I don't think anyone has said being a bartender is easy, by and large it involves dealing with people which is obviously very frustrating. But if you can't make a Tom Collins you shouldn't be behind a bar.
At my cousins rehearsal dinner at a very trendy wine bar, my 86 year old Grandmother ordered a Manhattan and the 2 bartenders there had no idea what the fuck she was asking for. I had to explain to them how to make it. Both bartenders were around the mid 30's.
So in light of the JFK assassination anniversary I looked up this video, Duck and Cover, kind of interesting.
Just came to from my vodka stupor, I'm done housesitting after this weekend and the booze thought it was a good idea to sleep in the home owners bed for a bit.now sober me has to make that bed too.
Yup, couldn't agree more. I like Blue label, had it a few times, but Black Label is just fine for me. Ok, a certain someone I won't name (happyfunball) has intimated that my signature has stuck around too long. Therefore, I offer the following: Give me a new signature and I'll rep you in my usual bizarre fashion. I know, I know, you're thinking 'Holy fucking shit, I'd better get cracking!' And indeed you should.
They didn't know how to make the most popular mixed drink in the world.. Wow. That's like a short-order cook not knowing how to fry an egg. Were they the special-needs sons of the owner or something because there is no excuse for that.
Most popular drink in the world? Id say the martini has it beat. I actually had never had a manhattan until about a month ago I thought it was another old mans drink that probably tasted as terrible as a martini (honestly I don't see why the martini is so fucking popular, it has to be the glass). I was quite surprised that it was pretty fucking good. Id like to reiterate that olives and dirty martinis are fucking gross and anyone asking for a dirty martini is a fucking weirdo.
Sorry "#1 rated drink", not most popular. Either way, a bartender should know a Manhattan. Martinis certainly are the most popular drink around here. Except they're not really martinis, I know this because the drinks are the colours of movie mutants after being engulfed in toxic waste. ("Tastes like candy tee-hee!!") By the way, those mutants drink dirty martinis. One disgusting, gross freakshow deserves another.
Tonight's dinner menu: -Boar -Bison -Emu -Bear -Venison -Rabbit -Pheasant -Alligator I fucking love game dinner season.
I want to have a long, passionate love affair with your fine taste in drinking and drinking establishments. Uh, anyway, you all must frequent terrible bars, or walk into bars with the wrong expectations. There are places where you request a well made drink, places where you buy whiskey neat because that's the only thing guaranteed to be disease free, and a whole spectrum in between. Order accordingly. I wouldn't get my panties bunched up because a bimbo bartender at some post-frat-boy shithole can't make a gin fizz. I've recently upped my home bartending game with the addition of the Sazerac. Rye old fashioned in an absinthe-rinsed glass? Don't mind if I do. Here's a recipe: Spoiler Fill an Old-Fashioned glass with ice and water, and set aside to chill. Once cold, drain ice water and rinse with absinthe. In a 16-oz mixing glass, combine: 1 tsp 2:1 simple syrup 3 dashes Peychaud’s bitters 1 dash Angostura bitters 2 oz rye whiskey Fill mixing glass with ice and stir contents until well-chilled. Strain into absinthe-rinsed old fashioned glass. Twist lemon peel over drink to express oils, and discard peel. Serve! <a class="postlink" href="http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/sazerac/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/sazerac/</a> And a parting note on bars before I get any more douchey about drinking (if that's possible): Spoiler
It's times like these that I'm glad I rarely drink. It shields me from the insane levels of unfounded judgment that people heap on each other based on, of all things, drink choice. Because that's clearly a good metric for deciding how to view someone.
I think it's more friendly on here than you'll find in public ("IS THAT FAGGOT DRINKIN A SLING?!?! WHAT A FAAAAAAAAG!!!!") ...for one, Slings are delicious immorality fuel when mixed right, and I like the drink exchanges on here are, they are both tutorials and amusing. Alcohol is the most important and widely-loved subject of this board. Sure there are debates on here but at the same time admiration for each other on being educated in the field of Drunkboozogy. But let's be serious: if you enjoy a dirty martini you probably are the type who has had sex against/in a dumpster more than once we can all agree with that. Beer causes arguments on here and everywhere. When beer is the subject every person is either BoSox or Yankees and there is no compromise. All I have to do is ask everyone's opinion on Blue Moon and the board gets cleaved in two.
Here's a question for you then, if I wanted to add a drink to my social drinking palette, which should I pick?
Whatever you think tastes good. Or, if you're just planning to drink for the effect, whatever is cheapest.