Behind the bar

A bar scene with several dispensers and foam glasses on a counter. A dark text banner at the top left reads 'Carbonation CO2, N2, N2, Physics, and How to use it behind the bar.

Cocktail Carbonation Behind the Bar: CO2, N2O, ...

Oleg Volovei

Master cocktail carbonation with CO2, N2O, and N2: exact PSI, temperature, Brix, ABV rules, foam stabilisers, and how gas rewires flavour perception.

Cocktail Carbonation Behind the Bar: CO2, N2O, ...

Oleg Volovei

Master cocktail carbonation with CO2, N2O, and N2: exact PSI, temperature, Brix, ABV rules, foam stabilisers, and how gas rewires flavour perception.

Clarified milk punch dripping through a paper filter with milk curds into a glass beaker on a dark wooden bar counter next to fresh lemon and a whiskey sour milk punch cocktail bottle.

Milk Washing and Clarified Milk Punch: History,...

Oleg Volovei

The complete bartender's guide to milk washing: history from 1711 to 2026, the 20% ratio, pH 4.6 threshold, best dairy and plant milks, and methods.  

Milk Washing and Clarified Milk Punch: History,...

Oleg Volovei

The complete bartender's guide to milk washing: history from 1711 to 2026, the 20% ratio, pH 4.6 threshold, best dairy and plant milks, and methods.  

A glass jar of bourbon with a frozen fat cap labelled fat wash and a bottle with a paper filter labelled 10% on a wooden bar next to a jigger and an Old Fashioned, with the headline Fat Washing Behind the Bar: Ratios, Pairings and How It Works.

Fat Washing Behind the Bar: Ratios, Flavour Pai...

Oleg Volovei

How fat washing works behind the bar, which fat and spirit pairings succeed or fail, and how to calculate exact ratios per litre of spirit.

Fat Washing Behind the Bar: Ratios, Flavour Pai...

Oleg Volovei

How fat washing works behind the bar, which fat and spirit pairings succeed or fail, and how to calculate exact ratios per litre of spirit.

A bar counter during prep showing coffee and oolong tea cold brews in labeled swing-top bottles, a jar with steeping tea, herbs and citrus, alongside coffee beans, fresh grapefruit, lemon zest, bar tools, and a finished highball cocktail.

Cold Brew Behind the Bar: Tea & Coffee Ratios, ...

Oleg Volovei

Working tea and coffee cold brew ratios, the four-part flavour formula and four ways to use cold extraction across highballs, cold syrups and house liqueurs.

Cold Brew Behind the Bar: Tea & Coffee Ratios, ...

Oleg Volovei

Working tea and coffee cold brew ratios, the four-part flavour formula and four ways to use cold extraction across highballs, cold syrups and house liqueurs.

An open laptop with a tape label reading AI and a clipboard labelled inventory on a wooden bar, next to a jigger, a mixing glass and a Negroni, with the headline AI Behind the Bar: Do Bartenders Need It and How to Use It.

AI Behind the Bar: Do Bartenders Need It and Ho...

Oleg Volovei

Which bar tasks to hand to AI, how to write prompts for it, and why cocktail recipes need checked data.

AI Behind the Bar: Do Bartenders Need It and Ho...

Oleg Volovei

Which bar tasks to hand to AI, how to write prompts for it, and why cocktail recipes need checked data.

A clear bowl of lemon peel coated in acid labelled Oleo Citrate and a clip-top bottle labelled super juice on a bar, with the headline Super Juice: The History, the Recipes and How to Use It Behind the Bar.

Super Juice: The History, the Recipes and How t...

Oleg Volovei

What super juice is, who invented it, and the lemon and lime recipes that bring it closer to fresh juice.

Super Juice: The History, the Recipes and How t...

Oleg Volovei

What super juice is, who invented it, and the lemon and lime recipes that bring it closer to fresh juice.