National Bartender Day Timeline

​1920

Bartenders worked hard — even during Prohibition

In fact, the bartending profession was alive and well in underground speakeasies during this time.​ The "dry" era even gave birth to an iconic drink: the gin and tonic.

​​1862

​Jerry Thomas published "The Bar-tender's Guide"​

​​The popular American bartender and saloon owner wrote the first drink book ever distributed in the U.S.