A Bar Above

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

A well-curated cocktail menu that highlights seasonal ingredients or premium spirits in signature drinks can feel luxurious without requiring a vast inventory. Curate a Strategic Menu Focus on quality over quantity. By spotlighting a few standout items, you reduce waste and purchasing costs while still creating a memorable guest experience.

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Sculpture Hospitality

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

When it comes to tracking your bar inventory , having the right tools is essential. Whether you’re running a brick and mortar bar/restaurant or a mobile bartending business, having an accurate and efficient way to monitor your stock is key.

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Sculpture Hospitality

MAY 6, 2025

When you're deep in the day-to-day operations of managing inventory, staff, and profitability, it can feel impossible to take a step back. Running a bar takes passion, and a whole lot of processes to keep things running smoothly.

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A Bar Above

MARCH 1, 2024

Par” is how much of any given item you expect to use during a set amount of time, or your average inventory usage of each product. The par sheet is simply a list of either your quickest moving items or your entire inventory with a par level associated to each item. Start with a spreadsheet of your inventory.

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A Bar Above

MARCH 7, 2025

Advanced inventory tools, such as Sortly , track stock levels, predict demand, and even automate reorders, ensuring bars are always prepped without over-ordering. So lets take a closer look at how bars and restaurants are embracing these advancements to work smarter, serve better, and stay ahead of the curve.

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Cheers

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The new generation of bartenders draws inspiration from the distilled wine spirits timelessness, versatility and range to create Cognac cocktails, Velez says. We have a pretty tight backbar space, so we need to be somewhat tight on inventory. Franky Marshall.

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PubClub

MARCH 19, 2024

In the bustling world of hospitality, bartenders play a pivotal role, crafting not just drinks but experiences that keep patrons returning to the bar. The art of bartending extends beyond mere drink preparation; it encompasses a wide array of skills that ensure success in this dynamic profession.

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A Bar Above

MAY 25, 2024

Photo by Benjamin Zanatta via www.unsplash.com MASTER THE BASICS BUILD REGULARS , INCREASE REVENUE AND PROFITS , REDUCE INVENTORY LOSS, AND DECREASE CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS Mastering the basics is a lot less exciting than implementing the latest mixology technique or trying to get more people in the door with the latest app. This is an easy win!

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Why shrinkage and pour costs effect bar inventory. Managing your bar inventory can be complicated, so let's make it a little easier. To be successful you need to stop bartender theft and inventory control software is one of the best tools you can put into place to help accomplish this.

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Today's Bartender

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Professional bartenders in California are increasingly being hired to attend to corporate events. San Francisco bartending has especially come of age and more than ever before, bars are hiring highly trained bartenders to attend the patrons.

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

25 ways bartenders steal and how to stop them. If bartenders are stealing, improper inventory management is the problem. So you think all of your bartenders are honest, right? Waitstaff and bartender work together to skim table tabs. Ringing items on another bartender or manager key. we'd love to chat.

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

5 simple steps to smarter bar inventory control. Managing your bar inventory can be complicated, so let's make it easier. To properly track, control, and overall manage your liquor, wine, and beer inventory, it takes a little time and 5 simple steps that any establishment can implement. Let's repeat this. Let's repeat this.

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Drinkhacker

MARCH 31, 2024

It will always be available and always in inventory. I am especially excited to share this 2XO liquid with bartenders and mixologists who can work American Oak into their bar programs.” “With American Oak, I am getting the opportunity to develop my first everyday expression,” says Dixon. “It

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

How restaurant inventory control software works. Learn the basics of inventory management options for your restaurant. In short, inventory control for restaurants is the management of your stock inventory to deter employee theft and to maintain proper stock levels. So if a bartender pockets the cash on a $4.00

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VinePair

JANUARY 4, 2024

what 25-year bartending vet Toby Maloney calls the easy answer. and a longtime bartender. Called the Pono, bartender Ben Purvis’s best-selling riff incorporates papaya purée for funk and buttery texture, a touch of banana liqueur for tropical notes, and even less Becherovka herbal liqueur for cinnamon, clove, and bitterness.

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Bartender.com

APRIL 5, 2024

2024 Bartender Spirits Awards Final Call For Entry. The 2024 Bartender Spirits Awards is all set to happen in May in Chicago and this year brings America’s top bartenders as judges. The awards are currently accepting entries for domestic spirits and the submission deadline for 2024 Bartender Spirits Awards is April 24.

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

How to weigh the liquor inventory in your bar. Weigh your liquor, wine, and draft beer for better inventory management. There comes a time in every man or woman's life, when you have to choose to weigh or not to weigh your bar inventory. This is the part where most mistakes are made when weighing inventory.

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Using a spreadsheet for your bar inventory. Spreadsheets are the "Old Faithful" of better bar inventory management. I love the Internet and think it has propelled us leaps and bounds in the way we communicate, but when I think of managing bar inventory. Bar inventory spreadsheets work. I'll stick to using spreadsheets.

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VinePair

APRIL 15, 2024

The German bartender served me, having to fresh-crack the tax stamp on what I soon saw was a 1960s bottle. He sources his bottles mostly from European markets, closed-down bars trying to unload inventory, but especially off-the-beaten path villages that seemingly haven’t caught up to the times. “I And the liquid inside was clear.

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VinePair

AUGUST 9, 2024

Thanks to that edge, it’s not a bottle that one tends to run through quickly, but it remains a staple for many bartenders and home mixologists who enjoy whipping up tropical cocktails. cocktail bar Test Pilot , of the expression. And when it’s not available, people notice. Here’s everything we know about the shortage.

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A Bar Above

MARCH 7, 2025

Advanced inventory tools, such as Sortly , track stock levels, predict demand, and even automate reorders, ensuring bars are always prepped without over-ordering. So lets take a closer look at how bars and restaurants are embracing these advancements to work smarter, serve better, and stay ahead of the curve.

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Mixologists

APRIL 11, 2025

Why Crystal Clear Ice Matters: Elevating Your Home Cocktails For the discerning home bartender, the pursuit of the perfect cocktail is a multifaceted endeavor, a delicate dance between premium spirits, precisely measured mixers, and the subtle artistry of presentation.

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Bevspot

JULY 29, 2015

The life of a bartender: getting home in the middle of the night after working a long Saturday night shift. Chris: Having the extra time as well as the historical insights into our inventory allowed a strong grasp on how to better cater to Lincoln’s customer base. What if there was? Operations.

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Bevspot

JULY 29, 2015

Tips For Bar Managers The life of a bartender: getting home in the middle of the night after working a long Saturday night shift. Deals and theme nights are a great way to do this, and not spending so many hours on inventory gave us the flexibility to organize and execute on these ideas.

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Cocktails with Suderman

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Cocktails With Suderman is the home bartender’s guide, with tips, tricks, techniques, anecdotes, opinions, and recipes. Making a List, Checking It Twice With projects like this, I tend to find that it’s useful to begin with an inventory of elements and their basic characteristics. So many recipes!

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Bar Cop

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The easiest way to determine if you are losing draft beer because your system is not operating efficiently is by tightly tracking usage and waste through your bar inventory management system. If the beer is too cold, the beer is not foamy enough and bartenders usually serve more in each glass. 2) Is the flow rate between 2.5

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

There are supposedly ways to “ train the algorithm ” to learn what you are seeking, but the thought of bringing spreadsheets, math, and ratios into a dating search feels an awful lot like inventory and cocktail prep.

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Taste Tequila

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

When you get to 1,000 cases you realize you need more money to expand (for) production, inventory, barrels, facilities, marketing, and on and on!” If you are looking to produce a cheap tequila to be served in bars as a well product in a nightclub, for example, you won’t be able to target aficionados and bartenders with that same product.

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Imbibe Magazine

MARCH 20, 2024

I started an all-natural, refrigerated soup company with a high school buddy, did some brand consulting for a couple of other friends’ companies, and got a bartending job helping a new bar get off the ground. In December 2002, I gave notice to my business partner, my consulting clients, and my bartending job. But I wasn’t making money.

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VinePair

MAY 15, 2025

From readily available and versatile bottles to thousand-dollar splurges, keep reading to discover the best bunker bottles of bourbon according to 22 bartenders. Michter’s is a bartender’s favorite because it has consistency and never fails in depth of flavor. A reliable bottle to hole up with and wait out.

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Imbibe Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

What home bartender hasn’t dreamed of creating their own personal bar? Level Up the Barware As a home bartender, you probably already have your collection of go-to bottles. To christen the piece, they had their 6-year-old son press his fingers into the wet concrete.

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Bar-i

APRIL 16, 2025

Shows how you can integrate the detailed sales record provided by Spot On's restaurant POS system with your beverage inventory system so you can precisely compare what your bartenders are selling versus pouring in real life. Most bars pour ~15% more than what they sell.

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Bar-i

MARCH 28, 2025

Shows how you can integrate the detailed sales record provided by Spot On's restaurant POS system with your beverage inventory system so you can precisely compare what your bartenders are selling versus pouring in real life. Most bars pour ~15% more than what they sell.

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The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 4, 2025

It was peak COVID lockdown, and I was the only one in the shop with the bartender. Just as I was about to leave, a gentleman walked in with a large box of bottles to sample with the bartender. With a diverse inventory spanning from six to 14 years old, Four Gate has ensured a steady supply of premium whiskey for its future releases.

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Drinkhacker

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

But its the brands Core Series that has really won over hearts, minds, and bartenders nationwide. As co-founder and Master Blender Danny Polise told me on a recent inventory trip, the construction behind the two blends is purposefully more different than those percentages might imply.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Laura Silverman, founder of Zero Proof Nation , a website that tracks non-alcoholic beverage offerings, was at a wedding nine years into her sobriety when she ordered a non-alcoholic drink and specifically mentioned her recovery from alcohol use disorder to the bartender. Bartenders do f*ck things up,” says Derek Brown, Washington, D.C.-based

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Bartender.com

APRIL 10, 2025

Beyond basic equipment, aspiring home bartenders should consider specialized tools to expand their repertoire. Bartenders at bartenderschool emphasize the importance of using high-quality components like fresh citrus, herbs, and spices to enhance the taste profile of drinks.

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