Bartender Certification: Mixology 101
About Mixology
Mixology is the art and study of creating alcoholic beverages that will be served to customers. This science instills into a person basic and advanced knowledge about the different styles and techniques that every bartender should know. It also develops your knowledge and awareness about the different recipes and ingredients to create the cocktail desired by customers.
There are a lot of cocktails currently available and there are new cocktails being invented everywhere.
Having a bartender certificate tells prospective employers that you have taken the time and effort to learn many of these recipes and know how to make them, definitely a good thing.
Going through a bar tending course also teaches you the aesthetic properties, functions and effect of the use of different glasses and alcohol to people in order to always achieve the desired effect. Presentation is an important part of drinking, which is why bartenders need to know not only the recipes to create a certain cocktail but also how to properly present them to customers so that they will have more pleasure enjoying the drink. These preparations are not just aesthetic but it also has a function.
Having this certification will certainly help you become a bartender and acquire the jobs that you want. The things written above are just some of the things that you need to learn in order to become a great bartender but having the certificate tells the people around you that you are already great.
Anyone who wants to become a bartender, either in the USA or abroad, should have a bartender certification because it will certainly impress a prospective employer and give them the knowledge needed to be a professional bartender.
The information provided in the United States Bartender Association (U.S.B.A.) training course has been crafted and designed to be “on a need to know basis” for the bartending industry. Our comprehensive training manual is accompanied by an instructional DVD, “Excellence in Bartending” and a 100 question exam. Upon completion of the Mixology 101 exam with a seventy (70%) passing, you will then receive your " Bartender Certification" along with membership activation to our job placement network of bartender opportunities across America.
Course Outline
- Mixology
- The Station
- Facilities & Equipment
- Glassware
- Opening & Closing
- The Cash Register
- Customer Service
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- Mixing & Pouring
- Let’s Play Bartender…
- Be Quick and Cool
- Liquor, Beer & Wine
- Cordials & Liqueur
- Martinis & Manhattans
- Traditional Drinks
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- Creams
- Wine &
Champagne Cocktails
- On the Rocks
- Classic
- Tropics
- Hot Drinks
- Café Drink
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+ over 1500 of the most popular drinks recipes