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In this section Doug Frost and Steve Olson taste a few different spirits with you and focus on how the spirit changes and evolves on your palette. There is a big focus on customer service, history of cocktails, tools that we use in the industry and my favorite section, the spirit tasting. I found the event really valuable and each speaker talks a little about their area of expertise. I’m guessing, but there were probably around 120 bartenders at my testing location. There is a few opportunities to meet other bartenders in your area and you will probably see a few coworkers from previous jobs there as well.
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Breakfast is provided, so get there a little early if you want to have a cup of coffee and a pastry. As far as the food goes, think continental breakfast.My judge happened to be David Wondrich, and he was sitting only a few feet away from me carefully watching each measurement. The fun part is one you don’t know which cocktails you will be asked to make, and you have no idea who your judge is going to be. You will be evaluated not only on using the correct recipe and proportions, but also technique. For this test you will have 9 minutes to make 3 classic cocktails from the list of 25 classic cocktails that they provide in the reading material. There are about 10-15 questions focused on blind tasting 3 spirits.Īfter the written portion of the test you will need to sign up for the live bartending test. The first part is a 100 question multiple answer format test in which you have to score above a 65% to pass. The testing occurs after lunch and it is broken into 2 parts. They have broken the day into a little bit of education in the morning, a 30 minute break for lunch. #classiccocktails #whiskey #bourbon #coloradobourbon #bar #cocktails #homecocktails #homebartender #bartender #bartending #cocktailbar #stayhomecocktail #quarantinecocktails #makeyourowncocktails #craftcocktails #denverbars #denverbartenders #happyhour #denver #denvercocktails #denvercocktailscene 5280 Magazine 303 Magazine Thrillist Denver Westword Eater DenverEater Cocktail Liquor.The event is scheduled for 8 hours, but only a small portion of that time will be spent actually testing.
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Cheers!įor the full video, please click the link With the help of Distillery 291, today we’ll be making a Dabney Mint Julep. Welcome back to #BarkeepsChoice! This week I will be going into the history of John Dabney, a black bartender and chef who was known to be the best of the best at making his fruity style of Mint Juleps.