When to use: Before hosting or mixing for a loop night (or anytime you need quick specs).
Core drinks / terms / pouring basics
Bartender Cheat Sheet
Fast specs, clean technique, and bar language so you can mix without guessing.

High-velocity basics, modern favorites, and craft classics.
High-velocity basics
Fast builds for a crowd
Vodka Soda
Build / highball

Gin & Tonic
Build / highball

Margarita (Classic)
Shake / rocks / optional salt rim

Moscow Mule
Build / mule mug or rocks

Modern favorites
Bright, fresh, easy
Paloma
Build / highball

Aperol Spritz
Build / wine glass

Espresso Martini
Shake / coupe / 3 beans

Craft classics
Spirit-forward icons
Old Fashioned
Build / rocks / orange peel

Manhattan
Stir / up / cherry

Negroni
Stir / rocks / orange peel

Excessive moderns that still drink clean.
Paper Plane
Shake / coupe

Espresso Negroni
Stir / rocks

Naked & Famous
Shake / coupe

Short terms, quick ratios, and clean technique.
Mixing terms
Bar lingo
Glassware + measures
Ratios + technique
Desert-mystic picks for hosting.
Prickly Pear Margarita
Shake / rocks / optional salt rim

Smoky Mezcal Paloma
Build / highball

Date Old Fashioned
Build / rocks / orange peel

Desert Citrus Spritz
Build / wine glass

Batch for 4 (party mode)
Pacing + consent
Related skills
Host Energy Basics
A calm hosting playbook for tone, pacing, and consent-forward comfort.
25 minutes / Hosting flow + pacing
Hands and Feet
Nail care, callus management, and the grooming nobody talks about but everyone notices.
Self-paced / Grooming + self-care
Consent Check-ins
Short check-ins that keep pace and boundaries clear across a date.
12 minutes / Clarity + Pacing