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Finally a Site that is designed for everyone in the industry from Bar Back to Bar Chef! This site will help answer all your questions about Bartending and give you the access to all of the latest and greatest trends in the industry.
Bartender: The man or woman who makes you want to stay too long and come back again and again.
The bar is the engine of the place and the bartender is the engineer.
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If you serve alcohol GET T.I.P.S Certified TODAY!
T.I.P.S stands for: Training for Intervention Procedures by Servers of Alcohol
There are a few questions I would have to ask you first. What is your experience in the trade? Novice, looking to break into the trade or have you been in the trade for years and now everywhere you apply you are finding that the employer is looking for Certified Bartenders?
The novice would have to find a "Bartender School" if you fall in this category scroll down and read all about "Bartender Schools"!
If you are an experienced Bartender don't be fooled into thinking you have to attend Bartender School to become a Certified Bartender. Alcohol Certification is not knowing 200 drink receipts. Alcohol Certification explains how Alcohol works, signs of intoxication, factors that affect the intoxication rate and knowing your State and Local Laws and regulations.
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You can not plead ignorant!!
T.I.P.S.
Training for Intervention Procedures by Servers of Alcohol
If you serve alcohol or employ people who do, more and more of our courts have a message for you. You've got to do more to stop intoxicated customers from driving drunk. To help you avoid that risk, and help save lives, there is a proven training program called TIPS* Training for Intervention procedures by Servers of Alcohol.
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Why Should I Be TIPS Certified?
TIPS Alocoholic beverage server training is now mandatory in many states. Servers of alcohol must complete the training within 30 days of commencing employment.
What this means to you as a liquor-serving employee is that you not only receive protection in the event of an alcohol-involved incident, but you will become more hirable by these quality companies since you will already be certified by the top acohol service program that has over 2 million graduates over the last 20 years.
We know you have a tough schedule and that's why we offer live telephone support to make sure you don't waste time if you're in need of technical assistance
The novice would have to find a "Bartender School" if you fall in this category scroll down and read all about "Bartender Schools"!
If you are an experienced Bartender don't be fooled into thinking you have to attend Bartender School to become a Certified Bartender. Alcohol Certification is not knowing 200 drink receipts. Alcohol Certification explains how Alcohol works, signs of intoxication, factors that affect the intoxication rate and knowing your State and Local Laws and regulations.
ON PREMISE
You can not plead ignorant!!
T.I.P.S.
Training for Intervention Procedures by Servers of Alcohol
If you serve alcohol or employ people who do, more and more of our courts have a message for you. You've got to do more to stop intoxicated customers from driving drunk. To help you avoid that risk, and help save lives, there is a proven training program called TIPS* Training for Intervention procedures by Servers of Alcohol.
ON PREMISE
Why Should I Be TIPS Certified?
TIPS Alocoholic beverage server training is now mandatory in many states. Servers of alcohol must complete the training within 30 days of commencing employment.
What this means to you as a liquor-serving employee is that you not only receive protection in the event of an alcohol-involved incident, but you will become more hirable by these quality companies since you will already be certified by the top acohol service program that has over 2 million graduates over the last 20 years.
We know you have a tough schedule and that's why we offer live telephone support to make sure you don't waste time if you're in need of technical assistance
Before you serve a Flaming Shot!! Watch This.
The proper procedure for Flaming Shots and how to serve them properly. Any Liquor that is 80 proof or higher will flame. The higher the proof the easier it is to ignite, 151 will light quicker than 80 proof. Pour the shot into the Shot glass, using a lighter slightly warm the outside of the glass, a few seconds is plenty of time. Next carefully put the flame from the lighter on the liquor and hold until the liquor ignites. Now if the customer is at the Bar light the shot in front of them. Prior to the customer taking the shot put a larger glass upside down over the flaming shot. Think of putting a cover over a candle, it takes away the oxygen and the flame goes out! NEVER SERVE THE SHOT LIT!!!! If you are wondering why play the video again. You and the establishment are liable for any injuries to the customer. Flaming the shot does not make the shot taste better, it just make it look great!
If the customer is seated away from the Bar the waiter/waitress should carry the shot to the table NOT LIT and then fallow the same procedure as the Bartender would.
Remember that even after you put the shot out the shot glass itself will be hot! It can get hot enough to burn the customer's lips if you do not allow the shot glass to cool for a few seconds!
Salute'
If the customer is seated away from the Bar the waiter/waitress should carry the shot to the table NOT LIT and then fallow the same procedure as the Bartender would.
Remember that even after you put the shot out the shot glass itself will be hot! It can get hot enough to burn the customer's lips if you do not allow the shot glass to cool for a few seconds!
Salute'
Another Flaming Shot Goes Bad
At first I thought this was an old clip because it looks similar to one we posted of a flaming shot gone bad a long time ago.
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Everything a Bar or Bartender would need!
Bar supplies, books, videos clothing, and an extensive line of Flair products. Save time and money, have your order shipped directly to you!Visit: Custom Bartender's Bar Supply Super Store
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I love these sites!!
These sites are an excellent source of info and product knowledge.
- Patron #1 Selling Tequila
- Patron has taken over the tequila world, see the entire Patron Line and get great Drink recipes.
- My favorite Vodka. Three Olives
- Three Olives Vodka is quickly gaining popularity in the very competitive Vodka market. Three Olives Vodka is very smooth and the flavored line is incredible.
- Custom Bartender
- This is my site. Watch it grow!
Save time and money, have your supplies shipped directly to your door. - Myspace, not just for fun!
- I use Myspace as a tool to reach people in the industry both owners and employees.If your on myspace send me a friends request
- Bartender Magazine
- Bartender Magazine is very informative, The magazine is a great way to stay up to date on the
- Ultimate Bar Chef
- The Ultimate Bar Chef is a great addition to this lens. Knowledge is the key to success.
- Are you having trouble finding a Bartender Job
- This site provides very hot job leads. Use it with great luck. When you apply for any position remember that you have to sell your knowledge of the industry and your personality.
- Great signs for your Bar
- This site has a great selection of Bar signs and Drinking signs.
- etips
- Are you a bartender? Are you certified? Dont get fooled into thinking you have to goto a "Bartender School" to get certified! T.I.P.S is the number one Alcohol Certification in the country!
- Betta Fish
- Live Betta Fish shipped directly to you.
- Flair Bartending
- This is my site that is dedicated to Flair Bartending.
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Great books about our industry
Bartending For Dummies (For Dummies (Cooking))
Amazon Price: $11.55 (as of 10/08/2008)
The Official Harvard Student Agencies Bartending Course, 3rd Edition
Amazon Price: (as of 10/08/2008)
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Bartending (The Complete Idiot's Guide)
Amazon Price: $11.53 (as of 10/08/2008)
Bartender Schools
Beware of the Bartender School
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I speak from knowledge and experience; I have been in the restaurant business for many years. I have had some of my greatest experiences from being in the business. I thought that I wanted to get out from behind the bars after I had children. I wanted to be home nights and weekends. During my job search for a new career, I came across an add in the newspaper for a Job as a Director of Admission for a Bartender School. What a combo, I will be home nights and weekends and I will be teaching people the trade that know and love, I was hired on the spot midway through the interview. I quickly became the number one sales person out of all four Bartender School. The school had more students than ever before and it was making more money than it ever made before. I believed in what I was selling!! The trade of Bartending. Sure you can make 100-300 dollars per shift. Yes that's cash every time you go to work and yes, you go home with cash in your pocket. Any question that you could ask about the industry I could answer and I was giving hope to people that had no direction in there life or needed a new direction.
I quickly realized that the instructors that they hired were from the previous course. I would sit in on the lectures and just shake my head in disbelief. These instructors had no Idea what they were talking about. I started to doubt the School and its curriculum. I asked the owner of the School if I was a con man! Is it my job to con these people out of their money? He was not happy with these questions. Why would you feel like that? He asked! I told him that the students are not getting the training that I sold them and promised them. The sales started to decline because I no longer believed in the course or the school. I felt like a con man!
The owner asked me, what it would take to get the sales back up to were they were? I said make me the Director of the School and I will teach the afternoon class. I will hire a real Bartender for the evening course and we will get right back on track. So I became the Director of the School, Director of Admissions and afternoon instructor. The sales shot right back up. I was number one again! The students were getting what they paid for and I was happy to enroll them in the School. Sure I made changes in the curriculum. It was out dated and needed to reflect the real world more.
As the saying goes, you can't teach old dog new tricks. After brining the sales back and hirer than before, the owner called me. Did I mention I have never actually met the owner? Our meetings were always over the phone. He would say as long as your making me money there is no reason to meet. Anyway, he said that I was spending way too much time teaching the course! I said the numbers are hirer than ever, we are getting more referrals than ever. He just didn't get it. I argued the fact and kept the numbers up, so he left me alone. Without being to long winded the point of this is that you have to ask a lot of questions when visiting a Bartender School. Sit in on a class and listen to the instructors. After the class ask the instructor where they Tended Bar before. Check out there manual and see if you will be learning up to date drinks. Talk to some of the students in the class and get their opinion of the course.
Just because you get certified it will not make you a professional Bartender, same as if you went to Culinary School, when you graduate it does not make you a Chef. Bartender Schools range in quality. There are great courses as well as garbage courses. The great courses, are taught by real Bartenders and you will spend the majority of your time behind a real bar where you will learn pouring techniques as well as your drink reciepts. The great courses will train you on POS systems and cash registers. You will learn product knowledge as well as product flavors and brand recognition. The quality of the Bartender School also depends on the Alcohol Awareness section of the course. If the course does not offer TIPS (training for intervention procedures by servers of alcohol).Take the course now
The Alcohol Awareness section is there to teach you the laws and regulation specific to your state. How to recognize levels of intoxication and the proper method of checking ID's. As a Bartender you are liable if someone hurts themselves or others. Know your states laws and regulations.
Bartending is a hands on trade and if you are not behind a real bar you are not getting real Bartender training. Sure they will send you a bottle, shaker and a strainer but what about a well, soda gun system or juice bottles. Don't be fooled by these courses!
THE Bartender School that will sit you in a classroom and teach you drink receipts while you sit a desk should be outlawed along with the online courses. .
I will always encourage people to get into this trade. You will make good money and meet great people. No two days are alike in this business. What I suggest is that you break into the industry by becoming a waiter or waitress; get the feel for the industry. This trade looks very easy but it is not. Bartending is so much more than knowing drink receipts. It is all about speed and accuracy. Just as important is your personality!
The quotes from the introduction to this lens says it all for me! So I will repeat them incase you missed it.
The Bar is the engine of the place and the Bartender is the engineer!
Bartender: The man or woman, who makes you want to stay too long and come back again and again.
I hope that you find a Bartender School that will train you well and you have as much fun in the trade as I have. The money will come as you build yourself a repeat customer base. Remember if you love your job it really is not work.
ON PREMISE
Cheers,
Tommy
I speak from knowledge and experience; I have been in the restaurant business for many years. I have had some of my greatest experiences from being in the business. I thought that I wanted to get out from behind the bars after I had children. I wanted to be home nights and weekends. During my job search for a new career, I came across an add in the newspaper for a Job as a Director of Admission for a Bartender School. What a combo, I will be home nights and weekends and I will be teaching people the trade that know and love, I was hired on the spot midway through the interview. I quickly became the number one sales person out of all four Bartender School. The school had more students than ever before and it was making more money than it ever made before. I believed in what I was selling!! The trade of Bartending. Sure you can make 100-300 dollars per shift. Yes that's cash every time you go to work and yes, you go home with cash in your pocket. Any question that you could ask about the industry I could answer and I was giving hope to people that had no direction in there life or needed a new direction.
I quickly realized that the instructors that they hired were from the previous course. I would sit in on the lectures and just shake my head in disbelief. These instructors had no Idea what they were talking about. I started to doubt the School and its curriculum. I asked the owner of the School if I was a con man! Is it my job to con these people out of their money? He was not happy with these questions. Why would you feel like that? He asked! I told him that the students are not getting the training that I sold them and promised them. The sales started to decline because I no longer believed in the course or the school. I felt like a con man!
The owner asked me, what it would take to get the sales back up to were they were? I said make me the Director of the School and I will teach the afternoon class. I will hire a real Bartender for the evening course and we will get right back on track. So I became the Director of the School, Director of Admissions and afternoon instructor. The sales shot right back up. I was number one again! The students were getting what they paid for and I was happy to enroll them in the School. Sure I made changes in the curriculum. It was out dated and needed to reflect the real world more.
As the saying goes, you can't teach old dog new tricks. After brining the sales back and hirer than before, the owner called me. Did I mention I have never actually met the owner? Our meetings were always over the phone. He would say as long as your making me money there is no reason to meet. Anyway, he said that I was spending way too much time teaching the course! I said the numbers are hirer than ever, we are getting more referrals than ever. He just didn't get it. I argued the fact and kept the numbers up, so he left me alone. Without being to long winded the point of this is that you have to ask a lot of questions when visiting a Bartender School. Sit in on a class and listen to the instructors. After the class ask the instructor where they Tended Bar before. Check out there manual and see if you will be learning up to date drinks. Talk to some of the students in the class and get their opinion of the course.
Just because you get certified it will not make you a professional Bartender, same as if you went to Culinary School, when you graduate it does not make you a Chef. Bartender Schools range in quality. There are great courses as well as garbage courses. The great courses, are taught by real Bartenders and you will spend the majority of your time behind a real bar where you will learn pouring techniques as well as your drink reciepts. The great courses will train you on POS systems and cash registers. You will learn product knowledge as well as product flavors and brand recognition. The quality of the Bartender School also depends on the Alcohol Awareness section of the course. If the course does not offer TIPS (training for intervention procedures by servers of alcohol).Take the course now
The Alcohol Awareness section is there to teach you the laws and regulation specific to your state. How to recognize levels of intoxication and the proper method of checking ID's. As a Bartender you are liable if someone hurts themselves or others. Know your states laws and regulations.
Bartending is a hands on trade and if you are not behind a real bar you are not getting real Bartender training. Sure they will send you a bottle, shaker and a strainer but what about a well, soda gun system or juice bottles. Don't be fooled by these courses!
THE Bartender School that will sit you in a classroom and teach you drink receipts while you sit a desk should be outlawed along with the online courses. .
I will always encourage people to get into this trade. You will make good money and meet great people. No two days are alike in this business. What I suggest is that you break into the industry by becoming a waiter or waitress; get the feel for the industry. This trade looks very easy but it is not. Bartending is so much more than knowing drink receipts. It is all about speed and accuracy. Just as important is your personality!
The quotes from the introduction to this lens says it all for me! So I will repeat them incase you missed it.
The Bar is the engine of the place and the Bartender is the engineer!
Bartender: The man or woman, who makes you want to stay too long and come back again and again.
I hope that you find a Bartender School that will train you well and you have as much fun in the trade as I have. The money will come as you build yourself a repeat customer base. Remember if you love your job it really is not work.
ON PREMISE
Cheers,
Tommy
Tommy Flairing
Before you go out in CT!
Here's what Yelpers have to say about Night Life in 06105
- Plan B Tavern (West Hartford)
- "You'll never want to order a burger from anywhere else again! I never stray too far from the burger portion of the menu, and I've never been disappointed...." more
- Pigs Eye Pub (Hartford)
- "yup, im a fan of this hartford dump, but i mean that in a nice way, like the one you take before work thats going to get you through the day. likes: the..." more
- Agave Grill & Tequila Bar (Hartford)
- "So, here's how it went... Lava mortar and pestle on every table with avocados and tomatoes ready to become guacamole. Freshly fried tortilla chips with..." more
- City Steam Brewery Cafe (Hartford)
- "Great location within walking distance of XL Center, and you could do worse than City Steam, where I can guarantee you a forgettable food experience with..." more
- Barcelona Tapa and Wine Bar (West Hartford)
- "One of the best kept secrets in West Hartford Center. A+ Ambiance B+ Food B+ Service Highly recommended!" more
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The Black ThongGlass: Collins
1.5 oz of Grey Goose
2 oz of Red Bull
2 oz of Club Soda
Float li hing mui
Served with an Edible Black Thong :)
The Black Thong is a very sexy and exotic drink
that has a wonderful blend of flavors. The Club
Soda provides balance for the Red Bull and li hing mui.
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