TIPS FOR BEING A BETTER BARTENDER

TIPS FOR BEING A BETTER BARTENDER

Doesn't matter, If you are a bartender in a hotel, lounge, night club or just a mixologist at home, here are certain important guidelines for you and your friends to position your cocktail at different level with uncompromising quality in which they are presented.

The very important tip for the bartender is to keep your bar absolutely clean. A clean bar reflects your guest that they have entered in to a quality establishment and as a bartender bar is your stage to perform, so it’s your primary responsibility to keep it clean.

Use Fresh Ingredients

Use the ingredients as fresh as you can rather than using bottled or canned ingredients for your cocktails, mainly fruit juices. Use fresh fruit juice rather than going for tetra packed one. Answer can be as simple as squeezing lemons, limes and oranges with a hand juicer or getting an electric juicer to make fresh apple,

cranberry, pear or any other type of fresh fruit juice.

This can also be suitable to other mixers like, using a soda siphon inverse to using a bottled soda water or club soda and making your own simple syrup, sour mix etc.

                    Use Quality Ingredients

Drinks you make will reflect your and your organization’s image in terms of quality and standard. The ingredients which you are using can easily be identified specially liqueur which is the strongest ingredient in a cocktail.

There is a significant variance between spirits on the bottom shelf and the top shelf of your bar. A daiquiri for example, which is made with a bottom shelf rum is going to be disappointing compared to one made with Rs.3000 bottle of rum. This simple upgrade will start your cocktails off on the right foot.

                    Use Pre-chilled Glassware

Chilling a glassware is an essential step in cocktail making, and believe me it makes a world of difference.Chilling the glass before pouring your drink will keep your drink chill for longer and the experience of your drink will be constant from start to end.

Same thing is applicable if you are planning to serve hot drink, pour some hot water for some time while preparing your drink. No one desires a chilled drink in a warm glass and a warm drink in chilled glass; it kills the entire drink experience.

Always Measure

Measuring the cocktail ingredients cannot be compromised, if you want to maintain balanced taste consistency in your drink. Many bartenders avoid this step as they think it’s time consuming and they want to show their free pour style.  One who works in a busy bar, rarely touch the jigger and it causes over pouring or under pouring the ingredients and ultimately causes damage to your delicate, well balanced drink.

Garnish Your Drinks

As not all cocktails need a garnish but who need, should be properly garnished.  If you want to fulfill the profile of your cocktail, you should listen your cocktail’s call for lime, lemon, olive, orange, etc. Garnish helps to make your cocktail more presentable and its absence will not give you a finished feeling.