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The Bartender Academy

Twelve years behind the bar. Now it's yours to learn.

Go from zero to a confident home bartender, taught by someone who has run bars, hired bartenders, and made drinks for a living for over a decade.

Lifetime access. Certificate included. 14-day money-back guarantee.

12+years behind the bar
500+bartenders interviewed
1.8Mfollowers

Why learning this on your own is slow

01

YouTube tutorials are random. One video teaches you a shake, the next is a completely different bartender with a completely different method.

02

In-person bartending schools cost $400 to $800 and want you to travel to a classroom.

03

Memorizing recipes doesn't make you a bartender. Knowing why a drink works does.

The Academy is the structured version of what usually takes years of trial and error behind a real bar.

Meet your instructor

Learn from someone who actually runs a bar

Real bars. Real shifts. Real experience.

Atanas

Atanas

Founder of Everyday Cocktail · Bar program manager · Working bartender

I've spent over 12 years behind the bar, and I've interviewed more than 500 bartenders to figure out what actually separates the ones who are good from the ones who just show up. I run the bar program at a high-volume bar that does thousands of guests a week and moves through 8,000 to 10,000 cocktails at peak, and I've overseen close to $3M a year in alcohol sales.

And I'm still behind the bar every single week. Everything in this Academy comes from current, real shifts, not recycled theory from someone who stopped bartending years ago. I built it to hand you what took me a decade to figure out, in the order a real bar would teach you.

"I'm not asking you to take my word for it. That's my real background, you're welcome to check it."

12+Years behind the bar
100+Bartenders personally trained
$3MAnnual alcohol sales overseen
1.8MFollowers across social
The curriculum

What's inside Bartending Foundations

One module at a time, in order, the same way a real bar trains someone from day one.

01 What Bartending Really Is
02 Spirits 101
03 Spirit Variations
04 Popular Spirit Brands
05 Liqueurs
06 Bitters
07 Wine Basics
08 Wine Profiles Explained
09 Wine Varieties and Styles
10 How to Read a Wine List
11 Popular Wine Brands
12 Beer Basics
13 Beer Categories
14 Popular Beer Brands
15 Bartending Foundations Quiz
Pass the quiz, earn your certificate

Here's what done looks like: finish all 15 modules, pass the Bartending Foundations quiz, get your certificate.

The roadmap

This is Stage 1 of 4.

You are here

Stage 1

Home Bartender

Bartending Foundations, the course on this page.

Stage 2

Professional Bartender

Coming for founding members. Speed, full-bar work, getting hired.

Stage 3

Bar Manager

Coming. Running the floor, not just the shaker.

Stage 4

Bar Owner

Coming. Licenses, margins, hiring, opening your own place.

Each stage builds on the one before it, same as any real skill. Founding members lock today's price on every stage that follows.

What you get

Everything in one place

No piecing together random videos. The full training, the recipes, the cheat sheets, and the community, all under one roof.

Start Foundations, $49
Video lessons you can rewatch anytime
Printable cheat sheets for spirits, tools, and technique
The full 246-recipe cocktail book, digital
A quiz at the end of Foundations
A certificate of completion, with a real link anyone can check
Access to the Bartender Academy community
Direct access to Atanas for questions
Sample cheat sheet
Sample cheat sheet

Real cheat sheets from inside the course

The certificate

Finish the module, get proof.

Complete Bartending Foundations and pass the quiz, and you get a certificate of completion, something to actually show for the work, not just a checkbox.

See what's inside Foundations
Why learn here

How the Academy stacks up

Side by side with a local in-person bartending school

What you get when you enroll The Bartender Academy Local schools
Learn the fundamentals of bartending
Classic cocktails and real technique
Take it from anywhere, no classroom
$49 one-time instead of $400 to $800
Start any time, learn at your own pace
Lifetime access, no time limit
Taught by a working bartender who runs a real bar program
246-recipe book and cheat sheets included
Founding-member pricing

Join today. The price goes up later.

$49 is less than the tips from one good Saturday night, and less than the cost of one bad night behind a bar you weren't ready for.

In-person bartending school

$400 to $800

Structured, but you travel and take time off.

Best way to learn

The Bartender Academy

$49

One-time payment, lifetime access. This is the founding price for Stage 1. When Stage 2 launches, the price for new members rises. Join now and you keep this rate.

14-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked.

Start Foundations, $49

Random YouTube videos

Free

No structure, no path, different bartender every video.

Before you buy

Quick answers

Is this for total beginners?

Yes. Foundations assumes zero experience and starts from the basics: tools, spirits, and technique.

How long does it take?

Self-paced. Go through it in a weekend or spread it over a month, it's yours whenever you want it.

Is it live or self-paced?

Self-paced video lessons you can rewatch anytime.

What's your refund policy?

14 days, no questions asked. Email shop@everydaycocktail.com.

Do I get a certificate?

Yes, after finishing the module and passing the quiz, with a real verification link.

What happens when new stages launch?

You'll get early access and keep your founding price for Stage 2 when it's ready.

Pour your first perfect cocktail this week.

$49, lifetime access, 14-day money-back guarantee.

Start Foundations, $49
$49 one-time. Lifetime access. Start Foundations