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• Fun & Rewarding Jobs!
• Earn $250-$500 per week or more bartending part-time
• Increase your Income!
• Meet incredible people

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501 Kings Highway, Suite 201
Fairfield, CT 06825

WEEK: LONG DRINKS

We delve into the most commonly ordered cocktails with a focus on various serving techniques, lightly touching on spirits ranging from vodka, to gin, to rum, and more. Here are your Rum & Cokes, Screwdrivers, and Tequila Sunrises.

WEEK: CLASSIC COCKTAILS

Increasing in complexity and diving into the rich history of cocktails and cocktail culture, we travel back in time 200 plus years to uncover the cocktails known as the classics that are making a strong comeback in today’s bar scene. We take a deeper dive into gin and study a variety of cocktail crafting techniques. You’ll find the classic Martini and your Old Fashioned right at home here.

WEEK: MODERN MARTINIS

Another group of popular cocktails including Cosmopolitans and Espresso Martinis, this week focuses on some of the standard vodka martini variations you’ll find in most restaurants today.  We also take time to discuss glassware, serving techniques, and guest interaction

WEEK: TROPICAL & TIKI COCKTAILS

This delicious assortment of cocktails focus on those refreshing citrus and sour based cocktails including Margaritas, Daiquiris and more. We take a deeper dive into Rum with additional concentration juices, garnishes, and making sure that your flavors and tastes are balanced within your cocktail.

WEEK: APERITIFS & DIGESTIFS

Your taste buds will thank you as we begin to understand the role of complementary and contrasting flavors and tastes in crafting cocktails ranging from salty to bitter to umami and more! We cover cocktails such as the Toasted Almond and The infamous Bloody Mary!

WEEK: SHOOTERS

Get ready to party. This week will take us through a busy night at the bar focused on pouring multiple shots of standard and custom creations from Chocolate Cake Shots to Lemon Drop Shots to Kamikazee Shots and more! We focus on speed and efficiency during the intense and fun week.

DAY: TIPS (Training In Intervention Procedures)

This 1 Day training focuses on knowing your legal responsibility as a server of alcohol. We go through a variety of scenarios that review how to prevent intoxication, overconsumption of alcohol, and underage drinking. We’ll review techniques for professionally and delicately handling a variety of bar situations and how properly evaluate and keep track of guests. Many establishments seek bartenders with this specific certification

2 WEEKENDS: WINE TRAINING

We are excited to offer an internationally respected Wine training course that can propel your career forward, increase your tips, or even prepare you to start the journey to becoming a wine sommelier. You’ll learn:

• How wine is made
• What factors influence wine style
• The key white and black grape varieties and their characteristics
• The important wine-producing regions of the world in which these grapes are grown
• The production of sparkling, sweet, and fortified wines
• Label terminology
• Food and wine pairing principles
• The principal categories of spirits and liqueurs, and how they are made
• How to describe wine

2 WEEKENDS: BEER TRAINING

This internationally recognized certification in beer will prepare you to serve beer in a variety of brewpubs, gastropubs, and restaurants all over.  Get an in depth knowledge of beer tasting and evaluation. You’ll learn:

• Keeping and Serving Beer
• Purchasing and accepting beer
• Serving alcohol
• Beer storage
• Draft systems
• Beer glassware
• Serving bottled beer
• Serving draft beer

1. Beer Styles
   1. Understanding beer styles
   2. Style parameters
   3. History, characteristics, and flavor attributes of styles by region
2. Beer Flavor and Evaluation
   1. Taste and flavor
   2. Identify normal flavors of beer and their source
   3. Off-flavor knowledge
3. Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes
   1. Ingredients
4. Pairing Beer with Food

THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BARTENDER TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES