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Digital Bartender
Most Convenient
12 Hrs
At your own pace
or
4 Weeks Digital
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ONLINE: At your own pace
or
ONLINE: 12 Hours/
4 Weeks
At your own pace
Watch and learn any time, day or night from any location
Recommended:
12 Hours/
4 Weeks Online
Foundational Cocktails
Speed & Efficiency
Spirits & liqueurs
Customer service
Cash handling
POS Terminals
Upselling Techniques
Navigating behind the bar
Alcohol responsibility
✓Online Bartending Knowledge Certification
N/A
Elite
Bartender
Most Value
80Hrs
4 Weeks Live
12 Weeks Digital
8
Starts weekly depending on seating availability
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LIVE: 48 Hours In Person
&
ONLINE: 12 Hours/
12 Weeks
4 WEEKS
Saturdays
+
Online Portion
4 Weeks: Bartending
4 Weeks: Beer
4 Weeks: Wine
Everything in the
Advanced Bartender course
+
International Wine certification
International Beer Certification
5 Certifications
✓Advanced Bartending
✓Alcohol Responsibility
✓Online Bartending Knowledge Certification
✓Beer Training
✓Wine Training
Additional Certifications that will help you stand out among the competition
Advanced Bartender
Most Popular
48Hrs
4 Weeks Live
4 Weeks Digital
Starts weekly depending on seating availability
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LIVE: 48 Hours In Person
&
ONLINE: 12 Hours/
4 Weeks
4 WEEKS
Saturdays
8:30 AM - 5:30PM
+
4 Weeks Online
Foundational Cocktails
Speed & Efficiency
Spirits & liqueurs
Customer service
Cash handling
POS Terminals
Upselling Techniques
Navigating behind the bar
Alcohol responsibility
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3 Certifications
✓Advanced Bartending
✓TiPS Certification
✓Online Bartending Knowledge Certification
Resume Development
Interview Training
Job Lead Generation
Nationwide
Quick
Bartender
Great trial
21 Hrs
1 Day Live
4 Weeks Digital
LIMITED SEATING
Classes run 1 weekend per month
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LIVE: 9 Hours In Person
&
ONLINE: 12 Hours/
4 Weeks
1 Day
Saturday
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
+
4 Weeks Online
Introduction to the bar
✓Online Bartending Knowledge Certification
N/A
501 Kings Highway, Suite 201
Fairfield, CT 06825
Course Length
Schedules
What you will learn
Certifications
Beer
Training
20hrs
2 Weekends
Saturday & Sunday
2 Weekends
Saturday &Sunday
9:30AM to 2:30PM
Beer service and storage
Regional history & characteristics
Beer flavor and evaluation
Brewing processes
Beer glassware
Draft systems
Food & beer pairing
✓Cicerone Certified Beer Server
Wine
Training
10hrs
2 Weekends
Saturday & Sunday
2 Days
Saturday & Sunday
9:30AM to 2:30PM
How wine is made
Key grape varieties and their characteristics
Global wine producing regions
Label terminology
Wine glassware
Food and Wine pairing
✓International Wine Certification
Beer & Wine
Training
30hrs
4 Weekends
Saturday
2 Weekends
Saturday &Sunday
9:30AM to 2:30PM
+
2 Days
Saturday &Sunday
9:30AM to 4:30PM
Both beer and wine courses
✓International Wine Certification ✓Cicerone Certified Beer Server
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
- Beer Styles
- Understanding beer styles
- Style parameters
- History, characteristics, and flavor attributes of styles by region
- Beer Flavor and Evaluation
- Taste and flavor
- Identify normal flavors of beer and their source
- Off-flavor knowledge
- Beer Ingredients and Brewing Processes
- Ingredients
- Pairing Beer with Food