Advanced Bartending Course

More than just introducing you to interesting facts and dates from the world of bartending, this course aims to explore each cocktail family in depth. You’ll learn about the different drink structures they present and discover how to craft creative twists that will elevate your mixology skills.

We’ll take you on a journey—from the punch served aboard 16th-century trade ships in the Indian Ocean to the modern classics enjoyed in some of the most renowned cocktail bars around the world.

We’ll teach you how to make a wide variety of products to give you an almost unlimited choice of flavours and aromas to incorporate into your own cocktails.

You’ll make:

• Syrups
• Cordials
• Shrubs
• Bitters
• Tinctures
• Vegan foams
• Clarified and acid-adjusted fruit juices
• Sodas and mixers
• Fluid gel and edible paint
• Hydrosols
• Distillates
• Fermentations
• Clarified cocktails
• Milk Punches
• Fat Washes
• Caviar
• Leathers
• Corals
• Fluid gels
• Hand Carved ice
• and so much more…

We have teamed up with 100% Chef to provide you with advanced, lab grade equipment in order to give free reign to your creativity and maximise the value to your career. Clarify multiple ingredients using the Centricook, a high-speed centrifuge, separate alcohols by vacuum distilling in the Girovap 2.0, ferment consistently with the enzyme+, create smoke, aromas and flavour bubbles with the Aladin range. These technological innovations allow us to elevate our craft to a whole new level.

Over the next ten days, you will taste more than 55 different cocktails! From fermented twists on legendary highballs like the Paloma to contemporary takes on Martinis made with custom distillates, our instructors will demonstrate how the products you’ve crafted during the course can be applied to create a wide variety of drinks in different styles.

We will also explain how these drinks are conceived and how they fit into their respective cocktail families. This knowledge will help you craft your own creations from scratch, make impressive twists on classic recipes and make you a highly valuable additon to any bar team.

Take your guests’ breath away with your creativity! Learn how to apply modern techniques that will make your cocktails both taste and look extraordinary! You will be exploring:

• Spherification
• Carbonation
• Clarification
• Fermentation
• Re-distillation

Learn how the best bars in the world have mastered mise-en-place to make service more friendly and more efficient. Assure consistency, and whip out flawless drinks in just a couple of seconds while you entertain and take care of your guests!

Learn how to determine dilution in your batches, how to scale up your drinks and even how to set up a cocktail line using a keg!

Low alcohol by volume and non-alcoholic drinks have strongly captivated the public in recent years. It is also one of the most important modern trends in our industry, and everything indicates it is here to stay! Let us show you how:

• Craft your own Low ABV and NA cocktails
• Make non-alcoholic hydrosols
• Re-distill sweet vermouth to reduce its alcohol by volume
• Create low ABV wine and beer cocktails

Let us show you how by optimizing your bar’s resources and assets, you can cut on waste and transform it into something else!

Learn how:

• Sustainability can help you shape your bars’ drink program and make your operation more profitable
• Use waste, like banana peels, to transform them into tasty ingredients!
• How to turn a few lemon peels into liters of lemon juice ready to be used behind your bar!

Throughout the course, you’ll have the unique opportunity to hear from renowned industry experts who will share their secrets on how they got to where they are today. Plus, we’ll take you to some of the most iconic bars in your destination—many of which are featured in the prestigious World’s 50 Best Bars! Get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at how the best of the best run their bars, and discover the cutting-edge techniques that set them apart.

Put your newfound skills to the test! In the second week of the course, your instructor will assign you a challenge, and you’ll have the creative freedom to craft your own unique cocktail, showcasing your personal style. You’ll have access to all the cutting-edge equipment introduced during the course as you present your creation. It’s your chance to shine and demonstrate your mixology mastery!

Yes! You can choose to stay at EBS accommodation. Most of our students stay with us as it’s the best way to socialise during the course.

Check out the school pages to find out more about individual accommodation.

No, students from all over the world attend our courses; therefore, you need to make your own way to the school.

Our course advisers can help you find the cheapest way to your chosen destination.

Yes – you can book the course now and settle the payment before the course starts

Use our flexible payment option to pay for your course in 3 instalments. The first one is only 20% of the course price. The second and third payments are 40% each.