Superior Riverside Bartending School will teach u all the tools

Bartending tools, yes tools of the job At Riverside Bartending Schools they have every tool you need and teach you exactly how to use them. An English proverb states, “a bad workman blames his tools.”  You will only be as good as your tools, make sure you have what you need when you need it and a bartending school is the best place to learn them all.

With all the countless bartending tools out there will you use them all? Probably not, there are the must have tools and they may seem like common sense but it is easy to over look the obvious sometimes. Bottle opener many bars they are built it to the bar rail on the bartender side. Sure you can open some with your hands, however, think of your favorite bar on the weekends, how much damage you can do to your hands in just one night. Use the bottle opener it is not only faster but safer as well.

Wine opener also called a corkscrew the best and most versatile is called the ‘waiters’ wine opener. This wine opener comes with a corkscrew or worm, a sharp blade to cut the seal of the wine and also a bottle opener. Nothing worse than having a hard time getting the cork out of the bottle or have it breaks off in front of a customer.

Riverside Bartending School has different kinds of openers, for both bottles and wines and can teach you the best methods for a smooth opening. Not to mention shakers, they are used for mixing drinks and making layered drinks.  Shakers are pretty simple and self explanatory be sure to always make sure lid has snug fit and do not try and mix carbonated beverages.  Most come with strainers, this helps when making certain cocktails and the coil is wire so it will fix many sizes of glasses.

Coasters are a good thing to have; they prevent a lot of unnecessary wet spots or rings on the bar from moisture off the side of the glass. They also go hand in hand, no pun intended, with the bar towel, also known as bar rag. They need to be clean and hanging every few feet behind the bar to ensure you are ready to clean up any spill or empty spots for new customers. Keeping a system helps make sure your bar rags are always hanging in the same spot every night, make this much easier to find especially when the bar is hopping.

Ice scoop, they are mandatory and here is why, the ice can become really hard and stuck together and if you take a glass and scoop up ice and the glass breaks, it has been known to happen, and then you have to empty the whole ice bin and re-fill with fresh ice. Better safe than sorry, be sure to always use the ice scoop and never a glass.

There are many more mandatory tools and enrolling at a Riverside Bartending School will teach you all the tools of the trade…don’t forget your tip cup!