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  • Responsible Service of Alcohol Update: Is Mixing Alcohol and Energy Drinks a Problem?

    There has been a lot of talk in the media recently about the dangers of mixing alcohol and energy drinks but is there any truth or even proof to these allegations?

    Energy drinks have taken off on the market since 1997 and now we can find them everywhere from supermarkets to petrol stations. It is estimated that the market for energy drinks is around $9 billion American dollars each year (around $8.6 billion Australian dollars).

    One of the risks associated with energy drinks especially for alcohol drinkers is that energy drinks contain an exceptionally large amount of caffeine. For this reason drinkers can stay awake longer and continue drinking even well beyond legal and safe limits, thereafter they begin to jeopardise their health and the present a risk to others if they become violent.

    A standard cup of coffee has about 100 milligrams of caffeine, a cup of tea 50 milligrams and a can of cola 35-55 milligrams. Energy drinks usually have more. A single serving of an energy drink can have anywhere from 50 to 500 milligrams of caffeine and the addition of Guarana (a South American plant extract that contains additional caffeine) ups the caffeine dose even more.

    Caffeine is a stimulant and massive caffeine overdoses can cause reduced blood flow to the heart and abnormal heart rhythms, whereas alcohol is a relaxant and is meant to do the opposite of what caffeine does, this is dangerous for the body.

    Also most energy drinks also contain sugar which the body uses to fuel work but can also mean extra calories which if not used will be stored and result in weight gain.

    Every drink alcoholic or not, energy drinks or just sodas should be consumed in moderation. Anything consumed in excess is bad for human health and normally results in complications. The same goes for alcohol, it can be an excellent relaxer but consumed in excess it can present a very real danger to health and safety and when combined with energy drinks the consequences can be even worse.

     

  • RSA Update : The Truth About Champagne

    Winemakers and connoisseurs have been debating the pros and cons of screw caps over cork for a while now. Recently sparkling winemakers have begun investigating the benefits of screw caps to the industry.

     

    According to a post by TheShout.com.au:

     

    About 18 million bottles of Champagne are wasted each year due to cork taint, according to a top wine critic, who has welcomed Australian winemaker De Bortoli’s pioneering move to release the world’s first screw-capped sparkling wines.

     

    Wine writer Tyson Stelzer told journalists at this week’s launch of the new De Bortoli wines that about five to six per cent of the Champagnes he tastes are “corked or distinctly ‘corky’”.

     

    “Comparing that with other international Champagne writers there seems to be fair agreement that it’s somewhere between four and six per cent,” he said.

     

    “If you do the maths somehow, Champagne ships 320 million bottles a year and that equates to 18 million bottles down the drain.”

     

    “At what cost? I reckon it must be at least a billion dollars, possibly $2 billion in corked or cork-tainted Champagne.”

     

    Stelzer said it was a gutsy move by De Bortoli to be the first to introduce the new Viiva closure, which uses technology that was five years in the making by Guala Closures.

     

    “There’s probably no more challenging sector of the wine market to pitch an alternative closure than sparkling wines,” he said.

     

    “Whether we like it or not, the consumer attachment to the pop of the cork is something that I don’t think we should underestimate.”

     

    De Bortoli Wines national sales manager, Peter Yeoman added that corked sparkling has hidden cost impacts for winemakers, because consumers who have a bad experience with a brand may not go back to it.

     

    “People turn around and they think there’s an issue with the product itself, when it’s actually been the closure,” he said.

     

    Source: http://www.theshout.com.au/2012/05/11/article/Corked-Champagne-costing-billions/XJHJCXQIUO.html

     

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    The Low Down on Bubbly

     

     

     

     

    Picture : strangehistory.net

    		 While real Champagne is produced in the Champagne region of France, everything else is just sparkling wine.  The consensus is that the smaller the bubbles the better quality the champagne or sparkling wine. The reason for this is there are more bubbles available to release the flavor and aroma. But what other similarities does champagne share with wine?  Champagne is no different from any other kind of wine. It can be cellared (that is kept and improved with age) but the degree to which you can age a bottle of champagne without ruining it will vary according to a particular brand of champagne and conditions under which the champagne is stored.

     

    Napolean Bonaparte once said, : “I drink Champagne when I win, to celebrate… And I drink Champagne when I lose, to console myself.”

     

    Champagne certainly is the drink for celebrations and the 5400 champagne suppliers worldwide is a testament to its popularity.   Moët Et Chandon is the largest producer and its holds over 55% of the champagne market.

     

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    So what is the best way to drink champagne?

     

    From a flute glass of course. The wider wine glasses are not at all suitable as the bubbles evaporate too quickly and the aroma is also wasted. The better class of flutes has a little drop of glass on the bottom of it, that makes the bubbles rise from the little drop. Crystal glasses are also better as they are slightly rougher allowing the bubbles to come out more.  Champagne is best consumed at 6 to 10 degrees centigrade (42-50F).

     

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    Types of Champagne

     

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    Non Vintage

     

    Blended from wines that are several years old. Many NV Champagnes are a blend of thirty or forty different wines.  This Champagne cannot be sold until it is 15 months old, although most reputable houses will age the wine in for longer.  With age most champagnes will become richer.

     

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    Vintage

    Vintage champagne must be 39 months before it can be sold. Vintage Champagne is a blend of wines from a particular year, when the quality of the harvest was sufficient to declare a “Vintage”. Obviously, not every year is a vintage year, but the vintage is left to the individual houses themselves to declare. Therefore, some houses declare a vintage Champagne in a year where others did not feel the quality justified it.

     

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    Rosé

    Rosé Champagne can be made either by maceration of black grapes during pressing, so that the colour leeches out from the skins  or by adding a small proportion of the red wine form the Champagne region to give the wine a rose colour.

     

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    Prestige Cuvées

     

    Invented by Moët  in 1921. A special champagne in a vintage year can be “Prestige or Deluxe cuvées”. Probably the most famous of these is Moët’s Cuvée Dom Pérignon.  These are the most expensive champagnes and are the epitome of achievement for the champagne house.

     

    Complete the RSA course online and serve all these in your favorite champagne glass

     

  • Responsible Service of Alcohol Update : Police Chief Advocates Ban On Alcohol Advertising

    Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has cited the lack of regulation of alcohol purchases as a contributing factor to the stubbornly high volume of domestic violence cases.  The link between bottle store purchases and domestic violence has led the commissioner to advocate among other possibilities, the idea of limiting alcohol advertising on television to after 8:30pm.

     

    A new alcohol policy working group consisting of senior police and bureaucrats will investigate the suggestions by Scipione and the link between alcohol consumerism and domestic violence. Scipione has suggested that high rates of domestic violence can be attributed to the ease of alcohol availability which according to him is especially affecting women and children in the community. He said that while figures for non-domestic violence was declining, the number of domestic violence issues remained stubbornly high which is why the problem needs to be rooted out.

     

    According to TheHerald.com.au:

     

    The group, formed this year, is conducting a comprehensive review of the state’s alcohol licensing system in response to an offer by Premier Barry O’Farrell last year to give police whatever support they need to tackle alcohol-related violence.

     

    The group will also examine venue and outlet density, which it believes is a ‘‘critical issue’’ for alcohol policy in NSW.

     

    In an interview about measures the police are taking to combat alcohol-related violence, Mr Scipione said the numbers of non-domestic violence, alcohol-related assaults have been falling significantly for the past few years.

     

    ‘‘The bit that is not falling as much is the domestic violence, where alcohol is a factor – that’s the frightening bit,’’ Mr Scipione said.

     

    ‘‘Of course, that’s predominantly being fed through takeaway bottle shops. I think it’s worth looking at the impact and necessarily the sort of policy we might need to develop to inform government in this area.’’

     

    NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research data shows that between 2007 and 2011, the average annual rate of alcohol-related domestic violence fell 2.6 per cent. This compared with a 5.3 per cent drop in other alcohol-related assaults.

     

    Mr Scipione said the visible effects of excess drinking on weekends and at major events was the ‘‘tip’’ of the issue, but domestic violence was emerging as the ‘‘iceberg’’ of alcohol policy in NSW.

     

    ‘‘That’s what worries me: when there are incentives given to people to come in and fill up the car [with alcohol] and if you wanted to buy it over the bar you would have severe restrictions,’’ Mr Scipione said.

     

    Source: http://www.theherald.com.au/news/local/news/general/inquiry-bottle-shops-and-violence-link/2554206.aspx

     

    Fosters and Diageo have criticised suggestions by the News South Wales police commissioner Andrew Scipione to revise alcohol advertising by adding restrictions that prohibit it from appearing on television before 8:30pm.

     

    The Police Commissioner blamed alcohol sellers for the high rate in domestic violence and cited alcohol advertising for contributing to the problem. However members of the alcohol industry have reiterated that their advertising is aimed at adults who have the right to the product knowledge conveyed through advertising.

     

    According to TheShout.com.au:

     

    Ban on alcohol advertising misses the point: Foster’s

    Foster’s and Diageo have both rejected suggestions by the NSW police chief of a ban on alcohol advertising on television before 8.30pm.

     

     In a wide-ranging sermon about alcohol-related harm, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione today inferred bottle shops were to blame for high rates of domestic violence.

     

    Alcohol advertising was also on his radar, with the police chief quoting a national poll conducted for the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, published last month, which showed 69 per cent of adults supported a ban on alcohol advertising on television before 8.30pm.

     

    But Foster’s spokesman Jeremy Griffith told TheShout that advertising “drives brand choice not consumption”.

     

    “The fact that alcohol consumption per person has been either declining or flat-lining for 30-plus years, despite millions of dollars spent in advertising, highlights this point,” he said.

     

    “Our per capita consumption now sits at around 20 per cent below its peak (reached in the 70’s) and continues to fall,” Griffith said.

     

    A Diageo spokesperson said consumers have every right to have brand and product information communicated to them.

     

    “All our products are aimed at adults, and therefore all our advertising is aimed at adult audiences. Not only is this sound marketing, it is also part of our ongoing commitment to responsible drinking in our community.” 

     

    Source:http://www.theshout.com.au/2012/05/14/article/Ban-on-alcohol-advertising-misses-the-point-Fosters/CFFWFKFMXJ.html

     

  • RSA Course Update – Bar Tips

    What Garnishes Do I Use?

     

    The garnish is for setting a mood that the drink does not set on it’s own. The drink garnish is a way of saying ‘this drink resembles a part of the world’ or ‘this drink represents a lifestyle choice for me!’ So the drink garnish is actually pretty important. When you are on holidays, it just makes the trip to be sitting there on a tropical beach with a drink that has a lot of ice and a good garnish.

     

    On the other hand, if you are sitting at a laid back, classy bar, you expect an olive in the martini and a lime wedge in a corona. It is basic garnishes like this that make or break a bar and it’s atmosphere. People drink for enjoyment and a garnish sets you apart as someone who recognises that.

     

    Types Of Garnish

     

    There are several drink garnishes you can use to make a drink really special.  You cant stick a cucumber garnish on a scotch based drink, it just wouldn’t work! But what you can do is use that kind of garnish on a lighter and more fun drink.

     

    The same goes for orange peels and other citrus based fruit garnishes. You want to pick something that will suit the drink and keep it classy! Either way, make it worth it, twist up your citrus peels, top the drink with a cherry, or even make a berry bouquet! These kinds of additions to a drink will set it apart from the competition and will keep guests entertained and happy.

     

    New Interesting Drink

    The Southern Mint Julep is an interesting drink to make, and not a lot of people have heard of it. But this is a good thing, if you can serve it, then people will appreciate a different and new drink. Check out how to make it below!

     

     

    Remember that you can only serve this at a licensed venue if you have finished the RSA Course which is fast and straightforward online. Start anytime!

     

    Home Bar

     

    There are several things that you will need to know when thinking about starting your own bar, and it is really best explained in  the video below! Remember even serving at a home bar, you should have your RSA certificate. You don’t have to – but what you learn from the course can really help you serve responsibly!

     

     

    Some people like to have bars like these, and they can be hard to stock, so i hope you learned something. Apart from home bars, if you want to serve at a real bar and be paid for it! You have to complete the RSA Course first, so get started.

     

    Drinking behind the bar

     

    There is a very firm policy on the topic of drinking behind the bar, and every bar upholds this policy. It is strictly prohibited, and after taking the RSA Course you should know that it is simply ridiculous to consider having a drink when serving people who are drinking. The job of the bartender is to serve responsibly and their judgement becomes impaired when they themselves start to drink. This leads to unsafe circumstances.

     

    If you don’t know about these drinking rules and regulations then you should brush up on them by taking the RSA Course online again, even if you have done it already. If you haven’t done it yet though, then you should consider it as it will allow you to serve alcohol at any establishment that is licensed in Australia!

     

    So Grab Your RSA Course Certificate Today!

     

    The RSA course certificate will allow you to work in a bar or restaurant and serve drinks with garnishes that you feel are appropriate. As such, you can have fun with the job and still be paid for doing something that you love! This can be interesting work that pays off in the end, so give it a go today. Get online and start the RSA Course to start applying for jobs in bars and restaurants today!

     

  • Interesting Ways To Prevent A Hangover – Bacon, Egg And Vegemite Sandwich?

    A hangover can really disrupt your day with annoying headaches and a constant sickening feeling. So is there a way to prevent or cure a hangover other then not drinking?

     

    Debate about Hangover cures

     

    Hangovers are poorly understood from a medical point of view.[18] Health care professionals prefer to study alcohol abuse from a standpoint of treatment and prevention, and there is a view that the hangover provides a useful, natural and intrinsic disincentive to excessive drinking.[19]

     

    Within the limited amount of serious study on the subject, there is debate about whether a hangover might be prevented or at least mitigated; additionally, there is a vast body of folk medicine and simple quackery. There is currently no empirically proven mechanism for prevention except reducing the amount of ethanol consumed, or for making oneself sober other than waiting for the body to metabolize ingested alcohol, which occurs via oxidation through the liver before alcohol leaves the body. A four-page literature review in the British Medical Journal concludes: “No compelling evidence exists to suggest that any conventional or complementary intervention is effective for preventing or treating alcohol hangover. The most effective way to avoid the symptoms of alcohol induced hangover is to avoid drinking.”[20]

     

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangover_cures#Possible_remedies

     

    However then goes on to list Potentially beneficial remedies including:

     

    Rehydration especially with sports drinks or rehydration fluids, Vitamin B6

     

    Tolfenamic acid  better than placebo in reducing the reported hangover symptoms for headache, and for nausea, vomiting, irritation, tremor, thirst, and dryness of mouth.”[22]

     

    Yeast-based extracts: There is some evidence that the consumption of a yeast-based extract rich in thiamine and riboflavin (such as Vegemite or Marmite) is effective in the relief of hangover symptoms.[20] These extracts are commonly manufactured from a by-product of beer production.

     

    Food and water: consumption of foods such as eggs, which contain cysteine, and water may be enough to replenish lost moisture and at least rehydrate the body, making a hangover shorter. A traditional hangover remedy in India is coconut water, the natural electrolytes of which will assist in rehydration of the body. A bacon sandwich has also been claimed to effectively relieve hangovers.[31]

     

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangover_cures#Possible_remedies

     

    Leaving us to suggest forgetting the kebab and

     

    Having a Bacon, egg and vegemite sandwich after drinking.

     

    This video presents some interesting supposedly scientific ideas and ways to deal with a hangover. In any case it’s pretty funny.

     

     

    Hangovers can be avoided by drinking in moderation and drinking water between alcoholic drinks.

     

    Does Antipokhmelin Work?

     

    This tablet  is supposed to give relief from hangover symptoms.

     

    This is what wikipedia has to say:

     

    Antipokhmelin is a Russian tablet that allegedly helps to prevent or overcome the negative effects of alcohol consumption and hangover. The main ingredient is succinic acid, also found in amber. It is marketed as RU-21 in the US and UK.[1] Claims of effectiveness are based primarily on anecdotal evidence, and there have been no known placebo controlled double blind studies published in peer reviewed scientific journals.

     

    Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipokhmelin

     

    Apparently it was developed as a tablet that would overcome drunkenness and keep you sober, even while drinking. This would allow spies to drink with enemies and stay completely sober, in hopes that drunken officials would leak crucial information.

     

    Will Eating Food Prevent a Hangover?

     

    Food can be a good thing to help keep people sober, as it soaks up the alcohol in the stomach and helps slow down alcohol absorption. According to the video above and wikipedia a bacon and egg sandwich may help those suffering from a hangover. We suggest adding vegemite to increase the benefits. Well why not!

     

    If you own a bar you may want to consider serving food becasue it may reduce the speed at which people drink. Food also tends to make people thirsty so they will want to drink after eating, but may drink water or soft drinks instead.

     

    Should I Serve Food At My Bar?

     

    What time does your bar/club open or close? What time do most people come in to start drinking? By looking at these factors you can tell whether you will need to serve food or not.

     

    If you find that people are coming in early and getting too drunk to quickly, then at least offer bar snacks, or a bacon egg and vegemite sandwich! If they get drunk really quickly and are then forced to leave, often their friends will also leave. If they had spaced out the drinks they may have been able to drink more over the night and had a good time.

     

    Grab Your RSA Certificate Today!

     

    By going online and completing the RSA Certificate course, you are allowing yourself to serve responsibly at a bar/club/restaurant or even a liquor store. This means you know techniques of how to keep people relatively sober and having a good time. So get started today!

     

  • Working Bar Tabs and Responsible Service of Alcohol

     

      The responsible service of alcohol course teaches you several things that need to know about working in a bar.When you are busy keeping up with bar tabs can be difficult.  The bar tab is designed to keep your bar functioning in a faster manner, but  it complicates situations when people use other peoples bar tabs. Can you be sure this person is entitled to use the bar tab or are they using it to get free drinks all night!

    Applying the Safety Techniques

     

    You need to be prepared to turn people away if you don’t think they are the real owners of the bar tab. Or invent a system such as coloured cards that the owner of the tab can give to designated people.

    One thing to look out for is people who are constantly ordering on a tab, who seem to have no regard for the amount remaining on it, or what the charge is up to. These are the people who maybe riding someone else’s tab. If you don’t cut this off at the beginning, then violence or fights may outbreak.

     

    Binge Drinking

     

     

      Binge drinking is really not that hard to define as all it really is, is the process of drinking a large amount of alcohol over a short period of time. This can easily happen when there is a bar tab that has a limit on it. In America, they define binge drinking as having drunk over 5 beers in a row, in a short period of time, over the past two weeks. Heavy binge drinking is known as doing this three times or more in the past 2 weeks.

     

    This is a dangerous habit and can lead to becoming an alcoholic, and while people may do it, they don’t realise the effect it is having on their body. The RSA Course Online teaches you to serve drinks responsibly so that people don’t binge drink heavily, as responsibility with alcohol is paramount, as you realise when you get your RSA Certificate.

     

    Complete Your Responsible Service of Alcohol Course Today!

     

    There is a lot to learn from the responsible service of alcohol course, such as how to serve safely, so that once you work out all the kinks in serving efficiently, you can serve more and more safely. Knowing what to do is one thing, and being able to apply it is another! For more information on how people get bar tabs and how they work, check out this yahoo answer to the question!

     

    There are so many reasons that it is better for you to complete the RSA course online, and the list goes on and on. But first and foremost, it can be a real nuisance to have to take time out of work just to complete the RSA course, with the RSA course online, you can complete it in sections at any time you want. If you fail a section, you can also just simply re-take it.

     

    By taking it online you are still getting a personal experience with straightforward and clear instructions being delivered to you, so that you can understand how you are supposed to serve people responsibly and safely. This ensures that the liquor market remains a safe and secure one, where minors cannot be served and where people can drink responsibly under the care of a bar tender! The RSA Course‘s first priority is keeping patrons safe and out of harms way at all times!

     

  • Making Some Interesting Drinks, With Style!

    Great Recipes?

     

    One that mixes fun and taste is an alcoholic slush, or ‘slushy.’ People love this drink because it is like an ordinary alcoholic drink but with the fun of a different texture.

     

     

    Brandy Slush

     

    One Cup of Brandy
    174 ml of Frozen Lemonade
    174 ml of Frozen Orange Juice
    One Cup of Sugar
    Three 1/2 Cups of Water

    		 Pina Coladas

     

    1 ½ cups Pineapple Juice
    ¾ cup Coconut Milk
    ¾ cup Rum
    2 TBSP Sugar
    1 cup Ice

    		 Frozen Margaritas

     

    ¾ cup Tequila
    ¼ cup Orange Liqueur
    ¼ cup Lime Juice
    2 TBSP Sugar.
    1 ½ cups Ice
    Strawberry Daiquiris

     

    1 cup Strawberries
    ¾ cup Rum
    2 TBSP Sugar
    1 cup Ice

    		 Frozen Melon Ball

     

    ¼ cup Vodka
    ¾ cup Midori
    1 Cup Pineapple Juice
    1 Cup Melon, Cubed
    1/8 cup Lime Juice
    2 TBSP Sugar
    1 cup Ice

     

    These are only a few of the combinations for alcoholic slush! Get online and have a look at some different recipes as well.

     

    The watermelon shot is an interesting drink that relies on some interesting ingredients! it is something that not a lot of people have heard of and could separate your bar, and your tending skills from others. Check it out below!

     

     

    To be able to make shots like these, you need to complete your RSA course, and get your RSA certificate. This ensure that you can serve correctly and safely behind a bar and in your workplace.

     

    You might not know it, but there actually is such a thing as a diet cocktail mix!  Check out the news report on it below!

     

     

    It can be really interesting to see a bar tender pull off some tricks. Check out the video below on making some interesting drink mixes!

     

     

    It’s pretty interesting to see how other bar tenders do it. But before you start learning any of these skills for bar tending, make sure you get online and complete the RSA course to allow you to serve behind a bar or in a Restaurant in Australia!

     

    There are a whole range of interesting cocktails that you can make out there, but check this one out, you might just like the mix!

     

     

    This kind of fun drink can be served at a bar so long as you have your RSA Certificate, which you can get by learning safety in serving through the RSA Course! The responsible service of alcohol course teaches you how to serve fun and interesting drink mixes with safety and responsibility.

     

    You might want to check out this mixer for making the bramble cocktail!

     

     

    The bramble cocktail is a nice drink that is generally a large crowd pleaser, so being able to make it really well is almost necessary in a modern bar. But before you serve this drink you need to get your RSA Certificate by completing the responsible service of alcohol course online!

     

    To legally serve these Drinks

     

    What Are You Waiting For – Get Online and Complete the Responsible Service of Alcohol Course! By going online and getting the responsible service of alcohol certificate, you are allowing yourself to work in any bar or restaurant around Australia. This significantly increases the chances of you getting a job and serving great drinks.

     

    By getting this certificate, you are allowing yourself to serve fun and exciting drinks behind a bar, and be paid for it! Bartending is a skill and the best ones are rewarded for their work.

     

     

  • The RSA Certificate – Bar Tips for Identifying The Regulars

    The RSA Certificate will not give you the charm of a perfect bar tender, that is something that you have to get on your own! But it is also very important when working in a bar or a restaurant/club. This is not just because regulars put a lot of money into your place of work , it is also because it is these people who will bring the business to you. If a regular ever wants to have an event or have a few people around for a drink, they will use the club or pub that they know best, which is hopefully yours. This means that the regulars and you have to have a good trust between each other so that you mutually understand that you will treat each other well! So the trust that is built is an essential strut to supporting the business. But in addition, regulars will spread the word about your bar if they think it is good enough (you have to show them that!). So better than any form of advertising and marketing, is viral marketing where one person simply spreads the word to another person about your bar! And it works charms!

    So How Do I Build This Trust? Won’t Come With The RSA Certificate!

    The trust that you need to build with regulars is not something that will come with the RSA Certificate, you have to build it on your own. So the first step is to have a drink you do really well, something that someone will come back for a lot. The next step is to identify who is coming back for particular drinks each time. And the final step is really, just to get to know them! The best way to create an impression is to remember their name as well. You do this and they will remember yours. At this point you will start to develop a friendship and will be able to keep the regulars coming back. But one thing that you need to do is make sure that you serve a drink particularly well, so that they know when to come back if looking for you and a drink you do well!

    Before Any Of This, Get Your RSA Certificate!

    Before you start to work in a bar or even apply to work in one, you first need to complete the RSA Course and get the RSA Certificate! This will allow you to work in any liquor serving establishment around Australia, so you open yourself up to a whole new range of job opportunities. Get started today!

     

  • Why Should I Choose A Career in Bar Tending?

    The RSA course teaches you about safety when working behind a bar, and how to look out for patrons who you think have had a little too much to drink. But before one has to do any of that, they first have to look at whether or not bar tending is the right thing for them to do. And when considering if it is what you want to do, you should think about several different factors, such as the hours you will have to work, where you will work, what the work consists of, who will I be working for (what kind of boss?) and what skills do I need to learn on the job? These are generally things people think about when becoming a bar tender, and the RSA Course can help you decide, just read on!

    What Exactly Will I Have To Do?

    When working behind a bar, the first and foremost important thing that you will have to be able to do, is communicate with people who are ordering drinks. This is important for a few reasons, but one of these is that you can tell how much someone has had to drink, more often than not, by how much they slur their words and how well they construct sentences! Another thing you may need is a wide knowledge of drinks, and this is not always important nor taught in the RSA Course. But think about it. The less your employer has to train you, the further you will be ahead of competition. So start studying asap! A good place to start looking at drink mixes is linked here as well.

    Should I Start Bar Tending? RSA Course Should Be Completed First Though!

    If I am describing you now, then you might want to consider bar tending. Do you like to talk to people and hear about their lives while actively participating in a fun and exciting atmosphere? Are you social and can work fast/efficiently? If you are all these things, you would have a high chance of liking the work that you might get behind a bar. So get online and complete the RSA Course so you can give serving alcohol a try. The course is a small investment of time to which you are sure to see reward from. Start Today!

    There are several advantages that come with being a designated driver, and while you may be thinking, ‘I wont be able to be a full part of the atmosphere’ you are far from the truth. You don’t need alcohol to have a good time!

    Here are some advantages to being the designated driver…

    You get free soft drinks at most clubs or bars (they respect the drivers not drinking)

    You get to take all your friends home safely (they will owe you…)

    It’s easy to ensure your mates stay out of trouble.

    You won’t have to do it for a while (your mates will take turns)

    You keep yourself out of harms way and will stay out of fights.

    These are just a few reasons that you should be a designated driver, and it can reap some good rewards. But if you can do this well, you might want to get online and complete the RSA Course, as not only will it allow you to be safer on a night out, but you will also be able to be paid for basically not drinking and instead serving at a bar!

    It is important to know your stuff when you are working behind a bar as this will ensure that customers get the right amount of alcohol, so that they do not drink too much when they are out. This is something that the RSA Course teaches you, but you need to find out on your own about all the different types of alcohol! Check out some of these sites for information!

    Alcohol Content

    The Standard Drink

    Blood Alcohol Content

    FAQ on Alcohol

    These sites will help educate you on alcohol levels, as well as the Responsible Service of Alcohol course, and can be really useful when working behind a bar or in a restaurant!

     

  • Children and Alcohol Advertising

    There has been a growing debate for some time now on whether or not alcohol advertising should be allowed, because people believe that it targets children and encourages them to drink at an under age level. Of course though, this is not possible at any public venue since all servers have their RSA certificate and have completed their RSA course, so they know not to serve minors. So really the parents have to buy the alcohol for the children anyway. But this debate goes on, and if you would like some more information about it, just check out this news article that explores the debate. <- Fiona Stanley – Underage Drinking Watchdog