Highballs are essentially the same, they all contain booze and mix, they may be served in a highball glass or a collins glass, they may or may not have a garnish and they may or may not have a liqueur added. A list of highballs included Cuba Libras (rum, cola, lime wedge garnish), Gin and Tonics (gin, tonic, lime wedge garnish), Gin Rickeys (gin, lime juice, club soda, lime wedge garnish), Mint Juleps (bourbon, green creme de menthe or fresh mint muddled, water), Presbyterian (whiskey, gingerale), Salty Dogs (gin, grapefruit juice, lime wedge garnish), Screwdrivers (vokda, orange juice orange and cherry garnish), Sledgehammers (vokda, lime drink, lime wedge garnish), Slow Comfortable Screws (sloe gin, sweet southern liqueur, orange juice, orange and charry garnish), Slow Screws (sloe gin, orange juice, orange and cherry garnish), Smoothies (scotch, milk, lemon twist), Spritzers (wine, club soda, lemon twist), Tequila Sunrises (tequila, orange juice, cherry juice, orange and cherry garnish), Vodka and Tonics (vodka, tonic, lime wedge garnish), Wine Coolers (wine, lemon-lime soda), and many others too numerous to mention.
Ice Picks are iced teas with vodka added.
Marqueritas are all similar, and have the same ingredients, except for the addition or substitution of fruit, liqueur and/or garnish. Strawberry Marqueritas have strawberries added, Blue Marqueritas are made with blue curacao instead of triple sec, etc. Sidecars are essentially Marueritas, except they are made with brandy instead of tequila.
Spritzers and Wine Coolers are both made with wine and mix. Spritzers are made with rhine wine, club soda and a lemon twist garnish, and Wine Coolers are made with white wine, lemon-lime soda and served in a collins glass.
Sangrias and White Sangrias are essentially the same, except Sangrias are made wit red wine, and White Sangrias are made with white wine.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
How To Remember Everything, Continued Again
Dry Manhattans, Manhattans, Dry Rob Roys and Rob Roys are all made exactly the same, except Manhattans are made with bourbon and Rob Roys are made with scotch. Dry Manhattans and Dry Rob Roys are made with dry vermouth, bitters and an olive garnish, instead of sweet vermouth, cherry juice and a cherry garnish.
Champagne Cocktails, Dry Old Fashioneds, Mint Juleps and Olds Fashioneds are all similar because each requires sugar to be swirled with club soda to dissolve the sugar.
Eggnogs and Tom and Jerrys have almost all the same ingredients, except Eggnogs are served cold, with sweetened whipped cream, not quite as much rum and sprinkled with nutmeg. Tom ans Jerrys are served hot, are made with more rum, and have a cinnamon stick garnish.
Gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins are exactly the same drink! Sloe Gin Fizzes are similar to Gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins, except Sloe Gin Fizzes are made with sloe gin and gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins are made with gin. Singapore Slings are similar to Collins and Fizzes. They are made like a Collins or Fizz with gin, and cherry liqueur and cherry juice added.
Gin Sours, Whiskey Sours and Vodka Sours are all made exactly the same, except Gin Sours are made with gin, Whiskey Sours are made with whiskey and Vodka Sours are made with vodka. Apricot Sours and Peach Sours are made exactly the same a Gin Sours, Whiskey Sours and Vodka Sours, except Apricot Sours are made with apricot brandy instead of gin, whiskey or vodka, and Peach Sours are made with peach brandy instead of gin, whiskey or vodka. Stone Sours are like any Sour, except orange juice is substituted for lemon-lime soda, and Stone Sours may be made with any liquor or liqueur.
Harvey Wallbangers are Screwdrivers in a collins glass with sweet Italian liqueur floated on top. Sweet Italian liqueur is used in Golden Cadillacs, Harvey Wallbangers and Italian Stingers. Screwdrivers and Sledgehammers are similar, except Screwdrivers are made with orange juice and a orange and cherry garnish, and Sledgehammers are made with lime drink and a lime wedge garnish. Screwdrivers and Tequila Sunrises are similar, Screwdrivers are made with vodka, and Tequila Sunrises are made with tequila with cherry juice added.
Champagne Cocktails, Dry Old Fashioneds, Mint Juleps and Olds Fashioneds are all similar because each requires sugar to be swirled with club soda to dissolve the sugar.
Eggnogs and Tom and Jerrys have almost all the same ingredients, except Eggnogs are served cold, with sweetened whipped cream, not quite as much rum and sprinkled with nutmeg. Tom ans Jerrys are served hot, are made with more rum, and have a cinnamon stick garnish.
Gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins are exactly the same drink! Sloe Gin Fizzes are similar to Gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins, except Sloe Gin Fizzes are made with sloe gin and gin Collins, Gin Fizzes and Tom Collins are made with gin. Singapore Slings are similar to Collins and Fizzes. They are made like a Collins or Fizz with gin, and cherry liqueur and cherry juice added.
Gin Sours, Whiskey Sours and Vodka Sours are all made exactly the same, except Gin Sours are made with gin, Whiskey Sours are made with whiskey and Vodka Sours are made with vodka. Apricot Sours and Peach Sours are made exactly the same a Gin Sours, Whiskey Sours and Vodka Sours, except Apricot Sours are made with apricot brandy instead of gin, whiskey or vodka, and Peach Sours are made with peach brandy instead of gin, whiskey or vodka. Stone Sours are like any Sour, except orange juice is substituted for lemon-lime soda, and Stone Sours may be made with any liquor or liqueur.
Harvey Wallbangers are Screwdrivers in a collins glass with sweet Italian liqueur floated on top. Sweet Italian liqueur is used in Golden Cadillacs, Harvey Wallbangers and Italian Stingers. Screwdrivers and Sledgehammers are similar, except Screwdrivers are made with orange juice and a orange and cherry garnish, and Sledgehammers are made with lime drink and a lime wedge garnish. Screwdrivers and Tequila Sunrises are similar, Screwdrivers are made with vodka, and Tequila Sunrises are made with tequila with cherry juice added.
How to Remember Everything, Continued
Black Russians and Gimlets are made the same, except Black Russians are made with coffee liqueur and have a cherry garnish, and Gimlets are made with lime juice and have a lime wedge garnish. Kamikazes and Ajax Gimlets are made the same as Black Russians and Gimlets, except Kamikazes are made with lemon juice, triple sec and a lemon twist, and Ajax Gimlets are made with lime juice, an orange liqueur and a lime wedge garnish. Rust Nails , Italian Stingers and Stingers are similar to Black Russians and Gimlets, they are made the same, only the ingredients are different. Rusty Nails are made with scotch and a heavy scotch based liqueur, Italian Stingers are made with a sweet Italian liqueur and brandy, and Stingers are made with white creme de menthe and brandy.
Bloody Marys, Bullshots and Hot Bullshots all have the same ingredients, except beef bouillion and a celery stalk. Bloody Marys are made with only tomato juice and a stalk of celery; Bullshots and Hot Bullshots are made with tomato juice and beef bouillion.
Brandies and Coffee, Cognacs and Coffee, French Coffees, Irish Coffees, and Liqueurs and Coffee are all similar. Brandies and Coffee are made with brandy, Cognacs and Coffee are made with cognac, French Coffees are made with sugar, without cream, Irish Coffees are made with sweetened whipped cream and a cherry garnish or green creme de menthe drizzled over the cream, and Liqueurs and Coffee are made with liqueur.
Cinnamon Ciders and Hot Apple Pies are similar, except Hot Apple Pies have vokda added.
Corntinis, Dry Martinis, Gibson Martinis, Martinis, Silver Bullets, Tequinis, Very Dry Martinis and Vodka Martinis are all similar. All of them have dry vermouth, except Very Dry Martinis. Corntinis have a pickled corn ear garnish, Gibson Martinish have cocktail onions garnish, Silver Bullets have a dash of scotch added, Tequinis are made with tequila instead of gin. Vodka Martinis are made with vodka instead of gin, Dry Martinis Martinis, Silver bullets, Tequinis, Very Dry Martini and Vodka Martinis have an olive garnish. Dry Martinis and Martinis are exactly the same, except Dry Martinis are made with a splash of dry vermouth and Martinis are made with 1/2 ounce dry vermouth.
Cream Liqueurs, Frappes and Mists are all served on crushed ice, except Cream Liqueurs have ice cubes added. They may or may not have a lemon twist or garnish.
Bloody Marys, Bullshots and Hot Bullshots all have the same ingredients, except beef bouillion and a celery stalk. Bloody Marys are made with only tomato juice and a stalk of celery; Bullshots and Hot Bullshots are made with tomato juice and beef bouillion.
Brandies and Coffee, Cognacs and Coffee, French Coffees, Irish Coffees, and Liqueurs and Coffee are all similar. Brandies and Coffee are made with brandy, Cognacs and Coffee are made with cognac, French Coffees are made with sugar, without cream, Irish Coffees are made with sweetened whipped cream and a cherry garnish or green creme de menthe drizzled over the cream, and Liqueurs and Coffee are made with liqueur.
Cinnamon Ciders and Hot Apple Pies are similar, except Hot Apple Pies have vokda added.
Corntinis, Dry Martinis, Gibson Martinis, Martinis, Silver Bullets, Tequinis, Very Dry Martinis and Vodka Martinis are all similar. All of them have dry vermouth, except Very Dry Martinis. Corntinis have a pickled corn ear garnish, Gibson Martinish have cocktail onions garnish, Silver Bullets have a dash of scotch added, Tequinis are made with tequila instead of gin. Vodka Martinis are made with vodka instead of gin, Dry Martinis Martinis, Silver bullets, Tequinis, Very Dry Martini and Vodka Martinis have an olive garnish. Dry Martinis and Martinis are exactly the same, except Dry Martinis are made with a splash of dry vermouth and Martinis are made with 1/2 ounce dry vermouth.
Cream Liqueurs, Frappes and Mists are all served on crushed ice, except Cream Liqueurs have ice cubes added. They may or may not have a lemon twist or garnish.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
How To Remember Everything
Many drinks are easy to remember because of their similarities, for example Manhatttans and Rob Roys: Rob Roys are made like Manhattans, except scotch is substituted for bourbon. This section is devoted to drinks that are similar.
Angel's Tips and King Alfonces are made exactly the same, except Angel's Tips are made with dark creme de cocoa and King Alfonces are made with coffee liqueur. Smith and Kearns are similar to Angel's Tips and King Alfonces, except Smith and Kearns have club soda added.
Bacardis and Daquiris are made exactly the same, except Bacardis are made with cherry juice and have a cherry garnish and Daquiris are made with sugar and have a lime wedge garnish. Al Daquiris are made alike, and have the same ingredients, except for the addition of fruit, flavoring and/or garnish. Banana Daquiris have bananas or banana liqueur added, Strawberry Daquiris have strawberries or strawberry liqueur added and Mint Daquiris have green creme de menthe added, etc.
Banana Banchees, Golden Cadillacs, Grasshoppers and Pink Squirrels are all made exactly the same, except Banana Banchees are made with banana liqueur and have a banana piece garnish, Golden Cadillacs are made with sweet Italian Liqueur, Grasshoppers are made with green creme de menthe and Pink Squirrels, except Brandy Alexanders are made with brandy, 1/2 dark creme de cocoa, 1/2 white creme de cocoa, and sprinkled with nutmeg. Peaches and Creams are similar to all ice cream drinks, except Peaches and creams are made with peach brandy, peaches, lack any creme de cocoa, and have a peach wedge garnish. Dutch Creams and Snowbears are made exactly the same, both are made with chocolate ice cream, and are similar to all ice cream drinks. Dutch Creams are made with white creme de menthe, and Snowbears are made with an almond liqueur.
Billinis, Oranges and Champagene, Rasberries and Champagne, and Strawberries and Champagne are all made the same, except Billini glasses aren't rimmed with sugar and are made with peaches. Oranges and Champagne are made with orange juice and have an orange garnish, Raspberries and Champagne are made with raspberries and have a raspberry garnish, and Strawberries and Champagne are made with strawberries and have a strawberry garnish.
Angel's Tips and King Alfonces are made exactly the same, except Angel's Tips are made with dark creme de cocoa and King Alfonces are made with coffee liqueur. Smith and Kearns are similar to Angel's Tips and King Alfonces, except Smith and Kearns have club soda added.
Bacardis and Daquiris are made exactly the same, except Bacardis are made with cherry juice and have a cherry garnish and Daquiris are made with sugar and have a lime wedge garnish. Al Daquiris are made alike, and have the same ingredients, except for the addition of fruit, flavoring and/or garnish. Banana Daquiris have bananas or banana liqueur added, Strawberry Daquiris have strawberries or strawberry liqueur added and Mint Daquiris have green creme de menthe added, etc.
Banana Banchees, Golden Cadillacs, Grasshoppers and Pink Squirrels are all made exactly the same, except Banana Banchees are made with banana liqueur and have a banana piece garnish, Golden Cadillacs are made with sweet Italian Liqueur, Grasshoppers are made with green creme de menthe and Pink Squirrels, except Brandy Alexanders are made with brandy, 1/2 dark creme de cocoa, 1/2 white creme de cocoa, and sprinkled with nutmeg. Peaches and Creams are similar to all ice cream drinks, except Peaches and creams are made with peach brandy, peaches, lack any creme de cocoa, and have a peach wedge garnish. Dutch Creams and Snowbears are made exactly the same, both are made with chocolate ice cream, and are similar to all ice cream drinks. Dutch Creams are made with white creme de menthe, and Snowbears are made with an almond liqueur.
Billinis, Oranges and Champagene, Rasberries and Champagne, and Strawberries and Champagne are all made the same, except Billini glasses aren't rimmed with sugar and are made with peaches. Oranges and Champagne are made with orange juice and have an orange garnish, Raspberries and Champagne are made with raspberries and have a raspberry garnish, and Strawberries and Champagne are made with strawberries and have a strawberry garnish.
The Show
A special gesture that everyone notices is pouring from 3 or more shot glasses, 1 for liquor, 1 for liqueur and one for cream. Although more may be used, 3 will serve our purposes. Another gesture that is noticed by everyone is turning the shot glasses upside-down on a bar towel, so that the residue of the liquor drips into the towel. By using a shot glass, no one feels cheated. Someone who has had a few drinks can't tell a strong drink from a weak one. When the customers see the gesture of pouring from a shot glass, it reinforces the fact that they are getting their money's worth. Even then, sometimes the customer will give you a hassle, but you will have witnesses that they got what they paid for. Enlisting the aide of your other customers is far better than having a brawl about how much liquor was poured.
Job Promotion, Jokes, Contacts
Another ploy, when starting a new job, is to take samples of hobbies to work to show your new customers. Don't be afraid to be different, it makes you interesting, and helps to promote your following, which you will be promoting continually for the first few years.
Take a camera to work and take pictures of your customers for a scrapbook, then take your scrapbook to each new job and show your new customers, while continually updating your scrapbook.
Keep a home file of your customer's birthdays, and give them a card from you on their birthday. It's easy to keep a supply of cupcakes in the freezer and birthday candles, and give the customers that come in on their birthday a cupcake with a lighted candle. A birthday poster could be a special treat and everyone loves balloons. The same thing can be done for anniversaries, or celebrations of any type. The idea is to make every day you work a part and to endear yourself to your customers, so that you will have a following in your next bartending job.
Make holidays special for your customers and personalized by you, always with the thought in mind, to create a following. Make Easter eggs for your customers, pass out sparklers on the 4th of July, pass out candy canes at Christmas, etc.
Organize parties at work, whether it be a wiener roast, or Christmas dinner for customers that have no where to go. Have a party at your home, so that the customers feel privileged to know you better than the other customers, although you are just hustling for your next job before you need it. Your customers won't understand this, and will think it's a personal gesture, but to you, it will have to become a ritual to create and keep a following.
Train yourself to remember jokes, or write them down, and keep a home file of jokes. A new joke, puzzle or game every day, keeps your customers coming back to see you. You must endear yourself to your customers and raise your bosses net profits to ensure your job until you are ready to leave with a letter of recommendation and a chance to work there again when you want to.
Bartending as a profession is not for a lightweight, and it is a job you must take home with you every night, and dream up new ways to impress your customers and boss the next day. Your boss is easily impressed by higher net profit figures, but your customers are not that easy to impress; you have got to have a plan of action and get yourself together to the max for them. After a few years of hustle, hustle, hustle, you will have enough of a following that you won't have to worry about finding a job. You will have developed your own unimitable style, and will always be in demand. You will have enough contacts to know where the job openings are, and be able to have a personal recommendation by at least one of their current customers for the job you want, in the first few years it is advisable to change jobs often to make the contacts that are invaluable as you get older.
Take a camera to work and take pictures of your customers for a scrapbook, then take your scrapbook to each new job and show your new customers, while continually updating your scrapbook.
Keep a home file of your customer's birthdays, and give them a card from you on their birthday. It's easy to keep a supply of cupcakes in the freezer and birthday candles, and give the customers that come in on their birthday a cupcake with a lighted candle. A birthday poster could be a special treat and everyone loves balloons. The same thing can be done for anniversaries, or celebrations of any type. The idea is to make every day you work a part and to endear yourself to your customers, so that you will have a following in your next bartending job.
Make holidays special for your customers and personalized by you, always with the thought in mind, to create a following. Make Easter eggs for your customers, pass out sparklers on the 4th of July, pass out candy canes at Christmas, etc.
Organize parties at work, whether it be a wiener roast, or Christmas dinner for customers that have no where to go. Have a party at your home, so that the customers feel privileged to know you better than the other customers, although you are just hustling for your next job before you need it. Your customers won't understand this, and will think it's a personal gesture, but to you, it will have to become a ritual to create and keep a following.
Train yourself to remember jokes, or write them down, and keep a home file of jokes. A new joke, puzzle or game every day, keeps your customers coming back to see you. You must endear yourself to your customers and raise your bosses net profits to ensure your job until you are ready to leave with a letter of recommendation and a chance to work there again when you want to.
Bartending as a profession is not for a lightweight, and it is a job you must take home with you every night, and dream up new ways to impress your customers and boss the next day. Your boss is easily impressed by higher net profit figures, but your customers are not that easy to impress; you have got to have a plan of action and get yourself together to the max for them. After a few years of hustle, hustle, hustle, you will have enough of a following that you won't have to worry about finding a job. You will have developed your own unimitable style, and will always be in demand. You will have enough contacts to know where the job openings are, and be able to have a personal recommendation by at least one of their current customers for the job you want, in the first few years it is advisable to change jobs often to make the contacts that are invaluable as you get older.
Future Employment, Tips, Ambidexterity
The idea is to create and keep creating to ensure yourself of a job in the future should you want to change jobs with letters of recommendations from your previous jobs, should you want to have the option of perhaps someday working at a previous job, and should you be out of work for any reason. The high turn-over is not restricted to bartenders, there is a high turn-over in bar owners as well, and usually when a change in owners occurs, a change in employees follows. You need to somehow make yourself so memorable to your customers that they follow you from job to job. The more following you have, the more tips you will make.
Another invaluable piece of advice: someday a job you want may depend on an employee you worked with years ago. Never divulge a confidence a fellow employee, customer or boss confided to you, and hope that you are treated equally as well. It's essential that you remember your boss and fellow employees on occasions that are important to them, and to treat them as you wish to be treated; your future depends on it.
When you are looking for employment, send a covering letter, self-addressed pre-paid postal card, and a resume to employers that you want to work for. Eventually, every employer needs someone new, and if you make it clear to that employer in your covering letter that it doesn't make any difference when he has an opening, that you would like to be considered for the job at that time, the changes are he will not spend the money to advertise for anyone else.
Customers are amazingly dense, and need their memory jogged frequently about tipping. It's profitable to buy your own tip jar, a large sized brandy snifter or some other pretty glass to hold tips, and everyday to put a $1 bill in it when you start your shift. It visibly testifies that you need tips, since bartending is among the lowest paid skilled work.
If you do banquet work or work in an extremely busy bar, you will not have time to measure everything accurately, and it is important that you develop speed. Learn to pour from two dispensers at the same time, whether it is a booze and soda gun, a soda gun and booze bottle, or two different bottles at once. When customers see that you are proficient at being ambidextrous, you will be tipped more handsomely. Everyone appreciates a good, fast, bartender when they need a round of drinks. Training your memory to remember 6 to 10 drinks or more is also a badge of experience. A short memory-association course at your local college is worth the effort.
Another invaluable piece of advice: someday a job you want may depend on an employee you worked with years ago. Never divulge a confidence a fellow employee, customer or boss confided to you, and hope that you are treated equally as well. It's essential that you remember your boss and fellow employees on occasions that are important to them, and to treat them as you wish to be treated; your future depends on it.
When you are looking for employment, send a covering letter, self-addressed pre-paid postal card, and a resume to employers that you want to work for. Eventually, every employer needs someone new, and if you make it clear to that employer in your covering letter that it doesn't make any difference when he has an opening, that you would like to be considered for the job at that time, the changes are he will not spend the money to advertise for anyone else.
Customers are amazingly dense, and need their memory jogged frequently about tipping. It's profitable to buy your own tip jar, a large sized brandy snifter or some other pretty glass to hold tips, and everyday to put a $1 bill in it when you start your shift. It visibly testifies that you need tips, since bartending is among the lowest paid skilled work.
If you do banquet work or work in an extremely busy bar, you will not have time to measure everything accurately, and it is important that you develop speed. Learn to pour from two dispensers at the same time, whether it is a booze and soda gun, a soda gun and booze bottle, or two different bottles at once. When customers see that you are proficient at being ambidextrous, you will be tipped more handsomely. Everyone appreciates a good, fast, bartender when they need a round of drinks. Training your memory to remember 6 to 10 drinks or more is also a badge of experience. A short memory-association course at your local college is worth the effort.
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