Enter the School

Learn the rules — then break them.

Start free with the tools. Step up when you want the course, the community and a seat at the bar. Built by working bartenders in Madrid.

Who are you?

Pick one and we'll show you your rung.

勘定 · The bar's ladder

From the door to the menu

Four rungs for you and one for your bar. Each includes the one before: climb when the bar asks for it.

A door open onto the sea, ink on washi

Guest

For anyone who walks into the bar: on the house.

Open

no account

The website

The Path · stretches 0–1

  • Cards for the classics, the Journal and Readings
  • The Which classic are you? quiz and What's new
  • The Path: the threshold and stretch 1, First Sip
  • Two technique PDFs: Acidity · Ice and dilution
  • The bottle shelf and the pantry

Limits

  • Break a Classic: a glimpse
  • Your bar: costing, prebatch and menu, to look at

Your ladder

A Daiquiri seen from above

Barback

For those starting out: leave your email and step behind the bar.

Free

with your email

Skool · Standard

The Path · stretches 0–2

Everything in Guest, plus

  • The Path saves your progress, and stretch 2 opens: Classic Apprentice
  • The Skool community and the weekly group challenge
  • The Lab Map and the Negroni welcome pack
  • 7 days of Bartender free, to try it

Limits

  • Break a Classic: a glimpse
  • Your bar: to look at
Leave your email →
The mixing glass mid-stir混學

Bartender

For those who serve: the whole craft.

Free for a year

founders: until 28 Oct 2027, then $14.50/month for life · 43 seats left

Skool · PremiumFounders · 43 left

The Path · stretches 0–5

Everything in Barback, plus

  • All of Break a Classic: 9 classics, 90+ twists
  • The 15 techniques, the studies, the Ten Twists runs and every pack
  • Pour Cost, Prebatch and Build your menu
  • Skool: 13 course modules and the live sessions
  • The Path: stretches 3 to 5
Claim your founder's seat →
A tray of seven composed cocktails

Barquitect

new

For those who design the menu and run the bar.

$79/month

or $790/year · founders: at Bartender price the first year

Skool · VIP

The whole Path · stretches 0–9

Everything in Bartender, plus

  • A tailor-made Ten Twists every quarter: your concept, ten directions and its PDF
  • The full menu with costing, service prebatch and all of Your bar
  • Live Barquitect sessions: menu reviews
  • You vote the next Break a Classic
  • The whole Path, stretches 6 to 9, and its certificate
Join on Skool →

For your bar

The bar in service from above

For Bars

For the venue and its team, apart from the personal ladder.

from $390/month

per venue · menu projects from €1,500

A contract with the venue

The Path for the whole team

  • Up to 8 people: the team on Bartender and one Barquitect
  • A menu session every quarter and the team's Path dashboard
  • Ten Twists and Break a Classic for your own menu
  • Several venues: quoted
The path

From your first sip to master.

Nine levels. You rise by learning — every course you finish and every drill you nail moves you up the ladder.

  1. First Sip

    You start here

    Where everyone starts. Learn to taste with intent.

  2. Classic Apprentice

    The canon — the classics every bartender must know.

  3. Skilled Mixer

    Technique: ice, dilution, balance, the shake and the stir.

  4. Flavor Specialist

    Read a flavor, diagnose what's off, and fix it.

  5. Signature Creator

    Build a drink that's unmistakably yours.

  6. Menu Architect

    Design menus that are coherent — and profitable.

  7. Bar Craft Director

    Run service without chaos. Prep, batch, lead.

  8. Mentor Mixer

    Teach it — the fastest way to truly own the craft.

  9. Master Mixologist

    The summit

    The rules, earned. Now break them.

Before you pour in

Do I need a bar or fancy kit?
No. Everything is built to learn from home with what you can buy anywhere. The School teaches technique first — the gear is optional.
What exactly is the community?
The School and The Guild live in our Skool community: the structured course, live sessions, the Making of the Spirits tastings, and a room full of working bartenders and learners.
What do founders get?
The first hundred Skool members come in as Bartenders, free until 28 October 2027, and that year they get Barquitect at Bartender price. In October 2027 we open the founder window for one week: whoever subscribes that week pays $14.50/month ($145/year) for life. At a hundred the door stays open: Bartender at $29/month or $290/year, Barquitect at $79/month or $790/year.
Is the free tier really free?
Forever. The cards, the quiz, the Path (the threshold and stretch 1), two technique PDFs, the bottle shelf and the pantry cost nothing and never expire, no account needed. Leave your email and you're a Barback: your Path is saved, stretch 2 opens, you join the Skool community and get seven days of Bartender to try.
Not ready yet?

We'll tell you when the doors open.

Drop your email and we'll let you know about new cohorts, drops and how many free seats are left.

No spam. One email when the doors open.