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Dale DeGroff (born September 21, 1948), also known as "the King of Cocktails" or "King Cocktail", is an American bartender and author. The New York Times in 2015 called DeGroff "one of the world's foremost cocktail experts", and wrote that his book The Craft of the Cocktail is considered an essential bartending reference. [1]
Head Bartender at the Delta Saloon in 1863 was Prof. Jerry Thomas, most celebrated barman in American history. Coming to Virginia City, according to the Territorial Enterprise** of that year, from the Occidental in San Francisco, he did much to elevate the tastes and drinking habits of the then uncouth Comstock.
Barbacks are essentially commis bartenders, and are there to simplify a bartender's job and prepare the bar by stocking it with liquor, ice, glassware, beer, garnishes, and so on. During the evening, they also collect and wash dirty dishes and glassware, clean tables (though there is a busser for this in larger bars), change kegs , and help to ...
A barista (/ b ə ˈ r iː s t ə,-ˈ r ɪ s-/ bə-REE-stə, bə-RIST-ə, Italian:; "bartender") is a person, usually a coffeehouse employee, who prepares and serves espresso-based coffee drinks and other beverages.
Bartender, Skyline Hotel Malmö, 1992. A bartender (also known as a barkeep or barman or barmaid or a mixologist) is a person who formulates and serves alcoholic or soft drink beverages behind the bar, usually in a licensed establishment as well as in restaurants and nightclubs, but also occasionally at private parties.
Harry Johnson was an American bartender who owned and operated saloons across the US in the late 19th century and the early 20th century. He is best known for the New and Improved Bartenders' Manual, an influential book that contained many original cocktail recipes, as well as the first written recipes of such cocktails as the marguerite and a version of the martini.
The first open competition to have an exhibition round was the Quest for the Best Bartender in 1992. The first open competition to have a working flair round was the Quest for the Best Bartender in the World in 1999. The first all working flair bartending competition was the Flair Bartenders Shakedown in 2006 organized by BarWars LLC.
A poster for the IBA meeting of 1965 at the Claridge Hotel, Buenos Aires. [1]The International Bartenders Association (IBA) is an international organisation established in order to represent the most skilled bartenders in the world, it was founded on 24 February 1951.