Bartending Flashcards

The world's smartest flashcards to learn all the bartending facts and terminology you need to know.

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The most powerful study tool for bartending.

Brainscape's bartender flashcards will teach you (and help you remember) the key facts about beer, wine, liquors, spirits, and whiskey, as well as recipes and rules of etiquette so that you can flourish and not flounder behind the bar. Using the latest in cognitive science techniques, these bartending flashcards introduce you to the essentials of alcoholic beverages, booze terminology, and drinks recipes and techniques at your very own pace!

Brainscape has distilled the world of booze down into a comprehensive collection of over 800 smart, digital bartender flashcards. These have been neatly organized into 22 topical decks that you can study anytime, anywhere via the Brainscape website or app for Android or iOS. All your progress will automatically sync between devices.

The best bartender and cocktail flashcards for supercharging your game

Brainscape is the ultimate study tool for efficiently learning a lot of information, just like you’ll encounter behind the bar, where there are literally hundreds of different spirits, beverages, wines, and mixers. Our app doesn’t only simplify this information into its constituent facts but also delivers it using an adaptive algorithm that makes it so much easier and more efficient and convenient to learn and remember. In fact, our these bartender flashcards are proven to help students learn material twice as fast as traditional study methods!

Curated by our team of beverages experts and top mixologists, our collection of bartending and cocktail flashcards is the perfect study supplement to help you memorize the facts you need to brush up on your game, whether you play in professional environments or just want to mix a killer drink for your mates.

Brainscape's bartending flashcards helps you learn faster and remember for longer

The brain is hardwired to learn and remember information a certain way. The Brainscape™ flashcard app was born out of the question: what if we leveraged this hardwiring to help students learn more efficiently? Fueled by curiosity, our team of cognitive scientists from Columbia and Yale spent years developing a scientifically optimized learning platform to boost your learning.

Our "secret sauce" is a learning algorithm that delivers information to your brain in a way that optimizes its ability to retain that information. And it’s the spaced repetition of bartending content at precisely the right interval for YOUR brain that makes Brainscape so effective for remembering the facts.

With Brainscape’s bartending and cocktail flashcards, you get:

800+ cards across 22 decks containing the most important things you will ever need to know about booze and popular drinks.
A customized flashcard repetition algorithm that cuts your memorization time dramatically.
Ongoing feedback, statistics, and visualization tools to help you track your progress.
A carefully tailored curriculum that builds on previous concepts, guiding you from grain to glass.
In-sync studying across Brainscape’s website and all your iOS and Android devices.

Level up your mixology skills with our bartending and cocktail flashcards!

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BAR (1) General Alcohol Facts

Learn all the key facts about beer, wine, liquors, spirits, and whiskey, so you don't look like a newbie the next time you're in a fancy restaurant. Using the latest in cognitive science techniques, we will introduce you to the essentials of alcoholic beverages at your very own pace.

Hard Liquor and Spirit Basics

An introduction to identifying, smelling, tasting, and critiquing hard liquors, plus the cultural and geographic origins of the main categories of spirits.

42 cards

Wine Basics and Identification

Learn the basic characteristics of reds, whites, and rosés and how to properly describe a Merlot, a Chardonnay, a Zinfandel, or any other common variety of wine.

48 cards

Beer Basics

Impress your friends with your knowledge of all kinds of beer, from ales to stouts. Quickly get a handle on the types and characteristics of the world’s favorite beverage.

41 cards

Whiskey Basics

Do you know your way around a whiskey shelf? Start enjoying one of the finer pleasures of the Western liquor tradition and embark on the discovery of a lifetime.

76 cards

Liqueur Basics

Study the basic characteristics of the most common and popular types of liqueur and learn how to identify and describe their flavors.

49 cards

BAR (2) Booze Terminology

Trying to impress someone with your distinguished characterization of wine? Or by properly “nosing” a whiskey? Then become a true expert on tasting and identifying alcohol, all while using the latest in cognitive science techniques.

Wine, Beer and Liquor Terminology

What can you tell about a wine from its “body” and its “bouquet”? How “hoppy” is that beer you’re drinking? Learn the most important terms to help you correctly identify and label any type of wine, beer, and liquor.

36 cards

Measurements

Study up on the basic measurements any bartender will need to know when mixing and serving drinks.

24 cards

Bar Terminology

Do you know how to properly decant a wine? How to strain, stir, and shake a cocktail? Learn how to properly mix and prepare any drink with these essential bartending terms.

50 cards

Bar Essentials

Learn about the most important non-alcoholic bar essentials, their properties and applications, and what characterizes them.

15 cards

Garnishes

Which garnishes go with which drinks? This deck will introduce you to the basics of garnishes and where they are needed.

18 cards

BAR (3) Drink Recipes & Techniques

Trying to become a professional bartender? You will need to know these recipes and rules of etiquette for partyhelpers. Learn how to properly layer a shooter, how long to shake cocktails, and what ingredients are needed to prepare the most common drinks.

Essential Cocktails

Train yourself on the basic drinks that every amateur bartender should know. Internalize the measurements and ingredients you need to make delicious cocktails.

76 cards

Lowballs

Learn about lowballs and how to prepare some of the most common examples of this kind of drink.

28 cards

Highballs

What is the basic technique for preparing a highball and what ingredients do these common highballs require? Study on to find out.

81 cards

Martinis and Sours

Study up on the techniques that will allow you to prepare the most common martinis and sours.

62 cards

Shaken Cocktails and Cream Drinks

Shaken cocktails and cream drinks may require a very precise form of preparation; learn how to mix these popular varieties.

87 cards

Shooters/Floaters

Learn how to properly layer shooters as well as the methods for preparing some shooter/floater recipes.

39 cards

Frozen and Ice Cream Drinks

Study up on the proper technique to make any frozen or ice cream drink and memorize the methods of preparation for the most well-known variations.

26 cards

Coffee Drinks

Train yourself on the right techniques for preparing coffee drinks and the ingredients of some popular examples.

19 cards

Wine, Champagne and Beer

Beer cocktails? Recipes for mixing champagne? Learn about the methods of execution for these selected drinks.

27 cards

Partyhelping

If you are studying to become a bartender, this deck will help you familiarize yourself with the most important procedures, terms, and modes of behavior required to become a professional.

19 cards

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