Comments on: Get smart! Get Bar Smart, that is! http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/ A weblog detailing cocktails, spirits, liqueurs, barware, bars, and bitters. Maintained by Michael Dietsch, a hobbyist mixer in Providence, R.I. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Q Mixalot http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-43675 Q Mixalot Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:10:02 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=797#comment-43675 I was just invited to go to Seattle for the barsmarts program and am taking the CSS exam, through the Society of Wine Educators, next month. I was thinking not to go up to Seattle for the barsmarts program (and to only do the CSS exam - as the two seem to overlap on a lot of information and the CSS seems a lot more comprehensive). The barsmarts porgram sounded slightly infantile when I was reading the pitch on it, but your post makes it sound very worthwhile. So thank you, I do believe I have changed my mind. - Columbine Quillen I was just invited to go to Seattle for the barsmarts program and am taking the CSS exam, through the Society of Wine Educators, next month. I was thinking not to go up to Seattle for the barsmarts program (and to only do the CSS exam – as the two seem to overlap on a lot of information and the CSS seems a lot more comprehensive). The barsmarts porgram sounded slightly infantile when I was reading the pitch on it, but your post makes it sound very worthwhile. So thank you, I do believe I have changed my mind.
- Columbine Quillen

]]> By: Off Night — Last Night's Dinner http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-38449 Off Night — Last Night's Dinner Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:59:20 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=797#comment-38449 [...] Mike away in NYC, I was really looking forward to indulging in some of the things he isn’t really crazy about. [...] [...] Mike away in NYC, I was really looking forward to indulging in some of the things he isn’t really crazy about. [...]

]]> By: Joseph DeLuca http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-38385 Joseph DeLuca Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:59:53 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=797#comment-38385 I finished BarSmarts Wired last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. It provides a great foundation that any professional barman should have. I would love for the guys behind it to give some focus to profitability and the numbers behind the management part of the bar. Too many bartenders have too little grasp on the dollars. I finished BarSmarts Wired last week and thoroughly enjoyed it. It provides a great foundation that any professional barman should have. I would love for the guys behind it to give some focus to profitability and the numbers behind the management part of the bar. Too many bartenders have too little grasp on the dollars.

]]> By: Todd http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-38375 Todd Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:32 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=797#comment-38375 I'm sorry, I got sidetracked at the Where the Fuck did I Park My Car, what were you saying? I’m sorry, I got sidetracked at the Where the Fuck did I Park My Car, what were you saying?

]]> By: Matt Robold (RumDood) http://www.adashofbitters.com/2009/11/01/get-smart-get-bar-smart-that-is/comment-page-1/#comment-38371 Matt Robold (RumDood) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:55:59 +0000 http://www.adashofbitters.com/?p=797#comment-38371 Having taken the BarSmarts Advanced, just a quick note that the blind tasting isn't simply identifying the spirits. The last 15 or 20 questions of your written exam are about the spirits in the glasses in front of you. Granted, if you can identify them, it'll help you answer the questions, but it will be more like, "Glass 2 is typically aged in what kind of wood?" Also be sure to take your tools with you, as not all tools will be provided at the location for the practical part of the exam. I took my entire kit and was glad I did. Having taken the BarSmarts Advanced, just a quick note that the blind tasting isn’t simply identifying the spirits.

The last 15 or 20 questions of your written exam are about the spirits in the glasses in front of you. Granted, if you can identify them, it’ll help you answer the questions, but it will be more like, “Glass 2 is typically aged in what kind of wood?”

Also be sure to take your tools with you, as not all tools will be provided at the location for the practical part of the exam. I took my entire kit and was glad I did.

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