BAR® Curriculum for the World’s Most Comprehensive Distilled Spirits & Mixology Program: The BAR 5-Day Program®
Dates for the 2026 BAR 5-Day Program®
• February 2-6, 2026
Program Location:
The Culinary Institute of America
1946 Campus Dr,
Hyde Park, NY 12538
BAR 5-Day Program® Fee: $3,950.00
(BAR® accepts private or business checks and American Express, Visa, MasterCard and Discover cards.)
Schedule: Conducted once yearly in New York State.
Next BAR 5-Day Program® is February 2-6, 2026 in Hyde Park, New York.
BAR® curriculum is organized around the following guiding principles:
- The sections are organized into modules so that students understand precisely the purpose of each talk, presentation
- and exercise.
- All spirits, cocktails and mixological principles will be presented in historical and cultural context-we will teach not just “what” and “how,” but “why.”
- Frequent short tests – these tests are designed to teach more than they are intended to test.
- Practical applications – each module includes a blind tasting of spirits and, starting with the third lesson, the preparation of cocktails and their ingredients.