Bartending 101: Home Bartending Skills and Basics

Learn how to bartend with our articles and videos. Discover tips and tricks to master how to mix cocktails that will impress your friends and guests at Friday nights, summer parties, soirées, and beyond!

Whether you’re a newbie or a seasoned shaker, you’ll find everything you need to know about creating great drinks right here at Absolut Drinks.

Bartender with a cocktail shaker and Hawthorne strainer

Bartending Essentials: How Do You Double Strain a Cocktail?

Double straining and why it matters.

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Various cocktail glass types with fresh garnishes

10 Types of Cocktail Glasses Every Home Bar Needs

Discover the right glassware for the right drink.

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Bartender Rico demonstrating how to use aquafaba to make a Whiskey Sour

What Is Aquafaba and How Is it Used to Make Cocktails?

The egg white substitute for a perfect foamy head.

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Essential home bartending tools including a cocktail shaker and a hawthorne strainer.

7 Essential Home Bartending Tools

Shake, muddle and strain.

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Two Vodka Cocktail cocktails garnished with a maraschino cheery and lemon wedge, next to a bottle of Absolut Vodka.

How Do You Make Sour Mix for cocktails?

Learn how to make the perfect sour mix.

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Rico demonstrating how to measure "parts" for a cocktail.

Bartending Essentials: Drink Measurements

Rico explains the elusive “cocktail parts”.

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Bartending holding up bartender tools needed to make simple syrup.

How to make Simple Syrup

Balance the sweetness of your cocktail.

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Irish Whiskey being poured into a Rocks Glass filled with Ice Cubes.

Bartending Essentials: What is the difference between Bourbon and Whiskey?

Explore the different types of whiskies.

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Wooden muddler to muddle cocktail ingredients including mint leaves for a Mojito.

How to Muddle a Drink

Learn all you need to know about muddling cocktails.

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Bartender pouring two Espresso Martinis from two Boston Shakers to demonstrate different shake techniques.

How To Use A Cocktail Shaker With Rico

Learn how to shake a cocktail shaker like a pro.

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Bartender Rico holding up two Oranges to juice for a cocktail

Cocktail Hacks: Juice up your juices

Make aerated juice and take your drinks to new levels.

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Classic Martini in a Martini Glass garnished with a Lemon twist

Classic Cocktails

Classic cocktail recipes every home bartender needs to know.

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