As the semester comes to a close, so does my Learning Project. Honestly, this may have been my favorite part of the semester in general. I’ve never been someone with a huge social media presence. If you could see my Instagram, you’d see I really only post once every couple of years. My last post was […]
The last step, the final touch, the last addition to any cocktail: The garnish. Image taken from MarthaStewart.com The garnish is often seen as the least important part of a cocktail, which may very well be true. However, I’ve always believed there’s something to be gained from them. A garnish will often add a subtle, […]
For this weeks project, I wanted to talk about ordering a drink. Not how to walk into a bar and order something, but what goes into actually ordering a drink. Orders like “a dry Hendricks martini, dirty, on the rocks” tells you a lot about the drink you’ll have to make. Starting with the cocktails […]
Image taken from TheCocktailNovice.com Layering a drink is a fairly crucial skill for bartending. While it doesn’t have any change in the taste of a drink, it does have an important impact on the drinks presentation. Presentation is pretty important, as more people are interested in buying a drink when it looks really cool. When […]
Image taken from ScreenRant.com I’m sure most of you, if not all, are familiar with James Bond. His drink of choice is almost as famous as the spy himself: vodka martini with a lemon peel, shaken, not stirred. A classy cocktail for a classy man. But this has lead to many, or at the very […]
Last week when I made the Raspberry Lemonade, I showed a few of the bar tools I had. While going over them I had thought about explaining in a bit of detail what each was and what it was used for. Then, I realized that it would make a much more interesting post on its […]
Images taken from Farm Fresh Carolina An important thing to remember about mixology, is that there’s never one true recipe. Every bar you enter could have a different way of making any cocktail. Now, they’re usually pretty similar across the board (for example, a regular gin martini will always be gin with a splash of […]
The Old Fashioned dates back to the 1800’s. Its one of the oldest cocktails in our history, so old that it gets its name from people asking for “one of those good-old fashioned cocktails you used to make” when like martini’s and cosmopolitans where becoming popular. Its name literally come from the fact that its […]
When talking about different “hard liquor”, there are two terms we use often behind the bar. These are spirits and liqueurs. From my experience in the job, I’ve come to know spirits as your basic liquors. Your vodka, rum, whiskey, gin, tequila, etc. These all tend to be stronger, without much for added flavors. Liqueurs, […]
I was kind of raised in a bar, which sounds bad until you know that my parents owned it. It was a small town restaurant/bar that I basically grew up in. One of my earliest memories is pouring shots of milk and juice for my cousins and siblings to drink to pretend we were grown […]