Learn a Flair Bartending Trick

“Going back 14 years, when I attempted my first hand stall, I never expected to be able to sculpt a career from this, and flair was something I did to spice up my bartending. But from my first trick to finally winning a competition, a lot had to happen first. With bruised forearms and hours upon hours of practice, I often felt that I would learn so much faster as long as there would be someone telling me what I was doing wrong and right, and where I should really improve to master the more difficult tricks. Even so, the satisfaction of learning everything myself was immense and it was worth every second, and I love it just as much today.”

“I’ve worked in pubs before but this is my first time in a cocktail bar and I’m using it as a way to learn things I never did when in the pub (Making cocktails, free pouring, flairing etc.) So far all I’ve been able to do is balance the bottle on my hand and sometimes I can flip it and land it on my hand, I’m bruised up from trying so much but I’m determined to be good at it.”

“It’s impossible to start flair with a hit-the-ground-running kind of attitude,” Isaza says. “I started flipping a single jigger or a single bottle repeatedly until I couldn’t fail. And then I learned a new move. And I did that again, and again, and again.”