Bartending basics
To make even the most elaborate cocktails, you only need a few bits of basic bartending equipment.
You'll need:
– A cocktail shaker
– A range of glasses (short and tall tumblers and martini glasses should be enough to get started)
– Proper bar measures (or 'jiggers', as they're known in the trade)
You can buy everything you need from:
Barmans.co.uk
Drinkstuff.com
Drinkon.com
To earn your cocktail-making stripes, you'll need to know how to make a sugar (or gomme) syrup. It's seriously easy: using 2 parts of sugar to 1 part water, bring the water to the boil, dissolve the sugar in the boiling water, and once it's completely dissolved, allow the syrup to cool. That's it!