Take your bartending to the next level with advanced techniques, house-made ingredients, and professional workflow systems. Learn to develop signature cocktails, design better menus, and bring more creativity, precision, and efficiency to your bar.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Explore clarification, carbonation, infusion, fermentation, and modern mixology.
Make professional-grade syrups, cordials, liqueurs, vermouths, and bitters from scratch.
Master flavor extraction, ingredient pairing, and the science behind great cocktails.
Combine advanced techniques and house-made ingredients to create original drinks.
Build distinctive menus, pair cocktails with food, and bring your creative vision to life.
Streamline preparation, optimise batching, and work more efficiently behind the bar.
YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY
Take your skills beyond the fundamentals of bartending. Explore advanced techniques, create professional-grade ingredients from scratch, and learn to develop signature cocktails and better menus. From the science behind flavor extraction to the systems that keep a bar running efficiently, build the skills to push your craft further.
Master specialised equipment and professional preparation systems to work with greater precision, consistency, and efficiency behind the bar.
Explore infusion methods, cryo concentration, density separation, and fat washing to extract, concentrate, and develop distinctive flavors.
Create syrups, cordials, liqueurs, vermouths, sodas, bitters, and other ingredients that give your cocktails a distinctive character.
Master carbonation, clarification, foams, fermentation, and molecular techniques to unlock new possibilities in cocktail creation.
Apply flavor pairing, ingredient knowledge, and creative techniques to develop signature drinks and build distinctive cocktail menus.
Improve your workflow, optimise batching, manage ingredient costs, and develop systems that support a more efficient bar programme.
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MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS
Learn from Kevin Kos through practical lessons, explore advanced techniques with digital tools, and develop your skills at your own pace. Enjoy lifetime access to your course, with new lessons added over time to help you refine your techniques, expand your knowledge, and keep pushing your craft forward.
As the Cocktail Universe evolves, so does your knowledge, giving you new ways to learn, experiment, and master your craft.
Work smarter. Mix better.
Great bartending goes beyond making exceptional drinks. It’s about mastering techniques, developing distinctive ingredients, and creating signature cocktails that set your menu apart. Build the skills to push your creativity, refine your workflow, and raise your standards behind the bar.
Here are the most frequently asked questions and answers.
The Cocktail Universe is an online learning platform designed to help you improve your bartending skills, creativity, and confidence. It offers a range of courses covering everything from foundational techniques to advanced mixology methods.
Alongside structured video courses, The Cocktail Universe provides digital tools to help you calculate ingredients, develop recipes, and create consistent drinks. You can also use Ask Kevin, an AI-powered assistant trained on Kevin Kos’s expertise, to explore cocktail techniques, ingredients, and creative ideas.
The Pro Bartender course is an advanced online mixology course designed for bartenders who want to master modern techniques, develop their own ingredients, and take their cocktail programmes further.
You’ll explore advanced methods such as flavor extraction, clarification, carbonation, fermentation, and molecular mixology. You’ll also learn to create professional-grade ingredients, develop signature cocktails, and improve your approach to menu development and bar workflow.
The Pro Bartender course is designed for working bartenders, head bartenders, bar managers, and experienced cocktail enthusiasts who want to take their skills to a professional level.
Whether you want to expand your technical knowledge, develop distinctive ingredients, create a more innovative cocktail menu, or improve your bar’s workflow, the course will help you explore new techniques and approaches to modern mixology.
Yes, some previous bartending or cocktail knowledge is recommended. The Pro Bartender course focuses on advanced techniques, specialised equipment, ingredient development, and professional bar operations rather than basic cocktail-making skills.
You’ll get the most out of the course if you’re already comfortable with the fundamentals of making cocktails and want to build on that foundation.
You’ll explore advanced mixology techniques, including flavor extraction, clarification, carbonation, fermentation, and modern foam preparation. You’ll also learn to create ingredients such as syrups, cordials, liqueurs, vermouths, bitters, and other house-made preparations.
Beyond ingredient development, the course covers flavor pairing, signature cocktail creation, menu development, batching for service, and professional workflow. The goal is to help you understand the techniques behind modern mixology and apply them to your own drinks and bar programme.
Some lessons use specialised equipment, such as vacuum chambers, siphons, carbonation systems, pH meters, and refractometers. The equipment required will depend on the particular technique or preparation you’re exploring.
You don’t necessarily need to purchase every piece of equipment before starting. However, access to the relevant tools and ingredients will help you practise the advanced techniques demonstrated in the course.
Yes, the lessons are video-based and designed to demonstrate practical techniques and preparations step by step. You’ll see how ingredients are prepared, how specialised equipment is used, and how different methods can be applied to modern mixology.
In addition to video tutorials, the courses include written recipes, tool lists, and supporting materials to help you understand the ingredients and techniques you’re working with.
The focus is on practical application, so you can experiment with the methods and incorporate them into your own cocktail development and bar operations.
The Cocktail Universe combines structured video lessons with practical techniques and digital tools to help you continue learning and experimenting.
You can revisit lessons, explore advanced preparations, and use digital calculators to develop ingredients, standardise recipes, and scale batches. You can also use Ask Kevin to explore techniques, ingredients, and ideas for your next creation.
With new lessons added over time, you can continue expanding your knowledge and discovering new approaches to modern mixology.
All Cocktail Universe courses come with lifetime access. Once you purchase the Pro Bartender course, you can return to its lessons at any time and learn at your own pace.
You’ll also receive access to future updates and new lessons added to the course at no additional cost, allowing you to continue developing your skills as the course grows.
The Pro Bartender course includes 3 months of access to digital tools designed to help you develop ingredients, calculate recipes, and streamline your work behind the bar.
You can calculate quantities for homemade syrups, super juices, cordials, and liqueurs, scale cocktail recipes for larger batches, and calculate the alcohol content of your drinks. You can also use Ask Kevin to explore techniques, ingredients, and ideas for developing your cocktails.
These tools complement the video lessons and help you apply what you’ve learned to your own recipes and bar operations. Tool access is subject to the terms specified with your course purchase.
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