Basic's Cocktail

Some of the Cocktail I've face on a daily basics..

Black Russian (Vodka)

• 2 Part Vodka
• 1 Part Kahula/ or any coffee liqueur
• Garnish it with cherry
• Glassware: Rock Glass

Blue Lagoon

• 3 Part Vodka
• 1 Part Blue Curacao
• 3 Part Pineapple Juice
• 3 dash of Green Chartreuse
• Garnish it with Pineapple Slice
• Glassware: Highball Glass

Bloody Mary

• 2 Part Vodka
• 6 Part Tomato Juice
• A Dash of Worcestershire Sauce
• A Dash of Tabasco Sauce
• Garnish it with Celery
• Glassware: Highball Glass

Mojito

• 2 1/2 part Havana Rum
• Half Part sugar Syrup
• Half a Lime(Squeeze it)
• 2 Mint Leaf
• Top it up with Soda
• Glassware: Highball Glass

Sex On The Beach

• 3 part Vodka
• 1 Part Midori Melon
• Half Part Grenadine
• Top it up with Orange Juice
• Garnish it with Pineapple Slice
  Glassware: Cocktail Glass

Margarita

• 3 Part Tequila
• 1 Part triple Sec
• I Part Juice( Depending on the Juice that is available)
• One Cup of ice if its a frozen Margarita.
• Marinate the rim of the glass with Sugar.
• Glassware: Cocktail Glass

Dry Martini

• 1 Part Gin
• 1 Part Dry vermouth
• Garnish Green Olive
• Stirred it please..!
• Glassware: Cocktail Glass

Here are some of the basics Cocktail.. To me cocktail knowledge is important cause it will be embarrassing if a customer would to ask you a certain cocktail and you go like arrr~~ I always have this cocktail bible i carry around just in case.. Or on your free time just check out cocktail website to learn more.... =D Happy Mixing

This is one of the greatest link I've encounter all sorts of Cocktail is available.. Click on the banner and it will bring you to the site..

Experience Vs Knowledge

I've been working this line for almost 10 years now.. when i was young my mom was working in a bar on the other side of the island, from there at the age of 12 i started out carrying plates working for free just to help out my mom, I was exposed to the night life entertainment when i was very young but never had an interest in it until the age of 16... Let's get straight to the point, Knowledge vs Experience? who will succeed in this line? I saw both but people with experience should have a slighter advantage right..? I see people graduating from F&B school, Bartending schools, and the moment they graduate they got a job on an instance.. i mean this clubs in Singapore are willing to hire's freshie's than people who are darn more experience than them... I mean what happen to the old school, We still need those experience people around, those who can handle pressure when pressure hits them and still able to work, trust me it's not an easy job working under pressure. When thousands of people starts hitting you on an instant the chaos is unbelievable. Order's after orders, and it get's worse behind the bar. You do the math ya the equation between E to the power of K and equals to? Knowledge isn't everything without Experience and vise verse...

I love flaring, and i'm very passionate about it. Flaring in a bar makes your life so much more entertaining and challenging and of course more stylish... When you start flaring in the bar it also helps you with your confident, trust me you will be more confident behind the bar. Think of flair bartending like stunt driving. Most stunt drivers, when on the road with the rest of us fobs, drive much more safely than we do. Their experience and knowledge often make them the safest people on the road, and they will usually take the least risks. Most responsible flair bartenders will not use much (if any) flair behind the bar of an establishment where the manager doesn't want it. So you shouldn't worry that simply being a flair bartender will prevent you from getting a job.

As to the risks/danger, most flair bars (all that I've seen) have thick industrial-grade rubber mats on the floor that are almost certainly going to save a bottle if it falls. Obviously a flying bottle can still strike other bottles or the bar, but the floor is usually the most common breaking point for a dropped bottle.

Most of what you've seen in video or on TV is called Exhibition Flair; but if you've watched much Working Flair, you might notice that most of the tricks don't involve throwing the bottle at all, or the throws are far smaller and more in control. If the bottle isn't leaving your hand as part of a throw, then it's probably not going to break (unless you swing your arm around without paying attention and bash the bottle on a wall...or coworker)

There's also a lot of stuff you can do that is very much flair bartending that doesn't involve bottles. Shaker Tins, plastic cups, ice, garnishes, napkins, and bottle blades (a type of beer bottle opener) are all tools for potential flair that stand no chance of breaking and almost little chance of damaging the bar or a customer unless one of these items goes careening off into the crowd.

You shouldn't try a trick behind the bar that you can't hit 99 out of 100 times outside the bar. That's sort of a flair bartending motto...Besides being dangerous, it's embarrassing to screw up serious flair tricks in front of customers. Practice should be practice and done outside the bar, and only tricks you've practiced exhaustively should be in the bar.

My personal exception to this rule are the zero risk tricks, which can essentially never lead to damage, noise, or a mess. The zero risk stuff often includes thin plastic cups, ice, garnishes, and napkins. I actually like to see flair bartenders practice this stuff in the bar and I've made a lot of tips because of practicing these tricks behind the bar. The reason I believe this type is ok, comes from where most people can recognize you're playing around and practicing, so it's more fun without creating any risk.

The advice, if you haven't been reading between the lines, is to practice some fun and simple stuff first. The first flair tool I started using behind the bar was a bottle blade whenever beers were ordered, which is rarely going to damage a bottle, but can be quick and flashy for the customer. Also outside of the bar, pick up a bottle with some water in it and a plastic pour spout, now focus on doing tricks with a shaker tin (the non-breakable item) and learn to do different types of pours and cuts in different positions. Oh, and focus on Working Flair since it's usually safer and faster, which will make your customers happy to get their drinks in 20 seconds instead of 60 :) And again, practice it all at home before you bring it into the bar.

Happy Flaring!!

My Bottle's and shaker!!(Love my black shaker you can't get it here in sg)

Cocktails

Bartender's favourite....

Cocktail!!

I doubt there's any bartender that remember all the contents of all the cocktails in the world... but if there is out there i would like to congratulate him/her cause knowing there's 101 cocktails and counting, its not easy remembering every one and every country make their cocktail differently. For the new bartenders cocktail making may be a drag cause there's so much to remember, what's more when it gets crowded it may be a hinder to the operation due to time consuming making just one cocktail. To me, the trick to making a cocktail is to have fun and how is that possible to have fun while working you might ask me, well of course flaring, making cocktail while you flare you are also entertaining the customers and by entertaining the customers you don't get people bending over your bar just to get your attention. People will actually stop what ever they are doing and be amuse by your entertainment which is your flaring techniques. I mean you decide would you rather order your drinks and watch a boring bartender making your drinks or be entertain at the same time while you wait for your drinks? . I pity those bar which you can't flair bottle while in operation hours cause we are in a night life entertainment, it gets kinda boring just staring at a bartender and and he staring back at you... Why not kill 2 birds with one stone... You serve, You entertain and boom you got your job done, plus tips $$ grantee..

Basic Equipment for making a cocktail...

1. Shakers
2. Strainers
3. Jiggers
4. Muddler
5. Stirrers

Glassware for cocktails.....

1. Martini Glass
2. Rock Glass
3. HighBall Glass
4. Cocktail Glass

What is a Cocktail?

Drinks akin to cocktails first appeared sometime during the 16th century, but cocktails, as we know and use the term, was first introduced by American bartenders in the 1920ies. The reason the cocktail made it big in the happy '20ies, was the prohibition, when producing and imbibing of alcohol was made illegal. As good as all spirits available was of a rather dubious quality and tasted accordingly. Thus, the bartenders, accommodating as always, started to mix the spirits with various fruit juices and other flavorings to make it more palatable. Later, the cocktail lost its popularity most places, the United States being the main exception.The last few years, however, the cocktail has reclaimed lost ground everywhere, especially in southern Europe and other places that are full of tourists. Cocktails usually consist of three different 'classes' of ingredients.

The first, the base, is most often some sort of spirit, like vodka, whiskey, or tequila. Occasionally, such as in many punches, some sort of wine is being used as a base.

The second, the main flavoring, is added to bring out the aroma of the base and to modify its taste. The main flavoring is often such as Vermouth, various fruit juices, wine, or even eggs or cream.

The third, the special flavoring, is added to enhance the taste of the base, and often also adds the color to the cocktail. Common special flavorings include Grenadine, Blue Curacao, and others. Most cocktails are also decorated in some way, usually with fruit slices, orange peel, cocktail sticks, mint twigs, etc.

Cocktails are the way to finish a long day and start a magnificent evening. Cocktails can be as simple as scotch on the rocks or as complex as one’s imagination will allow, so it is the one type of beverage that allows for utter creativity

Shakken or Stirred?

If it is up to me i would rather be shaken than stir, but both have their pro and cons which in most cases martini's are preferred stir cause of the presentation of the martini itself. Martini’s should be clear and calm resting in the martini glass. The martini should have no bubbles and should be crisp, clear and should be almost transparent in color. Shaking the martini, may cause the drink to become cloudy and even possibly have bubbles than the liquor will be overly diluted, resulting in a flat, watery taste. So I've made a note to myself that all cloudy drinks should be shaken, and all clear drinks should be stirred. One thing about shaking your cocktail is that your drinks will be cooler and your ice cube will act as a beater for mixing the contents together and besides its faster and of course more stylish and entertaining....

Vodka Addiction

Yesterday was a slam dunk, sardines pack night, Alcohol was flowing people keep flowing in and music keep on pumping.... It was a Tuesday night normally we don't get that kind of crowd but yesterday was no diff from our weekends, In Singapore people usually party on days that are closer to the weekends, so yesterday crowd got us unguarded and we were overpowered by 5:billions maybe ahaha not sure but it sure does feels like i have serve more than enough drinks to have my fingers numb... 5 bartenders 2 bars i think we did well for that night. But on this particular night what was really weird is our vodka is selling like water compared to the rest of our spirits.. Maybe its one of the most easiest to remember drink or the most popular among the bunch or is it cause it tasteless and it goes with any mixers that we add it with..?? well i did some research on "Vodka" and i got a pretty decent explanation with people are so hook on drinking vodkas....



True facts of Vodka.. (This are pretty basics but for those who do not know)

• It was believe that Vodka was from a word in Russian (Voda) means "water" but its not proven that it is somehow related to it)
  


• As we all know all Vodka's are colourless, this is due to Pure alcohol (ethanol) is odourless, colourless, and most notably tasteless. Due to the high degree of distillation, the congeners (the elements that provide the taste) are stripped away, and this renders the liquid characterless. Most vodka is distilled to between 80% and 90% abv (multiply by 2 for the proof rating), and therefore retains some of the flavours from the initial ingredients used to produce the alcohol. This is the principle behind vodka, alcohol balanced with flavour, not just pure alcohol.
  
  


• Vodka can be made from anything that contains starch, such as sugar beet, molasses, rye, wheat, potatoes, millet, whey and maize. Most of the general commercial vodkas seen today are primarily made from molasses, although the finer more expensive premium vodkas are made from grain or potato.
  


• Vodka has low freezing point of -40.43C (cause of high alcohol temperature) which means you can freeze distillation it to get increase the alcohol percentage.
  


• Vodkas may be classified into two main groups: clear vodkas and flavoured vodkas
  

Reasons why people are addicted to Vodka's

• One reasons why its so addictive maybe cause of its name "Vodka" its popularity, the trend setters and its followers, People drink stuff cause sometimes they wanna drink what celebrities are drinking or what their buddies are drinking, and not drinking what the crowd is drinking makes them a "LOSER"..(Don't be surprise there are people like that) That's one reasons cause of the popularity of the drink
  


• Two, the word comes from Russia which means water, its possible that Russian like's vodka,(which is true cause most Russian that step into my bar drink vodka) i meant everyone knows Russia vodkas are high in alcohol level and will still get you high the next following day too. But i didn't have no Russian peeps at my bar yesterday that still does not explain the disappearance of my vodka bottles.
  

• Three, Cocktails! Vodka itself is tasteless and it taste good with any mixer which means people like vodka cause it's tasteless and the fact that most of the cocktail that is made using vodka as their base adds up not tasting the vodka itself... and besides many have said if you want to go for a light drink without anyone know you drank, mix it with a vodka...it leaves no trace of evidence for the victim at home..

Well I close this entry with this, there could be 101 reasons why vodka is an addiction but i seriously think that people drink it out of popularity and most of all taste, cause no spirits comes close to drinking plain water than vodka... and now with the range of vodka we have in the world we are indeed spoilt for choices. As for my my number one choice is the Grey Goose, Diva comes second and third is the Smirnoff vodka infused in green apple all time favourite...!

Comments and debate is always welcome...=D

Different kinds of Vodka....

65 Reasons to Treating a Bartender Right

We serve you alcohol and clean up after you so you can have a good time, maybe go home with 'that special person over there', or so you can get over a not-so-great week... Now here's how ur supposed to act once you get to the bar because 90% of you all have no idea. And Yes, a tip is mandatory, and no matter where you are $.50 doesn't cut it.

1. Our names are NOT "Hey" or "Yo", nor do we respond to whistles or banging your bottle or glass on the bar! If you ever do get your drink you can be sure we will serve everyone else at the bar before we decide to serve you.

2. Mouth closed, money out! Just because we look at you, doesn't mean we're ready for you! Just because we haven't looked at you doesn't mean that we don't know you are there. WE KNOW YOU ARE THERE!

3. If we are making drinks, do NOT say, "When you get a chance." When we get a chance, you will know!

4. Never....ever...."EVER".... touch the bartender!

5. DO NOT tell us you bartend too! We'll know if you do or don't by the way you conduct yourself!

6. There is NO SUCH DRINK called 'Kettle One and Vodka'!!!

7. If you order a "Diet Rum and Coke" instead of "rum and Diet Coke", we will look at you like the drunk asshole idiot that you are!

8. DO NOT start the order off with, "GIVE ME A STRONG DRINK!" You are guaranteed to have the WEAKEST DRINK EVER!!

9. DO NOT say "I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU" if you don't know what that means! $1.00 tip is NOT taking care of us! I REPEAT!!!! LEAVING ONE DOLLAR ($1.00) IS "NOT" TAKING CARE OF US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!***

10. We don't care who you are or who you know - the guy before you hit on us too... and the guy before him and the guy before him... We're bartenders, --WE'RE NOT GOING HOME WITH YOU!!!!!

11. Waving your money at us just annoys us - We know you're there and we'll get to you when we get to you!!!

12. NO TIPPIE, NO DRINKIE! (Go back and read rule #9 again)

13. Do not COMPLAIN ABOUT PRICES!! Jesus.......if you want to act like a big shot and order an expensive drink.....don't ruin it by compaining about the price. Order something cheaper next time.

14. Yes, there IS alcohol in it! If you can't taste it, you've drank too much and I should cut you off! IF you want me to put another shot in it, you will pay for it.

15. NO SLEEPING ON THE BAR! if we wanted to see you sleep we would go home w/ you. (Read rule ten again)

16. Don't ask me to name EVERY beer in stock. You know what the hell you drink so just order it and stop wasting my time. I'll tell you if I don't have it.

17. If you are ordering food, don't ask me to read the menu to you. I am not your personal assistant. If you can't order your own food than don't leave the house.

18. If you do tip us well and we buy you a drink, DO NOT anounce to the WHOLE bar that the Bartender "hooked you up"…You will never get another free drink again!!!!

19. Please do not tell us your personal "stories" b/c we don't care and quite frankly....we just don't have the time. Just give us your order and tip us in dollars...not with paper roses or old valentines day candy.

20. Don't come to my bar and act like a big dog just because you are wearing a suit. Chances are I make more than you do and have more fun doing it so take a step back, relax and get over yourself.

21. If by some chance you've mustered up the courage to pass your phone number over the bar without my asking, flattered as I may be....I still may not call you so don't get all pissy and give me dirty looks on future visits to my bar.

22. DO NOT assume that we are allowed to give a few drinks away because not all bars are the same. And certainly DO NOT ask me for a free drink because you tipped me well. As much as I appreciate your generosity........I can assure you that your tip will not be enough to pay my bills for the month.

23. DO NOT ask me the price of every drink before you order. The only question you're allowed is "Do you have any specials?" Order what you want to drink. It's early, if you find that choice was to exspensive for your taste, you have plenty of time to adjust your next drink choice accordingly. Note: Beer costs less than hard liquor. Domestics cost less than imports. Anything you've learned to drink from rap videos or hollywood movies is usually priced out the ass so either bring a lot of cash to the bar or stop trying to be a high roller. OH, and IF U DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO TIP ALONG WITH PURCHASING THAT HIGHLY PRICED DRINK......U DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE DRINK. PERIOD YO!!!! You know who you are.

24. When ordering a mixed drink, the liquor comes before the mixer. Don't order a cranberry with vodka! It is vodka and cranberry.

25. When you finally get our attention do not turn around and then ask your group of friends what they want. We will walk away and make you wait until you are actually ready to order and that would be nice. We may make you wait longer!

26. Just be respectful and I'm sure you will see a difference in your bartender's response time. I know it's hard for some of you to understand what that means. If you still don't know, go back and read this whole thing over and over until you grasp a firm understanding of the concept. Thank you!!!! Now go have a good time.

27. Do NOT string-order your drinks. Tell me what you want... your FULL order, if I forget, I will ask YOU. If I come to you with your 2 little drinks and you say, " and can I get..." NO, you cant. I am busy, there are other people waiting, and you should've told me the first time I asked you what you wanted. Now you'll have to wait.

28. Do NOT ask me for a free drink on your birthday. Do you go to the grocery store and ask for a free loaf of bread too? Do you go to the gas station and ask for free gas? If I want to buy you a drink, I will if I feel like it. NOT just because its your birthday..

29. When you say, "I tip at the end of the night." or " I'll take care of you later." we already know you're going to be a cheap-ass and not tip at all. Nice try.

30. (Refering to #1) Even if you DO know my name, yelling it across the bar will not get me to serve you any quicker. As a matter of fact, it will probably annoy the piss out of me and will once again result in you waiting longer.

31. If you want the other bartender to serve you, dont ask me to get them for you. If you're standing in front of me, that is most likely my station and no, I wont go get them for you. Walk your happy ass down to the other end of the bar and get them yourself. I might throw in that you're probably not as special as you think and now you'll probably wait longer, because I could have served you.

32. (Refering #4) Do NOT lean as far as you can over the bar, in case I didnt see you. I see you. Really, I do.

33. If you use a credit/debit card, do NOT make me continuously run your card through for just one round. Open a tab. When you close it, be sure you are not going to want anything else. I am not going to run your credit card all night long each time you just want "one more round." Also, cash tips are always better! Thanks.

34. If you spill your drink because you're drunk, then NO, Im not giving you another one. You dont need another one if you cant hold on to the one I just made you. Also, if you tell me, "someone threw my drink away." well too bad! You shouldnt have left it unattended anyways!

35. If you want to buy a drink for "that girl over there" then I hope you know what she's drinking. I dont. And no, I wont go find out, or leave the bar to serve it to her.

36. Last call is LAST CALL! FINISH YOUR DRINK AND GET THE FUCK OUT! No, you cant stay after everyone else has left. You're not the only friend I have, nor are the first person to ask. Just leave before you get yelled at, or I do!

37. If I am nice enough to call a taxi for you, you better be outside when it gets there. Enough said

38: You may observe that I occasionally make drinks for some people more quickly than I do for you - this may be because they are friends, family, friends or family of my co-workers or the owner, fantastic tippers, or that they have followed the rules more accurately than you have. It is also possible that I am feeling salty, or that their bottle of Bud Light is quicker to grab than your Bloody Mary (with a twist). Don't take this personal . . . actually, go ahead and take it personally, I don't mind.

39: I am allowed to drink at my job (in fact, it is almost expected), but I must keep my inebriation to a tolerable and professional level - enough booze to have fun, but not enough to impair my abilities to walk, talk, count, work or make simple judgements. I have trained myself well at this, through years of trail and error. As such, I have literally NO respect for someone who CANNOT do this, someone who plays the 'oh, shit, I'm drunk' victim-card. Learn your own limits, asshole, because if you are fucked up enough to be even the slightest bit annoying to me, then I will hate you forever and I will treat you like the dog-scum you are. You ordered the drinks, you drank the drinks, you knew their was booze in there, and your low-ass tolerance is shameful to both of us.Drinking is fun, and bars are fun, but getting shitty and being shitty are unbecoming of an adult.

40. When ordering a large amount of shots for you and your friends, ordering the same shot - for example 7 SoCo limes - is a helluva lot faster than ordering 1 SoCo lime, 1 Jager bomb, 1 red-headed slut, 1 kamikazi... etc. You'll get your drinks a LOT faster and your bartender will be a LOT LESS annoyed and might even cut you a deal. Happy bartenders = happy bars!

41. If you order the rail/well special and don't say what you want, i will give you Tequilla and Coke and you will like it! Cause you don't know what is going on! Learn how to order a drink dumbass

42. If you are being an ass at last call, and you accidentally give me an extra twenty when closing your tab, you better believe that I am going to keep it!

43. When ordering a drink, please talk to me, and not my boobs. Yes, girls wear shirts to show them off and get better tips, but they can't hear you when you order a drink, and I sure as hell am gonna think you're kind of a creepo for not looking me in the eye.

44. We don't care if you know the owner. You're still not getting a free drink unless he personally orders it for you.

45. When you're having fun with many friends and that you ask for the drink's bill please be ready to pay quickly and never ever tell me : I'll pay my 2 beers, my friend there pay 2 sex on the beatch, he's paying one round of shot's and a vodka cranberry, he's...and so on...We don't have time to waste for shits like that (especially when we're busy), so please do it like that : someone pay the whole bill and you'll arrange yourself for who have to pay for what outside of the bar!!

46. Don't try to impress girls by ordering a "single malt on the rock's" when after that you ask me why there are ice cubes in your glass!!You're not in a movie, if you don't know what something like "on the rock's" means you'd better to order something like a beer, the perfect drink for the perfect farmer you are..

47. If you order a rum and coke while your friend orders an alabama slammer or a long island ice tea, please do not freak out at the fact that his/her glass is larger than yours because it will just make you look foolish (to put it nicely)...as someone said before, if you ever have a doubt, please just order a beer.

48. We don't care who you are, what you do, or who you know, hollar, whistle, wave your hands, or snap your fingers at us to get our attention while we're taking an order or making a drink puts you at the ass end of the line...for the rest of the night. We have eyes, we can see your drink is empty and we'll get you one when we get you one...shut the hell up and be patient.

49. If I tell you that you don't have a tab open it means: a) you opened it with a server, b) you opened it at a different bar in the building or c) you closed it 10 minutes ago and are too hammered to remember. Don't go to every bartender asking for your card...I'm sober or more sober than you, and got it right the first time.

50. And don't waste my time telling me how hot you think the female bartenders are. I work with them, so I already know this. And the answer is always "yes, she has a boyfriend" because it saves you the embarrassment of being rejected and her the time listening to you. Chances are she's going to see you get shitfaced and make out with a lagoon creature anyway, so just save your breath for the troll you're taking home tonight.

51. Do not be shocked or surprised at all if I make you a big round of drinks, especially when I am busy, and you tip like shit, that I am not shy in telling you in front of everyone, to fuck off and never come to me again. That stupid deer in the headlights look like you have no idea what I am talking about makes you look like a cheap moron. You want to avoid this, tip well.

52. And for the love of God, do not waste my time by simply coming up and ordering a glass of

water. Unless I have been giving you drinks all night, you tipped well, and you need the water, I will skip over you again and again until all the paying customers get what they want. It's tedious and annoying and chances are your cheap ass isn't going to tip for it. You want faster service, drop a tip in my jar when you ask for the glass of water or go to the water fountain that we have. That's what it is there for.

53. For the sake of the bartender's sanity, please DO NOT bang or pound on our bar. We are not your personal assistants, and do not answer to the snap of your finger, or to a bell. Doing so will result in the bartender telling you off, and not serving you, or possibly if you have pissed us off enough, we'll get you kicked out, or sent to another bar. This REALLY fucking pisses off bartenders.

54. Do not touch things on MY bar that is not yours. Keep your dirty hands out of my fruit, off of my straws, and away from my napkins. Chances are you're covered in some elses vomit or spit... please keep those germs to yourself.

55. DO NOT THROW THINGS. If your buddy is on the other side of the bar don't throw your ice at him to get his attention. Walk your stupid ass over there and talk to him. And if you hit me with something in your drunken attempts to get their attention you will leave the bar soaking wet, I don't care if you're dressed nice or if its 10 degrees outside. You shouldn't act like such a jack ass!

56- if you rented out the bar and the beer and drinks have been pre-paid for, dont just order your drinks and NOT tip. Its not like i wanted to come in 2 hours before my shift would normally start so i can poor drinks for nothing, bc i will

get on the loud speaker and call every single one of your cheap ass's out!!

57--Dont order shots for you and your friends then add in there to make one for myself, then when the total comes you pissed bc its so expensive. Just bc you think your being "smooth" by telling me to take one also, doesnt mean you arnt going to be paying for that one also.

58: Don't think that because you are of the opposite sex that you can sweet-talk, intimidate, or seduce an extra drink out of me. If I were that easy to persuade, I sure as hell wouldn't be working here. The only things that will get you preferential treatment are politeness (again, tastelessly hitting on a bartender is not polite) and generous tipping - I don't care how hot you think you are.

59. When ordering a round of shots, don't be a douchebag and have me make 6 and then decide you need three more after I'm done making them. Also when ordering shots: layered shots are cool looking yes. However, don't be a dick and order 15 of them when the bar is packed.

60. the bar is not SELF-SERVICE, hence, the reason for tipping. That means, DO NOT help yourself to anything across the bar including the garnish tray, the straws and napkins, or glasses under the bar!

61. Do not PRETEND or FAKE tipping us! We WILL know if you tip whether we're looking at you or turned away! Doing the motions of the tip and then walking away just makes you look remedial, and you will suffer for it if you dare come back to our station again!

62. Yes, the club is loud on the dancefloor, I think its time to adjust your hearing buddy because I've lost the ability to now hear what you want me to get you. DONT grab me by the neck pull me towards you and scream into my ear. I'm not your mate. Oh and it's called enunciation, if you're drunk enough to ask for a drink, at least make an effort!

63. If I've cut you off, it's cause either you're drunk staggering and about to make a real ass out of yourself..you've tripped over nothing and spilled your drink on someone...or maybe...it's just time for you to leave cause everyone (including me) wants you to go!Take it personal, if you want...but, it IS my call!

64.When i say its time to leave... its time to leave! I stopped getting paid 10minutes ago and believe it or not i'm not drunk, i'm not having "the best night ever dude!" and i want to go home and wash that stinkin bar smell out my hair! Put down the drink, its obvious you're not goin to finish it, and stumble your way out the door to the nearest cab... jump infront of it for all i care! I just want you the hell out!

65. If you think you have been short changed it could be for one of the following reasons: 1) your too drunk to count 2) when the bartender told you how much the round cost you decided it was a better idea to turn around to your mate and finish your conversation 3) you've been a complete arsehole, and the bartender has decided that it's his/her right to take knobhead tax!(Knobhead tax is quite frequent in bars that attract arseholes, which in your case is what you are, so if you want to pay the proper price for your selected beverages follow the rules, we'll be good on your pocket. A smile never hurts either, we are only doing our job.)

Welcome to Behind the Bar

Being the one behind the Bar is not as easy as it seems, I may not know much (as i know there's better experience bartender's out there) but the thing about being one is to have passion in it. I mean being a bartender is a profession that need alot of passion, It is indeed a professional career to some people and to some other it's not, Depends on the country your in or state for bigger countries. There's one thing that all bartender have in common that we all love spirits, cocktails, beers anything that we could drink out from the bar itself...

This Blog Website i will share my experiences on bartending on a daily basics and i hope other may share their views and perceptions too.. there's no right or wrong in this... I will also share the diff types of spirits tasting, product knowledge, new alcohol that just arrive in the market, all time favourite drinks and the best of all cocktail recipe. We all love making cocktails don't we, but having the right infusion and the right product knowledge is the most important in making the right cocktail. We will also talk about bar equipment, having the right tool for the right job. Flaring for those bartenders taking bartending as a form of entertaining art, we will discuss on that too, well my website covers everything that has to do with the bar or in the bar itself, i will share with you on the inside when the light dim down and its time for operation hours what i've to encounter on my daily job and much more... Find out more, It's must for bartenders as we love to talk don't we....

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Opening Entry Of "BEHIND THE BAR"

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