Though it's a good way to connect with others and a fundamental part of living near train tracks, pouring one’s heart out to strangers is an unsustainable career. Learn a more employable pour with today’s Groupon to ABC Bartending School in Tempe. Choose between the following options:

• For $199, you get a 40-hour bartending course (a $399 value).
• For $65, you get a four-hour mixology class (a $129 value).

ABC’s bartending course prepares future drink-slingers for every aspect of pouring professions. Over the course of one to three weeks, depending on your schedule, you’ll learn important alcoholic beverage laws and become proficient in bar opening and closing procedures, making popular cocktails, and perfecting free-pour techniques. Using ABC’s state-of-the-art equipment, students get a feel for what it’s like to work in a fast-paced drink emporium, quickly gaining a wikipedic knowledge of drink combos, customer-service fundamentals, and how to say “last call” with your eyes. Casual mixologists can opt for the four-hour class, which covers a number of lively libations, plus an overview of alcoholic beverage laws that touches upon legal liability when throwing a party in your home or subterranean fallout shelter.

ABC offers its graduates free lifetime refresher courses at any of its nationwide locations.

Reviews

Four Yelpers give ABC Bartending School a four-star average:

• Really enjoyed hanging out there and learning how to make drinks and navigate my way behind the bar. – Ted K., 11/27/08
• They taught me the arizona laws, tons of drinks, proper measuring, and history of the spirits. I would reccomend! [sic] – deedee m., 9/28/10