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Good stuff. Beefeater & Tangueray were used quite a lot where I worked. But, Fleischmann's Extra Dry got its far share of use as well. It has a lighter taste and mixes well with things like tonic.
Beefeaters gotta be my favorite but also love boodles. Don't think I've ever been to a bar that carried it though.
I'd bet a lot of people would disagree with this statement.
For sure! A good bartender knows how to cut off someone without it ending up in an unpleasant incident but there certainly is an art to it in fusing diplomacy and quiet firmness. I've had many a bartender unable to do it so I've always stepped in to handle the situation and never had a problem. I don't want someone leaving my place in a car and getting into a wreck which ruins someone else's life.
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I taste new creations to insure quality control, but I am not really a drinker in any setting.
As a restaurant/bar owner I don't allow my bartenders to drink on the job period although they can absolutely have a drink on the house when everything is cleaned up and they're ready to leave. If a customer offers to buy them a drink they explain they can't drink on the job but would be happy to have a drink on them at the end of the shift. My bartenders are responsible for what goes into the register and accounting for everything sold. A bartender who drinks makes mistakes and poring over the register tapes at the end of a long night trying to figure out why everything is so messed up isn't my idea of fun!
Figured I would make a thread on the chance anyone had any questions for professional bartenders.
I've tended 12 years in places that range from strip clubs, extreme high end fine dining restaurants, and I am currently in a lounge in a high end resort in the midwest.
More of less a time killer, but since the economy sucks, it could give someone a new idea about a possible job.
How does someone get into bartending, since places always require quite a bit of experience?
Barback maybe? Although those don't seem too common.
I'd love to get into bartending, but it's such a tough industry to break into.
I live in Las Vegas and I've been very unsuccessful at finding a decent job.
Bartending is something I did in school but that was a long time ago. How should I go about getting back up to speed so I can get a job? I wouldn't mind starting at the local hole in the wall.
I am extremely happy with my chosen line of work, for 3 straight years in Vegas I cleared 6 figures, all while having the time of my life. Most of that was tax free too.
I'm not usually "that guy" but I hope you understand the difference between "Tax Free" and "choosing to ignore and not pay taxes".
I agree that if people actually worked a serive job, it would make people act much differently. I had a few service jobs once I became old enough to wrk, ranging from grocery stocker/cashier, stock boy at JC Penney ( I was the guy that had to go around, collect trash and hangers at the registers and pull stuff from teh warehouse if needed and clean up after kids when they vomited, oh and chat up all the girls that worked the floor), then I moved to doing prep and register at a deli/ice cream shop. It definitely makes me try to consider the people on the other side, even though sometimes it backfires when I know just how stupid they actually are .
How long did it take you to get your Bartender Certification? What is the most difficult drink to make?
Not very many drinks are difficult, some are just a royal pain in the butt though. Anything time consuming, and I despise anything "frozen" or blended.
How does someone get into bartending, since places always require quite a bit of experience?
Barback maybe? Although those don't seem too common.
I'd love to get into bartending, but it's such a tough industry to break into.
Barback would be the way to go, or if you have a server gig, tell your management you want to bartend and see if they can squeeze you in on slow nights so you can learn the ropes.
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