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Bartending Course Syllabus 📕
Look inside our day-by-day lesson plan before you invest in bartending school.
OUR PROMISE
By the end of our program, you'll be confident behind the bar.
This course is made for:
Hospitality Staff
Step up to a bartending role at your venue.
Baristas
Transform your drink-making skills into cocktail artistry.
New Bartenders
Learn to land and excel in bartending jobs.
Past Bartenders
Refresh your bartending skills with hands-on practice.
Fun-Seekers
Have fun learning in a realistic bar-like setting.
Commercial Bartending Course Lesson Plan
Day 1: Introduction to Bartending
Lesson Goal: Learn the fundamentals of bartending.
- Master jigger pouring techniques and bartender measurements
- Get familiar with equipment, glassware, and tools you'll find at a bar
- Build essential vodka-based cocktails like a Cosmopolitan and a Moscow Mule
- Learn why we shake cocktails and practice shaking techniques
- Understand vodka production, popular vodka brands, and how to enhance recipes with liqueurs
Commercial Bartending Exercise: Speed rounds to test your ability to make cocktails fast and under pressure.
Day 2: Gin and Cocktail Families
Lesson Goal: Learn how to learn a cocktail recipe.
- Learn cocktail families and their ingredient ratios
- Understand what differentiates good from poor quality spirits
- Understand how to make a balanced cocktail
- Explore gin, its history, and various styles so you can recommend brands to customers
- Build classic gin cocktails such as the Gimlet, Tom Collins, and French 75
- Garnish considerations and techniques to enhance the aesthetic of your cocktail
- Properly make an egg-white cocktail
- Pour different types of shots
Mixology Workshop: Taste a balanced mocktail and learn how to manipulate recipes you know to make customized cocktails.
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Day 3: Stirred Cocktails and the Hospitality Industry
Lesson Goal: Understand the dynamics of working at a bar.
- Learn why some cocktails are shaken and others are stirred
- Hand position for holding bar spoons and how to stir properly
- Pour spirit-forward cocktails like a Negroni and Martini
- Discuss BC's Serving it Right Certification
- Learn how to cut someone off gracefully
- Workplace cultures at different types of bars
- How to be a good team player to all roles in an establishment
- Learn an efficient process to fulfill bar orders
- Juggle orders from both customers and servers
Commercial Bartending Exercise: In "The Weeds" exercise, you'll get familiar with fast, high-pressure environments as you take multiple orders at your busy bar.
Day 4: Rum, Tequila, and Employment Skills
Lesson Goal: Prepare to find a bartending job and build confidence.
- Where to find work as a bartender
- How to stand out as a new bartender with no experience
- Bartender interview success tips
- Learn styles of rum, tequila and mezcal, how they are made, and key brands
- Understand how to differentiate good from poor quality tequila
- Learn why celebrities are behind today's most spirit brands
- Build popular rum and tequila cocktails like the Daiquiri and Margarita
Bartender Resume Review: Upload your resume for personalized feedback before you apply to jobs.
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Students can retake the program for free! 💯
Want to brush up on your bartending skills in the future? No problem. Students of Fine Art Bartending School are always welcome back.
Day 5: Whisky and Customer Service
Lesson Goal: Practice interacting with customers.
- Upselling techniques and how to build regulars at your bar
- Understand the diversity of whisky styles, like Rye, Irish Whisky, Scotch, Bourbon, and Japanese Whisky.
- Learn the impact of barrelling and ageing spirits
- Pour popular whisky cocktails like a Manhattan and Old Fashioned
Commercial Bartending Exercise: In the "Customer Service" exercise, you'll take orders from difficult customers that require you to improvise and recommend cocktails to fit their taste preferences.
Day 6: Beer, Wine & Point of Sale Systems
Lesson Goal: Master speed, accuracy, and memorize cocktails.
- Learn about wine regions
- Practice uncorking a bottle and wine table service
- Explore beer styles, brands, and how to tap a keg
- Practice pouring a pint of beer
- Get hands-on experience with POS systems
- Review all learned cocktails and participate in speed rounds to prepare for their final exam
Commercial Bartending Exercise: In the "Point of Sale" exercise, you'll ring in food and drink orders into a POS system, then make the orders for your customers.
Day 7: Practical Exam & Graduation Day
Lesson Goal: Earn your Commercial Bartending Certificate! 🎓
- Your Practical Exam will assess your speed, accuracy, and knowledge of the cocktails you learned in class. Don't worry! We prepare you for success.
- Celebrate with your peers and congratulate yourself—you did it! 🎉
Learn to Bartend like a pro
Course Summary
- Modern bartending curriculum, updated for 2025
- Master popular classic cocktails with professional style and technique
- Access to 100 delicious cocktail recipes
- 20+ hours of extensive hands-on practice behind a real bar
- Point-of-sale system training and customer service exercises
- Personalized resume review and editing
- Engaging role-playing exercises to prepare for real-world scenarios
- Spirit brand knowledge and upselling techniques
And so much more!
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Commonly asked questions:
How does the certificate look to employers?
Fine Art Bartending School is BC's longest standing and most reputable bartending school.
Since 1981, we've trained thousands of bartenders, many of which have gone on to have successful bartending careers.
Our program is widely recognized in British Columbia. We have over 850 five-star Google reviews.
Even if an employer is not familiar with us, they will appreciate you applying to the job fully trained and taking the initiative to develop bartending skills on your own.
Do we help you get a job?
Our entire program prepares you to work as a bartender.
While anyone with an interest in bartending would love our program, here are the job-related skills you will learn:
- Customer service skills
- Taking orders
- Upselling to increase tips
- Popular brands of spirits
- Reading order tickets
- Resume building and where to find jobs
- Interview prep
- Handling busy rushes with east
- Juggling multiple orders at once
- Responsible service
- Making bespoke cocktails based on a customer's preferences
We have many success stories of students who got a job after the program. Check them out!
How beginner is your course?
Our Commercial Bartending Course is for anyone who wants to learn bartending or refresh their bartending skills.
This is not an advanced mixology program.
This program will train you on the following:
- Bartending tools & mixing techniques
- Developing your own bartending style
- How to develop your bespoke cocktail recipes using cocktail ratios
- Popular classic cocktail recipes
- Bartending customer service exercises
- How to find, apply, interview for your first job
- And so much more!
Do I need to obtain my Serving it Right certification prior to taking the program?
Nope, you do not need to obtain your Serving it Right certificate prior to taking the program.
We are a school, not a bar. Students will not be handle real alcohol.
Why choose Fine Art Bartending?
Top-Rated Institution:
- Over 850 five-star Google reviews.
- Long-standing reputation since 1981.
Experienced Instructors:
- Decades of bartending experience across North America.
- Expertise in various bar environments like cocktail lounges, events, banquets, clubs, and restaurants.
Practical, Hands-On Training:
- Learn behind a real bar with individual bar stations.
- Use real bartender tools, popular spirits, and garnishes.
- Build muscle memory and confidence in a realistic setting.
Modern Curriculum:
- Regularly updated program to reflect current industry trends.
- Instruction in classic cocktails and contemporary mixology.
- Preparation for today’s bar scene and employer expectations.
Free Lifetime Retakes:
- Opportunity to refresh your skills at no additional cost.
- Lifetime access to retake the program whenever needed.
Small Class Sizes:
- Personalized attention from instructors.
- Focus on developing good habits for earning tips and respect in the bar industry.
Positive Student Experience:
- Fun, interactive, and informative classes.
- Supportive learning environment where students can thrive.
- Opportunities to make new friends and network within the industry.
Gateway to Hospitality Careers:
- Comprehensive training that goes beyond bartending basics.
- Opens doors to various opportunities in the hospitality industry.
Choosing Fine Art Bartending School means joining a highly-rated, experienced, and supportive institution dedicated to your success in bartending.
We hope to see you in class!
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