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Oh no it's summer and I have to drink mojitos and margaritas and clover clubs and fizzes (Can I come over?)
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PT6A posted:Alternatively, get a six pack of the San Pelligrino lemonades and start mixing the gin with it. The gin will be gone before you know it, trust me! (to be replaced by a godawful headache in 6-8 hours) This is a go-to. I will also admit to having mixed gin and Fresca a non-zero amount of times.
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Jul 27, 2014 02:42
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mooyashi posted:This is a go-to. I will also admit to having mixed gin and Fresca a non-zero amount of times. Nothing wrong with that. I once went to a bar where they had a "gin mojito" that involved gin and fresca. It was tasty, but it was in no way a mojito.
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Jul 27, 2014 05:00
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Does anyone actually like mojitos? I've had them out, I've made them at home. Nothing has ever blown my socks off. I'm convinced the effort is what people like; make you work longer than usual, it must be worth something.
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Jul 27, 2014 10:06
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Unless you're a twenty three year old dipshit. "I'll have an Old Fashioned" 'Preference on your liquor, sir?' "Nah, gimme the well."
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Jul 27, 2014 10:08
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I know it's my job. I'll smile on the serve. I will, however, hate my life for the few seconds that I grab everything necessary and find the muddler to serve something with Kentucky Gentleman.
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Jul 27, 2014 10:11
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mooyashi posted:Does anyone actually like mojitos? I've had them out, I've made them at home. Nothing has ever blown my socks off. I'm convinced the effort is what people like; make you work longer than usual, it must be worth something. Depends if the person making it understands the difference between "muddling" and "pressing" the mint leaves. Too many tards shredding the poo poo out of herbs and releasing a bunch of nasty chlorophyll into drinks... Not only that, congrats, when you do that poo poo you make the drink look like barf AND get poo poo all stuck in the straw.
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Jul 27, 2014 10:49
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mooyashi posted:Unless you're a twenty three year old dipshit. "I'll have an Old Fashioned" 'Preference on your liquor, sir?' "Nah, gimme the well." The correct answer to this question is Korbel.
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Jul 27, 2014 15:22
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mooyashi posted:Does anyone actually like mojitos? You are a broken shell of a human being.
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Jul 27, 2014 16:35
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Coco13 posted:The correct answer to this question is Korbel. Goddammit Wisconsin.
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Jul 27, 2014 17:27
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Waci posted:You are a broken shell of a human being. No argument here.
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Jul 28, 2014 07:42
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Gin and san pel sounds bangin.
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Jul 28, 2014 14:43
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Booties posted:Gin and san pel sounds bangin. It works best with the lemon flavour, followed by the grapefruit flavour. Personally, I don't like it with the orange flavours, but, then, I don't like the orange flavours in general. I'd also say you should avoid using any gin that's too floral or has much citrus character to begin with. I tried mixing Port of Barcelona with Limonata once, and it was a miserable failure -- ruined both the gin and the limonata.
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Jul 28, 2014 14:54
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PT6A posted:It works best with the lemon flavour, followed by the grapefruit flavour. Personally, I don't like it with the orange flavours, but, then, I don't like the orange flavours in general. I'd also say you should avoid using any gin that's too floral or has much citrus character to begin with. I tried mixing Port of Barcelona with Limonata once, and it was a miserable failure -- ruined both the gin and the limonata. Yeah I'll use my cheap alcohol tasting one. Not something floral like Hendrick's
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Jul 28, 2014 14:58
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Haha, I'm just teasing you. Tommy's Margs are the best, can't beat the classic ratio. $20 for a fifth of Sauza 100% blue. And the rest of that post sounds delicious.
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Jul 28, 2014 18:01
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So this is neat: The Complete List of American Whiskey Distilleries & Brands
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Jul 28, 2014 19:17
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PT6A posted:Nothing wrong with that. I once went to a bar where they had a "gin mojito" that involved gin and fresca. It was tasty, but it was in no way a mojito. It could always be worse: http://www.kfc.co.in/menukrushers-Virgin.php
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Jul 28, 2014 19:38
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Here's an interesting article about craft whiskey in America: Your craft whiskey is probably from a factory distillery in Indiana I'm not going to quote the whole thing because it's fairly long, but it's basically about transparency and dishonesty in marketing/labeling. Worth a read though, especially if you're working at a cocktail joint or a whiskey bar.
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Jul 28, 2014 21:23
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That article doesn't really tell the whole of the truth, since barrel maturation and blending are just as important to the final whiskey as the mash bill. Yes, Redemption Rye and Templeton are close to the same beast, but the blender's art is picking which barrels go into the bottle. And High West, for instance, does some of their own barrel maturation (less now that they've started up a still). Protip: Pappy Van Winkle is dead, and there is no Van Winkle distillery, but the final juice ain't bad by half. Though I'm going all in as saying that prioritizing your marketing over your product is a bit of a bummer (and I'm not pointing fingers, there's just stuff I choose to carry/suggest pouring over others).
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Jul 28, 2014 22:55
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Vegetable Melange posted:That article doesn't really tell the whole of the truth, since barrel maturation and blending are just as important to the final whiskey as the mash bill. Yes, Redemption Rye and Templeton are close to the same beast, but the blender's art is picking which barrels go into the bottle. And High West, for instance, does some of their own barrel maturation (less now that they've started up a still). Protip: Pappy Van Winkle is dead, and there is no Van Winkle distillery, but the final juice ain't bad by half. Though I'm going all in as saying that prioritizing your marketing over your product is a bit of a bummer (and I'm not pointing fingers, there's just stuff I choose to carry/suggest pouring over others). I think it's more a matter of the marketing that says "Distilled at our small distillery in X city/state" when they're just buying the whiskey and blending/aging it themselves. Hell, the vast majority of vodka is the same way - the distillery will buy it by the barrel, bottle it, and market it. They might distill it one or two more times so it's not completely dishonest, but still.
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Jul 29, 2014 06:33
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Perdido posted:It could always be worse: That beverage is bad, and they should feel bad.
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Jul 29, 2014 06:38
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Depends if the person making it understands the difference between "muddling" and "pressing" the mint leaves. Too many tards shredding the poo poo out of herbs and releasing a bunch of nasty chlorophyll into drinks... Not only that, congrats, when you do that poo poo you make the drink look like barf AND get poo poo all stuck in the straw. I finally must have had someone do it right last night. Leopold's Navy Strength, lemon juice, simple syrup, mint. God drat.
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Jul 29, 2014 19:59
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mooyashi posted:I finally must have had someone do it right last night. Leopold's Navy Strength, lemon juice, simple syrup, mint. God drat. I like to either rip them in half once then press with the muddler once, or I stack all the leaves and kind ring them out, gently, then put them in the drink with a light press.
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Jul 29, 2014 20:12
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worked in a downtown joint once where the bar-manager told me to shake the mint with the rum/sugar  the same place wanted me to put sugar rims on the mojitos
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Jul 29, 2014 20:19
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JawKnee posted:worked in a downtown joint once where the bar-manager told me to shake the mint with the rum/sugar that's not a mojito. we call them "mint jawns"
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Jul 29, 2014 20:43
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Booties posted:I like to either rip them in half once then press with the muddler once, or I stack all the leaves and kind ring them out, gently, then put them in the drink with a light press. Take good leaves, spank them in the palm of hand, drop into glass, build drink, garnish with tip of the sprig and a lime wheel. Tearing or breaking the leaves releases chlorophyll. Chlorophyll in drinks is bad.
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Jul 29, 2014 23:29
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Take good leaves, spank them in the palm of hand, drop into glass, build drink, garnish with tip of the sprig and a lime wheel. Tearing or breaking the leaves releases chlorophyll. Chlorophyll in drinks is bad. Chlorophyll has no effect aside from a green color. It's the various polyphenols and their oxidation products (similar to the ones that make cut apples go brown) that you should be griping about.
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Jul 30, 2014 03:22
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Ah! Good to know. It was taught to me as "chlorophyll is bitter" so I'm glad to know the science behind it.
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Jul 30, 2014 03:29
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Frozen Horse posted:Chlorophyll has no effect aside from a green color. It's the various polyphenols and their oxidation products (similar to the ones that make cut apples go brown) that you should be griping about. Oooooo wooooow. So tearing/cutting releases these too?
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Jul 30, 2014 05:17
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Just had a coworker at my current non bar job tell me "If I were you, and had even half a plan (thinking of returning to school for some cool poo poo next fall), I would quit this job, go back to bartending, start stacking cash, have a drink at the end of your shifts, go home, wake up, do it again and then go do what you really want to do with yourself." There really is no job like it.
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Jul 30, 2014 06:48
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FaceEater posted:have 10 drinks at 3am and open the next morning nothin like it
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Jul 30, 2014 07:46
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I was talking to a friend about work dreams and it turns out we have a couple in common. One we both have is where it's after last call and the lights are up but the door guys are still letting people in and I'm running around telling everyone they can't be served. Another is about running out of booze in a bar full of people and trying to improvise. Anybody else have recurring bar-themed dreams?
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Jul 31, 2014 23:52
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constantly being in a whiteout and unable to catch up because of mounting distractions was a common one for me e: like, it would start out trivial: well vodka runs out or something, then while you're getting a new bottle a keg blows, then the glass washer is full and needs to be dealt with, then someone broke a glass in the well and it needs to be burned, and all the while you see those tickets keep popping up ararghghg I'm stressing out just remember these gently caress JawKnee fucked around with this message at 00:00 on Aug 1, 2014 |
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Jul 31, 2014 23:56
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Had a dream the other day that the Freemasons rented out our bar to do an initiation ceremony. Another bartender and I were "sworn to secrecy" or whatever. Vague threats were made, and in the dream it was terrifying. We see our friend in a fake beard about to be inducted, and he turns to us, goes  and chuckles. I go to get more ice in the lull, and I'm barred from exiting."Nobody leaves during the ceremony. And besides...I saw what happened..." Weird work dream.
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Aug 1, 2014 02:13
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That was no dream; welcome to the USBG!
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Aug 1, 2014 04:47
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Building your Mojito is such a dufus move. It's a drink like the rest. South sides aren't built to protect the precious mint. Also, just make mint syrup.
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Aug 15, 2014 23:43
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Have fun with a bunch of poo poo floating in your drink? Don't shake mint dummy. Agree on syrup, though. Or just banish mint in general.
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Aug 16, 2014 10:55
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I shake mint in a few drinks of mine, you just fine strain that poo poo. probably wont ever mind me shaking and fine straining a mojito though
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Aug 16, 2014 11:06
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MAKE NO BABBYS posted:Have fun with a bunch of poo poo floating in your drink? Don't shake mint dummy. Rumpleminze would like to have a word with you.
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A slurred, cockeyed word.
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