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Sheep-Goats posted:But what if you absolutely had to? I'd just take the straight shot of vodka. gently caress the liqueur and gently caress the mixer.
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My shift drink was a Jacob's Ladder tonight. But because I didn't want to wash any more glassware, I poured it in plastic.
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My shoes are starting to wear out and making my feet really loving ache as of late. What kind of shoes do some of you guys have? And where did you get them? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...&pf_rd_i=507846 I was looking at these, but can anyone else can recommend anything else?
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photo kiosk of life posted:My shoes are starting to wear out and making my feet really loving ache as of late. What kind of shoes do some of you guys have? And where did you get them? I swear by Shoes for Crews. I got a pair of these about a year ago, they've held up extremely well under heavy use and I stick to the floors even better than the kitchen staff. Comfortable as hell too, though I also threw in some arch supporting insoles on top of the existing ones. Der Luftwaffle fucked around with this message at 02:51 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Jan 25, 2013 02:48
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Ingredients looking for recipes: Tamarind paste. Any ideas?
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Frozen Horse posted:Ingredients looking for recipes: Tamarind paste. Any ideas? Dilute it a bit and you basically have a strange tasting sour mix. Very versatile ingredient IMO.
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Frozen Horse posted:Ingredients looking for recipes: Tamarind paste. Any ideas? Make a simple syrup with it, experiment with gin and brandy.
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I've used tamarind and tequila for a psuedo-margarita for the right crowd. Shoe-wise, I just picked up a pair of red wings, super excited to break them in. Then again, I do more management than bartending these days, but I've got Sunday/Monday to do my thing with the tins.
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Shoes for Crews are what I always used. I still buy them for my day to day shoes too. They're good.
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Considering going back to SFCs. Been rocking various pairs of black New Balance walking/cross trainers with these inserts: http://www.amazon.com/Sorbothane-Ultra-Graphite-Arch-Insole/dp/B0018KB942/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_1 Been comfortable enough but this latest pair of NB's I bought are just falling the gently caress apart. I've got maybe a month and a half out of them and I'm already supergluing bits of the sole together. E: On a related note, has anyone played with the bev blends from Perfect Puree? http://www.perfectpuree.com/index.php/Beverage-Artistry-Home/ One of our regulars brought us some samples and while there's a handful of recipes online on their site, has anyone else done anything worthwhile with the Thai Black Pepper, Chipotle Sour, Thyme Citrus, or Yuzu Luxe Sour blends? Ally McBeal Wiki fucked around with this message at 22:43 on Jan 25, 2013 |
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Jan 25, 2013 22:39
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I almost bought a $100 pair of Merrells last year because they were about the cheapest thing I could find that was black and comfy in town, until someone told me to go to the Crocs store. After I stopped laughing, I actually went and had a look and saw that they actually have a work shoes line for hospitality staff. Not only were they cheap at ~ $60 a pair, but they were also 50% off. So $30 for a pair of shoes that I have worn behind the bar every day since I bought them 14 months ago. Not going to laugh at Crocs anymore.
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Jan 26, 2013 11:11
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http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dr.-Scholl-s-Men-s-Dave-Sneaker-Wide-Width/20711281#Product+Reviews Those I found when I was serving and they are cheap and really comfortable, I don't know what was wrong with the guy who gave a poor review. I had them over a year with barely any wear.. they have a couple other styles too but I think the slip-ons look strange. Real cheap at $34.
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How do you pick which glass to put a cocktail in? I assumed whiskey/bitters-type drinks always went in rocks glasses but the bars around here seem to have developed an enormous hardon for putting everything in a goddamn martini glass. I thought it was just the one place so I got used to specifying everything down, but I've had a negroni and a boulevardier (made with loving Grand Marnier, what the gently caress) served to me in a tall tippy glass I was too shitfaced to be piloting at that time of night. Are they being weird or am I being weird for expecting my manhattan down unless specified? And why martini glasses? Do patrons tip better when everyone else is spilling drinks all over them? Am I a dick if I constantly specify that I want all my poo poo down, even if it's served up (ok I can see that's kinda confusing)?
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I've read pretty much all of the thread and tried to take everyone's advice to heart, and I'm thinking about going trying to bartend. Here's where it gets tricky: I'm looking to bartend for about a year and a half before I go to grad school, with the idea that I might be able to bartend on the side once I'm back in school. Is that enough time to get from barback to bartender and make some decent money? I feel like I'm pretty well equipped for it since I have a solid knowledge of alcohol (except wine) and I can bust my rear end on a job. Even with all the horror stories in the thread, bartending is looking a hell of more enjoyable than the office jobs I'm also looking at.
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wargamerROB posted:I've read pretty much all of the thread and tried to take everyone's advice to heart, and I'm thinking about going trying to bartend. Here's where it gets tricky: I'm looking to bartend for about a year and a half before I go to grad school, with the idea that I might be able to bartend on the side once I'm back in school. Is that enough time to get from barback to bartender and make some decent money? I feel like I'm pretty well equipped for it since I have a solid knowledge of alcohol (except wine) and I can bust my rear end on a job. Even with all the horror stories in the thread, bartending is looking a hell of more enjoyable than the office jobs I'm also looking at. Who do you know and are you a cute girl? Also, where are you?
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fuzzy_logic posted:Am I a dick if I constantly specify that I want all my poo poo down, even if it's served up (ok I can see that's kinda confusing)? No, because it's your drink and you wants it how you wants it. That said, putting drinks up as opposed to on the rocks is a question of balance. On a rock or four, your Manhattan is going to continue diluting, though it'll stay cold. If you put it up, it stays just as balanced, with more notes of the vermouth and bitters coming through as it gets warmer (unless, like me, you don't give it time to warm up). That said, I have no idea where the strain of macho "don't put my cocktail in that girly glass because I'm insecure about how other people perceive my choices" comes from.
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Loopyface posted:Who do you know and are you a cute girl? Also, where are you? Haha no one, no, and Philly. edit: That's wrong. I have an in at a place that is really more of a beer store but has a 4 tap setup in the back due to PA's hosed up liquor laws. Would 'bartending' at a place like that look like good experience when applying for a job? door Door door fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jan 28, 2013 |
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Vegetable Melange posted:That said, I have no idea where the strain of macho "don't put my cocktail in that girly glass because I'm insecure about how other people perceive my choices" comes from. I love it when a guy orders something like a southern and coke and then gives his friend poo poo when he gets a sazerac and it comes in a
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nrr posted:I love it when a guy orders something like a southern and coke and then gives his friend poo poo when he gets a sazerac and it comes in a I once got called for drinking a "faggy pink drink" at a reasonably nice bar here in Houston (which has since shut down). It was a Negroni.
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Shooting Blanks posted:I once got called for drinking a "faggy pink drink" at a reasonably nice bar here in Houston (which has since shut down). It was a Negroni. A place in Chicago that happens to be one of my all time favorites is run by an old Italian family, and the place is no-nonsense tough, and I'm quite certain that if anyone there ever gave me/anyone else poo poo for drinking their house staple Negroni, they'd end up in a loving ditch with no teeth somewhere. I love that bar. 
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Shooting Blanks posted:I once got called for drinking a "faggy pink drink" at a reasonably nice bar here in Houston (which has since shut down). It was a Negroni. yeah I've had the exact same thing except I think it was "pussy" instead of "faggy." Some sort of negroni mafia would be a beautiful thing
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nrr posted:yeah I've had the exact same thing except I think it was "pussy" instead of "faggy." The funny part of that story is that the guy that called me out was trying to hit on a pair of girls that were at the bar. We wound up all going back to his room at the hotel that bar was in, he struck out, I took both girls back to their hotel and somehow managed to not get laid. I still don't understand what the gently caress happened.
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haha I was actually going to add in my last post how funny it is that normally guys who try and do the "girly drink" callout thing normally end up making themselves look like the stupid one, and it's normally any ladies in the area who speak up and tell them how dumb they look.
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Sazeracs should never, ever, be served up.
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Choom Gangster posted:Sazeracs should never, ever, be served up. Bars are good places for strict rules. Shooting Blanks posted:The funny part of that story is that the guy that called me out was trying to hit on a pair of girls that were at the bar. We wound up all going back to his room at the hotel that bar was in, he struck out, I took both girls back to their hotel and somehow managed to not get laid. I still don't understand what the gently caress happened. Need a more alpha glassware selection brosef
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Regular negronis were always too strong for me, but a coworker mixed up a variation with aperol and white vermouth and it was absolutely delicious. Serious sweet tooth here though so maybe it's a significant bias.
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Jan 29, 2013 00:56
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Jan 29, 2013 02:11
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Anyone know any good cocktails using Licor 43? We only use it in one of ours and it smells so drat good I want to use it more.
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An Englishman walks into a dockside Aberdeen pub and orders a Lager tops. "We dinnae dae cocktails", is the perfectly timed response.
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Choom Gangster posted:Sazeracs should never, ever, be served up. *trap sprang*
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Thanks for the SFC site guys, I think I'm going to go with these https://www.shoesforcrews.com/sfc3/index.cfm?changeWebsite=CA_en&route=c_store.viewDetailsOfProduct&partnumber=6004&size=8.5 because I'm lazy and like just slipping shoes on and not having to tie any laces.
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photo kiosk of life posted:Thanks for the SFC site guys, I think I'm going to go with these https://www.shoesforcrews.com/sfc3/index.cfm?changeWebsite=CA_en&route=c_store.viewDetailsOfProduct&partnumber=6004&size=8.5 because I'm lazy and like just slipping shoes on and not having to tie any laces. I've worn SFC slip ons at work and just for day to day shoes for years. I think they're great. They come very very tight but break in to be just right. The heel portion always tears up and a little bit of yellow foam falls out after a month of wear but the shoe remains presentable after you throw the foam away and the shoe stays fitting.
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Late to the footwear discussion, but I'm a big fan of Blundstones. Had a manager recommend them to me years ago and they've worked out quite well for me.
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Der Luftwaffle posted:Regular negronis were always too strong for me, but a coworker mixed up a variation with aperol and white vermouth and it was absolutely delicious. Serious sweet tooth here though so maybe it's a significant bias. Boulevardiers are one of the new "in" drinks going around town right now and they're goddamn delicious. 2 parts rye or bourbon, 1 sweet vermouth, 1 campari - stir on ice, garnish with an orange twist. Served up, but it can be nice down if the bartender doesn't stir quite long enough to get the right dilution. I'd think there'd be lots of room for experimentation with various quinquinas, too.
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With a bit over a week to go, does anyone know of any Valentine-based cocktails? Or is it far easier to just churn out champage with strawberries?
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/\ Chocolate-strawberry beer! Alternatively, what horrible drinks should I serve to everyone drowning their Valentine-misery? tokenbrownguy fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Feb 5, 2013 |
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Feb 5, 2013 09:30
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Champagne with clamato.
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Sheep-Goats posted:Champagne with clamato.
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Sheep-Goats posted:Champagne with clamato. Needs a touch of grenadine. In "it's fun to be a bartender" news, I got tipped in gold the other day. Had some guy and his son in from somewhere in the south of the US and after taking care of them for almost an hour, he stopped me and pulled a little bag out of his pocket and said, "Listen. From time to time, I like to give these out to people who deserve them..." And handed me this little thing that looked like a shiny penny. Turns out, it's one of these. I've seen an inordinate amount of crazy and hilarious poo poo in my time behind the bar, but I thought this was a new level of cool.
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