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Cocktails,
Techniques
& Bar Business

Education, tools, and services for bartenders, venues, and brands.
Improve drink quality, menu performance, and bar operations.

New techniques, recipes, and bar insights.

Not sure where to start?

Pick your fast track

Here's your roadmap to cocktails, techniques and the bar business.

This section gives you a quick overview of the three main tracks, so you can jump straight into the topic that matters most to you today

Fundamentals

From “I like cocktails” to solid basics

Balance, ice, dilution and the core specs every bartender should know.

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Cocktails & Techniques

Better cocktails, backed by solid techniques

Improve technique, prep and homemade ingredients for real bar service.

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Bar Business & Management

Learn the systems behind a good bar

Costing, service flow, team standards and the numbers that drive performance.

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For Bars & Brands

Services & Resources

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Need a Better Cocktail Menu?

Build a menu that is easier to execute, properly structured and designed around stronger margins.
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Want to Build Better Bar Skills?

Practical lessons on cocktail design, bar workflow, acids, super juice, clarification, homemade ingredients, and zero-proof drinks.
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Need Better Control of Your Bar?

Fix costing, stock, PAR levels, SOPs, waste and other operational gaps with ready-to-use systems.
Find the Right Toolkit

Built From Real Hospitality Experience, Not Just Theory

The Double Strainer is created and led by Riccardo Grechi, a beverage manager, consultant and trainer with 10+ years of hands-on experience across cocktail bars, five-star hotels, menu development, training and beverage operations.

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✓ 10+ years in bars & luxury hospitality
✓ Award-winning Head Mixologist
✓ Beverage Manager & professional bar consultant
✓ 50,000+ yearly readers worldwide

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Learn

Techniques, ingredients and bar knowledge for better drinks.

Recipes

Cocktail and mocktail recipes, from classics to modern serves.

Homemade

Syrups, cordials, infusions and other bar prep made from scratch.

Business

Systems, costs and practical tools for running a stronger bar.

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