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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.

Miami vice cocktail showcasing the vertical layering cocktail technique

Layered Drinks – How To Layer a Cocktail Vertically

Last updated: February 9, 2026

Porthole cocktail infuser loaded with citrus fruits, strawberries and herbs.

How To Infuse Spirits to Create Next-Level Cocktails

Last updated: February 9, 2026

A Manhattan cocktail enveloped in smoke from a smoking gun adding flavor and aroma.

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors – The Art of Smoking Cocktails

Last updated: February 25, 2026

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

Bartending Essentials: What is the Difference Between Bourbon and Whiskey?

Last updated: March 10, 2026

Cream siphon creating cocktail foam.

How To Make Cocktail Foam to Elevate Your Drinks

Last updated: January 27, 2026

Cocktail bubble gun releasing a bubble on top of a Cosmopolitan cocktail.

Intensify the Aroma of Cocktails with a Bubble Gun

Last updated: December 19, 2025

Bartender with a cocktail shaker and Hawthorne strainer

Double Straining a Cocktail: How, What & Why?

Last updated: June 17, 2026

Various cocktail glass types with fresh garnishes

10 Types of Cocktail Glasses Every Home Bar Needs

Last updated: December 22, 2025

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

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

Last updated: December 16, 2025

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

7 Essential Home Bartending Tools

Last updated: November 28, 2024

Bartending holding up bartender tools needed to make simple syrup.

How To Make Simple Syrup

Last updated: February 9, 2026

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?

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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

Bartending Essentials: Drink Measurements

Last updated: November 20, 2024

Pimms Cip No 1 drinks with lots of fresh fruit.

How To Build a Cocktail

Last updated: February 9, 2026

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

How To Muddle a Drink

Last updated: February 9, 2026

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

How To Use A Cocktail Shaker With Rico

Last updated: January 27, 2026

Bartender Rico holding up two Oranges to juice for a cocktail

Cocktail Hacks: How to Juice Fruits for Cocktails

Last updated: April 16, 2026

A foam-topped sour cocktail in a rocks glass with three orange bitters dots.

Classic Cocktails

Last updated: January 20, 2025