Guide to an Online Bartending Education. Interactive computer courses offer students the chance to study online for a bartending career. This article can help you find the resources to get your bartending career started.
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The consumption of alcoholic beverages dates back to prehistoric times, and could be considered a universal language of sorts. It is an element that transcends all time periods and cultures, acting as a common thread uniting the world. Evidence of drinking alcohol has been found in ancient Roman, Greek, and Asian cultures, when beer used to be buried with royal tombs and offered to deities. In fact, the oldest recipe ever found was one for beer, written on a 3,800 year old clay tablet.
Through the 1800s, religious concern swept over the United States and led to moral outrage and the earliest forms of prohibition. Prohibition became official through the 18th amendment in 1919, but was repealed with the 21st amendment in 1933. Today, bars and drinking alcohol are common throughout the world, and in 2002, there were over 463,000 bartenders employed in the United States.
Bartenders earned a median hourly wage of $7.21, with the majority earning between $6.33 and $9.02, on average. The highest paid 10% earned upwards of $11.96 an hour. Bartenders usually earn half their wages in tips, and have the greatest potential for tip income than most other food and beverage service positions.
Bartending schools provide intensive training on elements of mixology, profit pouring, liquors, wine, beer, garnishes, customer service, cash register/cash handling, alcohol awareness, and legal responsibility. Certification from a reputable bartending school can provide the knowledge and hands-on experience needed to enter the alcohol service industry as well as offer an edge over the competition. The listings here on BartendingSchools.com can help the aspiring mixologist locate area schools and choose the perfect program.
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