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The Slippery Nipple posted:We have Belvedere as our well vodka. This talk of upgrading to Smirnoff has me realising that this must not be very common. Although I work in a cocktail bar, seeing as the bar is 'sponsored' by Belvedere its more for show than any actual taste improvement. Some places will have a cheaper vodka (Russian Standard is getting a bigger market share, I prefer it to Smirnoff) and Bombay Sapphire or Beefeater are totally common, but the very, very standard house spirits you'll see in basically every licensed premises in this country are Smirnoff, Gordon's, Famous Grouse, Bacardi, Havana Especial, Jack Daniels. None of them are considered as being either "premium" or "cheap", just "normal". All of them produce 1.5 litre bottles with the label printed upside down so it's readable when you put them up on optics on the back bar, which I guess you generally don't so in the US.
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Smirnoff is our standard vodka, at 1.95£ a nip. Our cheap vodka is a monstrosity called Glens, which tastes like it's made by letting onions ferment in a cesspit full of bleach. It's 1.10£ a nip, and you can always tell who's going to be trouble later on because they invariably order a double glens soda water and lime. We don't charge anything for soda or cordial.
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Oct 14, 2012 13:36
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Our well vodka is Taaka and I can guarantee you that you will never want to drink it
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Oct 14, 2012 19:45
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Bellows everything. The "blended whiskey" is colored and flavored, and I always feel awful pouring a shot of it for someone.
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Oct 14, 2012 23:31
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Because they have terrible taste?
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Oct 14, 2012 23:49
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Daric posted:Our well vodka is Taaka and I can guarantee you that you will never want to drink it Ours is crystal palace. Our well tequila is even worse, Zarco. It tastes like the way you imagine tequila did before you had ever tried it.
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Oct 15, 2012 00:51
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Lucky bastards. Our well vodka is Aristocrat, as well as our gin. Our rum is Ron Llave, and our tequila is Juarez, which apparently isn't completely 100%, because the label says "tequila and liqueur with natural flavor".
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Oct 15, 2012 05:11
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Well: Smirnoff Jose Cuervo Gordons Seagrams Captain Morgan's
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Oct 15, 2012 06:17
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Walk in today: The air conditioner is broken and doesn't work. Not for the whole restaurant, just over the bar. The service bar printer doesn't work so tickets have to print up at the other end of the bar and we had to run them over to our service bartender every time someone rang something in. We ran out of: tartar sauce lemonade margarita mix hurricane mix watermelon monin and oranges Thank god I have tomorrow off because I was ready to kill someone
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Oct 15, 2012 06:22
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gently caress that wheres my tartar mojito
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Oct 15, 2012 08:06
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nrr posted:gently caress that wheres my tartar mojito Erm, it's for Jagerfishbombs... You stir a teaspoon of tartar in tot he redbull before bombing the jager in. Delicious!
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Oct 15, 2012 08:31
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I threw picklejacks on special tonight mostly as a joke at my Jameson loving manager's expense and it sold like mad  Getting used to the night game again, along with being jacked up long after a shift.
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Oct 15, 2012 09:01
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Rename the bar Picklejack's. Introduce your manager as Stan Picklejack, Mr. Picklejack's son, but call him PJ all night.
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Oct 15, 2012 11:47
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What the gently caress is a picklejack?
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Oct 15, 2012 16:04
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1oz Jamesons, chase with 1oz pickle juice.
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Oct 15, 2012 16:15
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I had been hoping it was a Jamesons manhattan garnished with a cornichon.
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Oct 15, 2012 17:28
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JawKnee posted:1oz Jamesons, chase with 1oz pickle juice. More like a picklejames 
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Oct 15, 2012 17:47
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Pickleback, don't mind me, must have been more tired than I thought last night. Although picklejames would make more sense, but I didn't make it up.
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Oct 15, 2012 17:52
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Picklejack is just a shot a Jack with pickle juice in it, usually not shaken or anything (though it would be better shaken, but that's not the point of a pickledrink), as far as I was aware.
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Oct 15, 2012 18:00
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Daric posted:The service bar printer doesn't work so tickets have to print up at the other end of the bar and we had to run them over to our service bartender every time someone rang something in. I love printer/computer malfunctions. One night I had all the kitchen chits redirecting to my printer and mixing with my orders so I'd be fighting a sense of mounting horror all night as the thing kept spitting out paper, collecting in rolls on the floor and tripping people.
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Oct 15, 2012 18:01
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Der Luftwaffle posted:I love printer/computer malfunctions. One night I had all the kitchen chits redirecting to my printer and mixing with my orders so I'd be fighting a sense of mounting horror all night as the thing kept spitting out paper, collecting in rolls on the floor and tripping people. I once worked at a place that used an older POS system whose software hadn't been updated in years. It was full of really weird errors, but my favorite was one time when one of the bar printers ran out of paper (the printer we used the least, in fact), which somehow managed to shut down the print server - kitchen wasn't getting tickets, servers couldn't print receipts. Took us a little while to figure out what happened. Edit: The only time I ever really had an issue with the kitchen was when they'd just come behind the bar and start pouring poo poo for some special of the day or whatever. I don't mind ordering booze for the kitchen to cook with, but don't gently caress with my inventory! Shooting Blanks fucked around with this message at 22:00 on Oct 15, 2012 |
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Oct 15, 2012 21:28
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I never went out of my way to distress the kitchen staff but I always did enjoy their hysterical dismay when there was more than a passing burp in the functionality of the ticket printing system.
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Oct 15, 2012 21:46
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Wells: Country club brand vodka, gin and rum Juarez tequila Ezra Brooks bourbon And I've never heard of someone drinking pickle juice with bourbon but in about to try it right now. What a shame, the only bourbon I have at home right now is an unopened bottle of Angels Envy. It's very nice stuff. Bottoms up!
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Oct 16, 2012 02:30
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I have one for you guys. So Halloween week we have a bunch of shows at my bar I'll be working and all the staff will be getting dressed up. I have to figure out a good costume that has the following criteria; 1. It has to be something I can wear and still bartend while in the weeds 2. It has to incorporate facial hair (beard, goatee, goofy mustache, whatever. I just prefer not to go clean shaven). The one idea I had was to go to Radio Shack and grab a bunch of LEDs to put in an enclosure and wear something like this under a normal outfit. It would be subtle but I think most people would get it and best of all it would be easy to work in. Anyone else have any suggestions or dressing for work?
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Oct 16, 2012 06:18
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James Woods posted:I have one for you guys. So Halloween week we have a bunch of shows at my bar I'll be working and all the staff will be getting dressed up. I have to figure out a good costume that has the following criteria; 1. It has to be something I can wear and still bartend while in the weeds 2. It has to incorporate facial hair (beard, goatee, goofy mustache, whatever. I just prefer not to go clean shaven). The one idea I had was to go to Radio Shack and grab a bunch of LEDs to put in an enclosure and wear something like this under a normal outfit. Thinkgeek sells a tony stark shirt that light up just like that. Save yourself the time. Edit http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e60f/ Old Man Pants fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Oct 16, 2012 |
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Oct 16, 2012 06:54
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Old Man Pants posted:Thinkgeek sells a tony stark shirt that light up just like that. Save yourself the time. Hmm... I love to solder but I'm also incredibly lazy. I'm torn.
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Oct 16, 2012 08:37
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Star Trek (Evil Spock? You're basically just wearing a t-shirt. If you have a BA you could make him a red shirt  )Mustard / Relish / Ketchup (Just yellow/green/red t-shirts and pants, with the word 'Ketchup' or whatever across the chest. Need partners, though.) Star Wars (We're doing Luke/Leia/Han this year) Clockwork Orange (You'd probably be a mess at the end of the night in an all white getup, but I barbacked in a droog costume and wasn't too too bad) EDIT: I could use costume suggestions for myself. Was thinking of doing the Joker or Jughead. I'm by myself for Halloween proper, am expecting to get my poo poo pushed in, but still wanna dress up and have fun. Perdido fucked around with this message at 10:22 on Oct 16, 2012 |
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Oct 16, 2012 10:20
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I'm going to dress as my manager by throwing on a blazer and glasses, and complete the outfit by hitting on girls half my age and comping them complicated drinks all night.
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Oct 16, 2012 11:28
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Macho Man Randy Savage. Cheap Macho Man shirt off of eBay, sunglasses, bandana, make up a cocktail and call it a Slim Jim. OH YEAHHHH
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Oct 16, 2012 19:07
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I just used to buy a decent Mardi Gras / Carnival mask and wear it cocked up on my forehead for most of the night but I'm a terminally lazy non-participator.
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Oct 16, 2012 19:16
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I worked an event for Fernet last night, and got one of the first 15 fernet challenge coins in New York. Our general response to the whole challenge concept was "it's not like we pay for our fernet rounds anyway". Yes, I swagged a bunch of bottles.
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Oct 16, 2012 20:59
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Do you have a picture of the New York ones? I got my Arizona one a few months ago, with basically the same reaction. My Chartreuse coin on the other hand...
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Oct 16, 2012 21:10
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So, is Halloween weekend Oct 26-28 or Nov 2-4?
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Oct 16, 2012 21:15
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FISHMANPET posted:So, is Halloween weekend Oct 26-28 or Nov 2-4?
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Oct 16, 2012 21:21
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I celebrated my family Christmas in March tyvm My wedding is on Nov 3, and my fiancee and I want to go out and party with some friends the weekend before, but if it's going to be all Haloweened up, then, gently caress, I don't know. I hate Haloween.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:22
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Choom Gangster posted:Do you have a picture of the New York ones? I got my Arizona one a few months ago, with basically the same reaction. My Chartreuse coin on the other hand... It has the Manhattan skyline on the back, black enamel on bronze. Now, what is this Chartreuse nonsense? Oh, and I verbally agreed to be the head bartender of a new project opening in a few weeks in Alphabet City, as part of a restaurant group by a very successful restaurant a street away. Time to start building my brand.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:28
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FISHMANPET posted:I celebrated my family Christmas in March tyvm I'm guessing before, as after people will have paid rent.
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Oct 16, 2012 21:29
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We're not allowed to wear costumes anymore after one of our large male bartenders showed up in a Hooters girl outfit.
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Oct 16, 2012 22:11
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If you don't take advantage to dress up as someone who you can stay in character and legit be a complete rear end in a top hat all night, then I don't know what to tell you guys. Soup Nazi and NO SOUP FOR YOU the second anybody fucks up and firing anyone and everyone in the same manner, in costume as Donald Trump woul be the first two that pop into my head
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Der Luftwaffle posted:I'm going to dress as my manager by throwing on a blazer and glasses, and complete the outfit by hitting on girls half my age and comping them complicated drinks all night. This could be very fun. I may order the shirt and do both on different days.
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