About Us Cocktail Hunter is the result of the efforts of Micheline Ouimet to create a more intuitive format for presenting cocktail recipes. She developed the visual recipe format and found that it was effective not only as a learning…
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Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 4
ALCOHOL BEVERAGE SERVICE Drinks can be ordered either by generic name or brand name. For instance, a customer may order ’Scotch and Soda’ or ‘Johnny Walker Black and Soda’. For the ’Scotch and Soda’ you will use bar scotch in…
Popular Hangover Cures
Popular Hangover Cures New Year’s Eve parties are just a few days away and many will feel less than 100% after having too much of a good time. The unavoidable downside to an evening of fun and drinking your favorite…
Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 3
TYPES OF MIXED DRINKS HIGHBALLS It is a simple drink that can be made in a hurry. These types include various drink categories. Most of them are easy to make for everyday drinking.METHOD: buildRECIPE STANDARD: spirit + juice or…
Top 10 Holiday Cocktails
Christmas Cocktails FaLaLaLa…’Tis the season to add some pizzazz to your holiday fête! The holiday season is a wonderful time for entertaining, and nothing gets everyone mingling better than a great cocktail in a festive atmosphere. The following are 10…
Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 2
Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 2 MEASURE FOR MEASURE There are two international measurement units in bartending, the metric and the imperial systems. In North America, the common practice is to measure liquids in ounces. Refer to the Cocktail Hunter…
Bartending Guide Study – Lesson 1
Bartending Lesson 1 Interested in mixing drinks as a bartender? Very often if you don’t have at least a foundation knowledge of bartending, you usually won’t get hired. There is an art to this age-old profession and the more skills…
Liquore Strega
Liquore Strega – The Witch The name Strega, a popular proprietary liqueur produced in Campania, is Italian for “witch”. The liqueur got its name also because it is supposedly based on a witches brew. The legend has it that witches…
World Record Most Drinks Made In One Minute
Most Drinks Made In One Minute Bartenders are a special breed. A competent bartender is a high-speed technician that can do wonders with bottles. All sorts of competitions and contests exist for the industry. The World Record Acadamy is the…
Luxardo Sour Cherry Gin
Luxardo started to produce its London Dry Gin in 1936, based on the family’s original recipe dating back to the famed “Ginepro di Dalmazia” or Juniperus Oxycedrus (which is produced by steam distilling the branches and berries of the Juniper…