Great cocktails aren’t hard to make when you’ve got ten guests at the bar and all the time in the world. The real test of a bartender’s technique — and a bar’s systems — comes when you’re staring down a full ticket rail, three-deep at the bar, and still expected to deliver drinks with the same precision and consistency as that first round of the night.
In this seminar, Shawn Soole takes you behind the stick to break down how to scale craft cocktails for volume without losing what makes them special. Drawing on decades of experience running high-volume cocktail programs, Shawn will walk through the tools, techniques, and systems that allow bartenders to deliver high-quality drinks at speed.
From batching and pre-dilution methods to kegging, freezer cocktails, and modified specs, you’ll learn how to apply production techniques usually reserved for the kitchen to the bar. Just as importantly, you’ll explore the service side — how to design your well, set your stations, and train your team to move like a single organism under pressure.
This is not about cutting corners. It’s about understanding process, engineering consistency, and creating systems that free bartenders to focus on hospitality when it matters most.
Whether you’re running a neighborhood bar that suddenly gets slammed on weekends or a cocktail den that pumps out 300 drinks a night, this seminar will give you the playbook to keep craft alive at scale — and keep your sanity while doing it.
Featuring: Shawn Soole, Principal Consultant, Soole Hospitality Concepts
Education Classes are for pre-assigned Student Pass holders and Bartender Pass Auditing.
Location: The Arium at Jupiter NEXT, 900 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214
Sponsored by:
Shawn Soole, Principal Consultant, Soole Hospitality Concepts
Shawn Soole is the founder of Soole Hospitality Concepts (SHC), where he helps bars and restaurants thrive through tailored training, systems, and education. A BNIC-certified Cognac educator and passionate industry leader, he shares insights on business, culture, and creativity as the host of the Post Shift Podcast, inspiring hospitality professionals to grow smarter and stronger.