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This Aviation Spritz cocktail uses Rosé wine and gin for perfect summer sipping. Use a ProFlow pourer and ProMegJig jigger to accurately measure the gin into a large wine glass. Add rosé wine, grapefruit juice and tonic water to a large wine glass with a scoop of ice. Stir well with a ProStirrer.

Last week we crunched the numbers and looked at your cocktail menu, staffing, service efficiency and potential wastage, all in a bid to answer that tricky question... How long should a guest wait for their drink? In Part Two, we come out from behind the bar and consider bar set-up, demographics and competition.

Like many people getting back down to business this January, you're probably looking at the how, what, why, when of the year.

But there's one simple question, that may help you answer a lot of those other questions....

How long should a guest wait for their drink?

From condoms to consistency and bitters to budgets, we've talked about it all this year, and we've loved your feedback. In case you missed it, here are our best blogs of 2018 and hopefully some inspiration to have you storming into the New Year!

There are many things that influence how much a customer will enjoy a cocktail, before it even reaches their lips. The process, and sequence of small events that occur before the cocktail is presented to them is so important. So what factors make up a winning point of pour paradigm? Here's what we think...

The countdown to Christmas is well and truly on. But, while everyone else seems to be in a mad dash of planning and partying, the race to New Year can feel more like a marathon than a sprint if you're a bartender. But don't stress, we've gathered some top tips for surviving the silly season...

We’ve all seen it before – that team member who lets the side down and refuses to pick up their game - they're sloppy and messy. When it’s your business and your profits at stake, there is only one way this can go down. And that’s with the decision to give the sloppy bartender that boot. The question is then, should we use the same approach with our bar tools?

Qantas flight attendant appeals his unfair dismissal hearing result, claiming bartender's 'free-pouring' was to blame for the drunken episode that caused him to lose his job, after he consumed 14 standard drinks, thinking he was only drinking five. So was the bartender to blame?

A cocktail requires consistency through carefully measured ingredients and should be delivered, to the customer, with no variation in volume, taste, or appearance. All without wastage!

'Easier said than done,' we hear you cry!

Before you know it, the silly season will have begun, and you’ll be left wondering what you’re going to serve your thirsty friends and guests for those all-day celebrations. Enter the low Alcohol by Volume (ABV) drink

As a bar owner or manager, you wouldn't take kindly to staff locking up and leaving all the lights on - what a waste of energy! But it's likely you haven't thought twice about this seemingly insignificant waste of alcohol.

Learn how SOWO - Spills, Over-pouring, Wastage, Ouch - with poor-quality bar tools could add up to be more costly to your business.