Shaking Cocktails & Moving For.ward
Approachable and delicious cocktails by a mobile bar.
Hi there, I'm Amanda. Bartender and owner of Forward Bar Co. LLC. Welcome to my mobile bar corner of the internet where I share some thoughts, photograph and shake some fun beverages, all while balancing a business.
Now I won't try to go into great lengths of personal details, but if you're curious here's a little bit about my background. I went to Northwest Missouri State University, graduating with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in photography and printmaking. I had a photography business right after graduating and loved my time of creating photos of people and their precious memories. The world changed during those dreaded 2019-2020 years that also coincided with a new season in my life. So I decided that I need a break from photography.
So I searched, started a family and then searched more. Before a new form of creating, fell into my lap. Bartending felt natural, like something I had done before and was kind of good at. A kitchen in my mother's bakery had been my childhood, that turned into summers from college then a part of my early twenties. I was trained to work in intense fast paced environments, where movements weren't wasted, stations were tidy and every minute was towards making a great product. So I had done the food side of an industry. The beverage side was just an intimidating thing, that I hadn't tried yet but had increasingly become fascinated by. And I was willing to dive head first into.
Having professional bartending experience really started a new creative spark that I didn’t know I needed. I was taught by some of the most incredible people in the business with so much experience themselves. Teaching me numerous things from the range of different spirits to the importance of high quality ingredients. My thirst for knowledge of the industry and how others are creating within it is nonstop. Finding new flavor combinations or techniques is a new hobby I've loved exploring.
Just like bartending, I sort of fell into the idea of a mobile bar. I had been doing this for family during the holidays. So it felt natural to start this happy new path because I am passionate about great cocktails that are approachable, delicious & aesthetically pleasing. All while in the company of your loved ones.
So if you’re having a celebration, wedding, bachelorette or birthday party I’m excited to bring the mobile bar to you!
For.ward
If you're curious as to why there's a dot in the middle of my company name. Well, there's a few reasons for the placement. When searching for a name, I wanted a word that was positive, that meant to keep going no matter how hard things got. Something that was shorter but familiar. I searched for all sorts of words for moving in a positive way. Then, "forward" was on a list and I knew that was it. It had a sort of weight to it when it hit me, and I knew that was the name. Because of both the meaning of forward and the relation to my last name Warden; I knew that I had to get creative to hint at who I was doing this for. Not only myself, but for my family. So I added the little dot as both a pause, and a reminder it's for us.
If you've gotten down this far, thank you for reading. I hope to write here and there to keep updates and document this new adventure of mine. But in between then, you can find me shaking up bevs on facebook, instagram and tiktok! Cheers!
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