects of what it means to be a bartender: What they do before and after guests arrive, how they serve and make drinks, and what it truly means to be a bartender in all senses.” – Chris
Yes, you'll receive certification to prove you passed the course so that your workplace knows you successfully completed it.
Rather than focusing only on cocktail recipes, this course teaches the complete foundation of professional bartending—including bar setup, tools, workflow, guest service, cocktail families, spirits knowledge, and industry best practices. Students learn the "why" and all the processes behind bartending, not just the recipes.
This course is particularly designed as a training program for existing bar staff or those being promoted at their existing workplace. While it isn't designed to get you a job at a new establishment, it could help you advance your career and take it behind the bar at your current workplace.
Yes, it is! This training program goes over the best practices behind the bar, helping newer bar staff as well as refreshing and building on the knowledge of existing bartenders.
The program is 15-20 hours of content, not including tests and quizzes. We recommend that the students take their time to complete the course over a week. We designed the course to be a universal training program that can be applied widely to all bars, so customization is not needed.
We utilize several different methods of teaching. We have videos for visual learning of key points as well as text content with graphs and tables that dive deeper in explaining the key points. We also use quizzes along the way, designed to help students retain the key points in a formula that is similar to that of the final exam.
In this comprehensive course, you'll review a range of topics from proper opening & closing protocol to handling over-served customers. Each course you take will cover different topics, though.
Yes! The course covers classic cocktail recipes, introductory spirit knowledge, the essentials on how to make mixed drinks, and understanding drink structure so your bartenders can begin to play with recipes and create their own.
Definitely! From the broader concepts of flavors and cocktail structure down to the very specific ways to properly use knives, cut garnishes, and successfully operate various barware, we will cover it.
Absolutely! The purpose of this training course is to help make the ins and outs of daily bartending life clear and uniform so that your staff can become faster, more confident, more efficient, and better at customer service.
Yes, we do touch on responsible alcohol service and how to appropriately handle over-served guests. This is a real-life look into the daily responsibilities of bar staff.
We focus on best practices that are timeless, fundamental, and universal so that they can be applied at every bar. Some bars follow trends, some set them, and others choose not to worry about them. Our course gives the students the necessary skills to be successful in all three environments.
There is no formal accreditation system for bartenders, although you may have to earn an alcohol-serving license in your state or region. A mixology course from a company with a good reputation and which offers you certification (like ours!) is definitely more respected in the industry than others.
No, since every state's requirements are different, your employees will still need to meet the bartending prerequisite in your state. We recommend visiting this site to see what your state requires and find an appropriate training program if necessary.
If you choose the Digital version, we'll send you your registration code and instructions immediately after purchase. If you choose the physical card, we'll mail it to the address you specify at checkout.
This bartending course is made for intermediate and advanced mixologists with an existing knowledge of making cocktails.
Aspiring bartenders, hospitality staff, restaurant teams, and employers looking to train employees consistently will all benefit from this online training course. The course teaches the skills needed to work confidently behind the bar, even if you already have experience.
Absolutely. This course is designed to be viewable on any device.
The course is fully self-paced and can be accessed from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, allowing you to learn whenever it's convenient.
You receive lifetime access, meaning you can work at your own pace and revisit the material any time, even after completing the course.
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