Welcome to Underground Bartender. The way to introduce this site upon launch that makes sense is to explain what this site is all about. Simply put, this blog is not just a drink recipe site; my goal is to teach you anything and everything the professional bartenders know; this blog will be as much about what goes into your bar as it is about what goes into your drinks.

I first learned the “art of mixology” around five years ago, and have worked at a couple of bars and quite a few parties while putting myself through college. Every now and then, I still work a party if it seems like an interesting enough event, but most of the bartending-related work I’ve been doing has been as a tutor; teaching a few well-heeled individuals how to be tend bar at their own parties. After doing this on and off for two years, I came to the understanding that there were a great many people out there, who wished to learn how to do what professional mixologists do, but only for the sake of being a better host at their own parties.

I come from a family filled with teachers, so from early on, I’ve been indoctrinated with the belief that if you know something of value, and you know how to teach, you should teach people. I’ve also been a web designer and a blogger for many years as well, so it stood to reason that I would build a blog about bartending, and use it to teach everybody who’s interested all of the finer points of bartending.

So here we are. Hope you find it as fun an interesting as I do, if not more.