Thousands of hospitality professionals have honed their bartending skills over the past 15 years via the BarSmarts bartender education program. For this episode, we talk with Kevin Denton Rex, the director of mixology and education for Pernod Ricard, about the newly revamped BarSmarts program, how BarSmarts has evolved over the years, and how it’s filling an essential role in today’s hospitality world. Radio Imbibe listeners can access BarSmarts for free as individual users by heading to barsmarts.com and using the promo code SuperSmart.

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