Goal: Trainee can run the batch prep cycle. Pours draft cocktails to spec. Understands keg rotation and CO2 pressure.
Bar lead walks the trainee through the cellar — keg layout, CO2 manifold, glycol lines, draft tap routing. Trainee changes one keg and one CO2 tank with supervision.
Batch program:
Syrups:
Draft system:
Trainee preps one syrup from scratch (bar lead picks which — likely a simpler one to start, Cane or Demerara). Trainee tastes each draft cocktail directly from the tap.
During service: trainee pours every draft cocktail that comes through the bar that night. Bar lead watches the pour for foam, fill, and finish technique.
If a keg blows tonight: trainee swaps it under bar lead supervision.
30-minute debrief.
Bar lead sign-off: Trainee preps one syrup to spec. Trainee pours each draft to standard. Trainee can describe the batch ratio for at least 3 of the 5 active drafts.