Bols Cocktail Academy | Reopening after renovation
Bols Cockctail Academy - Front Bar
Bols Cocktail Academy - Ivar de Lange
Bols Cocktail Aacademy - Side Bar
Bols known as the world’s first cocktail brand is reopening the Bols Cocktail Academy in Amsterdam after a renovation. With the expansion to 21 high-end cocktail stations, ambitious, driven bartenders and entrepreneurs can improve their knowledge and skills in a brand new, professional and international academy. The Academy is ready for the future!
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21 state-of-the-art cocktail stations at the Bols Cocktail Academy
Bols has been training national and international bartenders to become skilled professionals for more than 17 years. To be ready for the future, the Bols Cocktail Academy went all out. Master Bartender and Global Education Manager of the Bols Cocktail Academy, Ivar de Lange designed the 21 state-of-the-art cocktail stations following the American example, where the craft of bartending is paramount. Efficiency and speed are leading; everything is at your fingertips and tailored to contemporary trends, making the bartender’s job a lot more enjoyable.
Ivar de Lange: ‘I am extremely proud of what the team has achieved. With this new cocktail academy, we are guaranteed to continue our efforts over the next 15 years to raise the quality of cocktails and bartending to an even higher level and represent Bols, the world’s first cocktail brand.’
Bols Cocktail Academy courses and workshops
Both the spaces and the courses and workshops have been taken in hand. Bartenders and entrepreneurs learn all about the latest trends and skills needed to run a successful bar. In the Basic Bartending Course and SVH-certified Advanced Bartending Course, they learn all about designing cocktails, the different ingredients and flavour combinations, with plenty of attention to skills such as extract making, free pouring and blazing. The Management Course also takes a closer look at finance and managing a successful team.
From home-made products to slush cocktails
The bartenders have all the tools you can use for cocktails at their disposal: from tin-on-tin shakers to smoking guns and mixing glasses. There will be blending, clarifying and fermenting, slush cocktails and punches. They also learn to work with smoke, foam, homemade products and citrus substitutes like citrate and malic acid. And, of course, everything has to look good. The teaching method is interactive with a focus on the bartender’s well-being; here, bartenders and entrepreneurs learn to use efficiency, posture and body language correctly.
Modern online options
The Bols Cocktail Academy offers flexible options for training and master classes. For example, fully customised programmes are created in collaboration with the entrepreneur, focusing on personalised cocktail menus. Those unable to come to Amsterdam or one of the partner academies in New York or Budapest can follow the courses through interactive videos, learning bytes and live webinars.
About The Lucas Bols Company
The Bols Cocktail Academy is an initiative of the Lucas Bols Company, a leading player in the cocktail and spirits market. With almost 450 years, Lucas Bols Company is one of the oldest Dutch companies still active in more than 110 countries with a portfolio of three cocktail brands and more than twenty international and regional liqueurs and spirits. Lucas Bols Company has the largest liqueur range in the world (excluding the US) and is the world’s leading player in the gin segment.
We have previously written about ‘House of Bols’.
Website: The Bols Cocktail Academy
