About
As a fully student-run business, the Columbia Bartending Agency exceeds expectations daily. We are a group of dedicated students workign towards teaching our peers, assisting the New York City community at events around the city, and overall creating a professional and desirable atmosphere for both our clients and bartenders.
The Columbia Bartending Agency: Mixology Courses
The Columbia School of Mixology has been training bartenders since 1965 and in that time our graduates have gone on to find great success in every level of the business. From bars to clubs to private staffing and catering, you can be sure that a Columbia School of Mixology graduate has worked there.
We are also one of the ONLY bartending schools in New York to teach you using real alcohol. We believe that learning to make good drinks with flavored water, the common practice at other bartending schools, is like learning to cook with fake food–it is just not the same! Great bartenders do not simply memorize ingredients, they know what flavors mix well together. We will teach you the most popular new and classic drinks and also give you a chance to develop your own palette, providing you are 21 of course.
Even though we teach using real alcohol, we still provide instruction for a comprehensive price of only $200. Other schools charge upwards of $800 dollars to simply get you started bartending. We give you all the skills you need at a fraction of the price.
Our teachers are also all graduates of our own program. They have gone through the test, done the drink mixing, and many have gone on to professional bartend our work with our Agency. Additionally, beginning Fall 09 all of our teachers will have been TIPS certified, giving them much more information which they will pass along to you!
Most importantly, our classes are incredibly fun. Whether you are serious about bartending, are sick of throwing back Screwdrivers at your friends house party, or are simply looking for something fun to do before a Friday night out, our classes are perfect. We teach you all the basics and make sure you have a good time doing it.
To see when our classes are being offered, click on the Registration link to your left or look below for our most recent class!