dont know what to do

[socalcub]

hello everyone, i am new first off...and i have a lot of questions...first, my main point.

i am currently only 19. I live in California, so i cant legally serve alcohol until i turn 21, but i wanna learn as much as i can before then so that i can hopefully have some kinda knowledge when am able to start looking for something in this field. anyone have any advice on what to do? i was thinking about getting a job in a resturant with a bar, and just try and learn as much as i can until i turn 21, then ask for a job behind the bar. i believe there is a turm used...a bar back?

i dont know anything yet fellas, so, bare with me please. but i am willing to do whatever to learn. any advice you are willing to part with would be GREATLY appreciated.

thank you.

[Sn0w_MaN]

I will advice you to learn it at home as u do not wish to go out of the law rulez... but i mean working in a bar is still not harm. You can ask the bartender with regard abt how they make this and that this is how i pick up my skill when i was younger. Haha... If you parents are alright with you going into this i am galdly happy for you. Good luck for you bartender career!!!!!

[Sn0w_MaN]

Btw some tips for you before you get into this... read up books or internet info about bartending and also abt basic spirits that wat usually bar use. If i am not wrong ever you are a serve you need to know abit of cocktail profile in case your customer ask you when you are serving them.

[socalcub]

thank you. [no, i do not wish to go out of the law...lol my mother is a cop..that would be bad.] but she's fine with it as far as i can tell...

umm, anyway, thanks. i am already getting the books together..and i just found out today at work that our new manager was a bartender for several years...funny how fate helps one out..hehe. she's gonna teach me how to do basic things hopefully.

[Sn0w_MaN]

haha... wow ur mum is a cop something really interested.. just take care and behave urself will do. U will really learn alot in F&B

[socalcub]

U will really learn alot in F&B

what is F&B??

[DM Nathan]

It usually means "Food and Beverage"...

[Sn0w_MaN]

yes food and beverage

[MixyFlairStyle]

hmmm..........if you have a wish to be a bartender it's not easy but it's very interesting but before that,you hav to learn a lot abouth all kind of beverage specialy Rum,Vodka,Gin,Tequila,Cachasa,Whiskey,Brandy...... ... etc.
It's not only make a coffe and serve a glass of water......it's more complicated!

good luck!

[Sn0w_MaN]

yes i agree with mixyflairstyle every though i go to F&B school to learn all this but nothing much was taught as compare if you go out to work. I love the feeling of doing bottle flairing for the 1st time, the feeling of doing my first matini. Scoalub keep you spirit there and keep moving be a good bartender k, 3 yrs down the road maybe i will visit you to try on ur skill.

[MixyFlairStyle]

to be a bartender doesen't mean only workplace or to know 200 recipe mental,to be a bartender refer one specially way and lifestyle every bartender themselves...

[VincentBlackHeart]

Don't worry guy I know how you feel, I am new and i am 18 so it suck for me to figure it out.

[Sn0w_MaN]

hmmm... beside learning from work i usually look at bartender how they do their drink when i am out at bar. Sometimes i do have qus abt the drink that i drink and i usually qus them.

[Anderson Vanessa]

According to me, you should contact a small bar which can let you work with them. If you could find a job their, you will be start working what you wants to do. In this way, you can chase your passion. After turning 21, you can apply for a professional bartender.

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