Bartender Masterclass: On Mastery, featuring Modern Bartender ms. franky marshall (Part 2)

Training for Mastery takes years of work and dedication, and after a certain point there is no road map in any industry that helps the novice graduate to the journeyman, and the journeyman transform into the master. 

In our continuing Bartending Masterclass, host & Master Bartender Michael J. Neff, discusses the different phases of mastery with some of the finest bartenders from around the world. In this episode, we’re talking with Modern Bartender, ms. franky marshall.

This is the second of our two-part conversation with ms. marshall. You can find part one on our web site at https://thecottonmouthclubpresents.com.

Ms. marshall has been a bartender for a hot minute—both before the modern cocktail movement in nightclubs & dive bars around New York, and after at such storied cocktail bars as The Holiday Cocktail Lounge, Clover Club & The Dead Rabbit.

She has also traveled around the world studying spirits, cocktails, and the culture that surrounds them. Her insights in this, the first part of our conversation, are valuable to anyone with an interest in life on either side of the bar.

Chapters

• 3:01 Building Cocktails
• 4:01 Creating Cocktails
• 5:11 On the Value of Classics
• 7:53 On Knowing How To Make Things Right
• 10:40 The Difference Between A Mixologist & A Bartender
• 12:50 What Is A Modern Bartender?
• 14:56 Many Excellent Bars
• 16:22 Making A Bar Program
• 19:00 franky marshall on mastery
• 27:19 What Kind of Bartender Do You Want To Be?