Bar Tending Equipment Slides

8/8/2019 Bar Tending Equipment Slides

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BARTENDING

EQUIPMENT


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Equipment for Mixing drinks

Ice chest, Ice bin

Containers for bottles bottle wells and

speed rails

Handgun for dispensing soft drink mixes Mixer and blender on the recessed shelf

Frozen drink dispenser

Glass froster

Beer System

Ice machines


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Ice Chest (Ice Bin)

The centerpiece of anypouring station.


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A.Bottle Wells

The liquor supply at a bartenders station isknown collectively a the well, and the

brands used there are called well brands.


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Speed railsTypically contains the

most frequently poured

liquors.


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Handgun for Dispensing Soft drink Mixes

Dispenses the carbonated mixes. Nicknamed the

cobra or the six-shooter, this instrument consists

of a head with a nozzle and seven pushbuttons

that deliver plain water and carbonated mixes (one

per button) such as soda, tonic, cola, 7-up -

whatever half dozen you choose. Behind thescenes are bulk supplies of concentrated syrups

and a tank of carbon dioxide under pressure.


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Mixer

A machine that makes

shake. It has a shaftcoming down from the

top that agitates the

contents of its cup. It is

used for cocktailsmade with fruit juices,

egg, sugar, cream, or

any ingredient that

does not blend readily

with spirits.


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Blender

Most drinkingestablishments today

have electric blenders

for making the many

popular frozen drinksthat customers love. In

the bottom of its cup

are blades that can

grind, puree, and

otherwise refine

ingredients put into it.


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Frozen Drink Dispenser

Similar to the soft-ice-cream machine at the Dairy

Queen, it soft-freezes a large quantity of a premixeddrink .


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Glass Froster

A top opening freezerthat chills glasses at

temperatures around 0

F.


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Beer System

Many drinking establishments have different beers

available on tap. This means that the beer is stored in metalkegs, sometimes referred to as half kegs or barrels. Beers

in kegs must be stored cold, preferably between 42F (5.5 C)

and 45 F (7.2 C). Kegs are sometimes stored in specially

designed refrigeration units with the taps right on top. The

beer is pressurized with carbon dioxide and delivered to thetaps at the bar through plastic tubes, or lines.


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Ice Machines

A cocktail bar could

not run at all withoutice so a plentiful

supply is essential.

Every bar operation

has an icemaker;some have more the

one. If the Bar is large

enough the icemaker

can be part of the

underbar or backbar;

if not, it must be

behind scene and ice

must be bused in


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Bar Back Coolers


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Wine Chillers


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Equipment for Washing

A three or four-compartment sink

Drainboards

Special glass-washing brushes

Hand sink with towel rack

Waste dump


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Three or four-compartment Sink

The sink with drainboards is usually a single piece

of equipment placed near a bartender station or

between two stations. One compartment is for

washing, one for rinsing, and one for sanitizing

with a chemical solution. In a four compartment

sink the fourth compartment is usually used as a

waste dump by placing netting in the bottom to

catch the debris from used glasses. Sometimes it

can function as the hand sink.


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A three or Four-compartment sink


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Glass Brushes

Is a motorized model; the bartender places a glass

over the center brush and presses a button to make

the bristles spin.


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Bar Tools and Small Equipment

Jiggers

Pourers

Mixing glass

Hand shaker

Bar strainer

Barspoon

Ice Scoop

Ice Tongs

Muddler

Fruit Squeezer

Funnel

Glass Rimmer


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Jiggers

A jigger is a device used tro measure the amount of

liquor poured into a drink. It is usually made of

stainless steel and shaped like two small cones

connected at the bottom so that one glass is always

upside down.


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Pourers

A pourer is a device fitting into the neck of a

beverage bottle, so constructed that it reduces therate of flow to a predictable controllable amount.


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Mixing glass

A mixing glass is a heavy glass container in which

drink ingredients are stirred together with ice. A

typical mixing glass has a capacity of 16 to 17

ounces. It is used to make Martinis and Manhattan

and other drinks whose ingredients blend together

readily.


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Hand Shaker

A combination of amixing glass and a

stainless-steel

container that fits on

top of it, in which drink

ingredients are shaken

together with ice. A

shaker is used for

cocktails made with

fruit juices, egg, sugar,cream or any other

ingredient that does not

mix readily with spirits.


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Boston Shaker

A two-pieceshaker consisting

of a metal bottom

and glass orplastic mixing

bowl. A separate

strainer is required

for this type shakerif crushed ice is

used.


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French Shaker

A two-pieceshaker consistingof a metal bottomand a metal cap. It

is the least widelyknown of the threetypes of shakers.A strainer is

always required forthis type of shaker.


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Bar Strainer

Basically a round wirespring on a handle,

which fits the top of a

shaker or mixing glass;

it has ears that fit over

the rim to keep it in

position. The strainer

keeps ice and fruit pulp

from going into the

glass when the drink ispoured.


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Barspoon

A shallow spoon with a long handle, often with a

bead on the end. Barspoons are used for stirring

drinks, either in a drink glass or in a mixing glass

or cup.


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Ice Scoop

An implement forscooping up ice from the

ice bin. It usually has a 6

or 8 ounce capacity.


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Ice Tongs

Are designed to

handle one cube of

ice at a time. They

serve an importantfunction, since ice

that goes into a

drink should not be

touched by thehands.


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Muddler or Muddling Stick

A small wooden club about six inches long. Shaped

like a baseball bat, it is used to mash, or muddle

the fruit in the bottom of a glass.


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Fruit Squeezer

A hand size gadget that

squeezes half a lemonor lime for a single

drink, straining out pits

and pulp.


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Funnels

These are needed for pouring from large containersinto small ones, such as transferring special mixes

from bulk containers into plastic bottles for bar

use.


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Glass Rimmer

A handy gadget used to

rim a glass with salt orsugar. It is made up of

three trays.


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Tools and Equipment for Garnishing

Cutting board

Bar knife

Relish fork

Zester, router, or stripper

Sip sticks, Swizzle sticks, and straws


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Cutting Board

Any board having a surface that will not dull the

knife. Rubber or plastic is the best material.


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Bar Knife

Can be any small to

medium size stainless-steel knife such as

paring knife or utility

knife.


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Relish Fork

A long, thin, two-tined

stainless-steel forkdesigned for reaching

into narrow-necked

bottles for onions and

olives.


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Zester, Router, and Stripper

These are special cutting tools for making that twist

of lemon some drinks call for; they peel away theyellow part of the lemon skin, which contains the

zesty oil, without including the white underskin,

which is bitter.


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Sip sticks, Swizzle sticks, and straws

These tiny straws or stirrers are used in mixed

drinks. Any cocktail served over ice automaticallygets a sip stick. Many frozen drinks and tall

cocktails are served with standard-sized straws.


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Bar Caddy


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Can Opener, Corkscrew, wine openers


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DecanterA decanter is a vessel

that is used to hold the

decantation of a liquid

(such as wine) which

may contain sediment.

Decanters are normally

used as serving vesselsfor wine. Decanters vary

in shape and design.

They are usually made

of an inert material(such as glass) and will

hold at least one

standard bottle of wine

(0.75 litre).


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Carafe


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Bar Mats

As used in trendybars and

restaurants, this

durable black

rubbermat iseasily washable

making it a

cleaner

alternative totraditional bar

towels


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Bar towels


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Soda siphon / seltzer

The sodasyphon, also

known as the

seltzer bottleorsyphon

seltzer bottle

is a device fordispensing

soda water.

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