Bartending Techniques from Bar None Drink Recipes

Margaritas are a favorite of ours year round and we like them with salt. When we first started shaking cocktails the salt rim was one of the first tricks we learned. It's simple and adds just that right touch to your Margarita.

Today's grenadine is rife with high-fructose corn syrup and food coloring, a far cry from the preservative-free original.  Why not follow these simple instructions and make your own, home-made grenadine.

This page tells you a little bit about the types of strainers available to the bartender and where and how to use them.

Not only are your ingredients important, but that forgotten addition is equally so.  Ice forms an integral part of your drinks so learn how ice can change the flavour of your drink.

This page gives you insight on choosing and preparing juice for your cocktails.

This page is a description of how to muddle your cocktail.

A description on how to build your alcoholic cocktail.

A guide to preparing Flaming drinks and how to safely pull off this spectacular technique.

How to prepare you glass for that perfect cocktail.

A guide on how to properly prepare a drink in layers.

A guide to shake or blend your drink.

How to prepare Simple Syrup (Bar Mix, Sugar Syrup) for your cocktail and drink recipes.

How to prepare a drink by stirring to mix, rather than shaking.