This isn’t going to be a typical article for BartenderHQ… A few years ago, after I’d come back from living in Dubai and briefly in […]
Author: David Sangwell
Flair Bartender. Mixologist. Bar Consultant. Bar Team Trainer. Podcaster. Cocktail Blogger. Scotch Drinker. PR friendly.
You can be better, wherever you work.
I hear so many excuses from bartenders about why they work the way they do. Some blame the customers who come to their bar, some […]
Episode 001, The BartenderHQ Podcast
Thanks for checking out the first BartenderHQ Podcast! On this week’s show: Featured Cocktail: The Velvet Hammer (and my His & Hers variation!) Roadhouse’s Chick […]
Why the UK Needs the Same Tipping Culture as America.
In the USA, it is very much the norm to tip your bartender each time you order a drink, or if you run a tab […]
10 Ways to Score Better at Your Next Flair Bartending Competition.
More and more flair competitions are springing up all the time, each with their own styles, specific house rules and requirements. While you could take […]
The Mystery Guest Myth.
The Mystery Customer is the absolute most pointless exercise in the modern bar and restaurant industry. Having a checklist of being greeted in a specific […]
8 Ways to get the best from your Bar Back.
Bar backs, glass collectors, bar support, whatever you call them, they are the unsung heroes of our bars – keeping everything running so the bartenders […]
How to get Served Fast in Bars (or, 10 Ways to Not Piss off Your Bartender).
Slow service can be really frustrating in bars, we all want our beer as soon as possible. Or our Mojito, or Old Fashioned (but we’ll […]
Fresh Flair Competition @ Mint Lounge Manchester, 11th August 2014
Fresh Flair Competition is Manchester’s newest and freshest flair bartending competition hosting some of the city’s, and indeed the country’s, most talented flair bartenders for […]
Pisco Sour
Pisco is a South American brandy, distilled from Muscat grapes and matured in clay jars, named after the town of Pisco in Peru, produced since […]
