Message 1854 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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Jamster - you must of completly missed the bit I wrote to you describing where 
I am so here it is again

Jamster - I've just moved from London (or the big smoke as I call it) - to a 
small town in Somerset called Yeovil (you must say both Somerset and Yeovil in 
a Westcountry accent otherwise nobody knows where you live - just kidding - 
but many of the locals speak as though they kinda have a southern drawl - but 
with an english accent) Currently working at a place called Chicago Rock, but 
used to work in TGI's.  The place I work in is great fun, but I have only just 
started doing flair again, and they expect me to enter regional and national 
comps soon!  OK, that was a little over the top - Chicago Rock is a chain, 
that operates in small towns, they run "in-house" best bartender comps, so I'm 
not exactly up with the best, but flare can be so addictive.  Anyways where 
are you based?!?!? 

Oh and I had some Rugby lads in from Leeds uni yesterday - who could not win a 
boat race even if they were downing halfs!

I sorta do the trick you currently describe already but i try and get 1 and 
1/2 spins (little spillage - but am using less fluid now and faster spins) 
catch and pour with my left hand in a glass round the back looks cool - learnt 
it from extremebartending website

D


> > I currently like to spin it 
> > so that if it was sideways on my palm - my index finder makes it move 
> > 
> > - I will try (what I call)the gunslinger tonight - where I grab the 
> > 
> > bottle by the throat, and I push the bottom out so it rols around my 
> > 
> > hand and catch it again.
> 
> Definately give the palm spin a miss, this is gauranteed to soak you, 
> the bar, the customers, and more than likely your boss as he he comes 
> to find out if any of you know about stock problems with some of your 
> spirits :p The "Gunslinger" as you call it is much better for keeping 
> the liquor where it should be and i agree is often good to use in 
> working flair when first picking up a bottle.
> 
> One of my favourites (if i can describe this in words) is to pull a 
> bottle straight up quickly from the speed rail releasing it so it 
> almost hangs for a second mid air.  Quickly turn your hand upside 
> down (so your thumb and forefinger are at the bottom) and regrip the 
> neck of the bottle.  Turn your hand back over (thumb and fore finger 
> back at the top) so the bottle is upside down and pour then continue 
> to turn your hand in the same direction to return the bottle to 
> upright (you can just grip with your thumb here with your palm facing 
> up.), this leaves your arm in a bit of an un-natural position but 
> only for a sec.  Now quickly drop the bottle and roll your hand down 
> through 360 degrees to catch it round the base, thumb down, palm out. 
>  Now turn your hand to replace the bottle.  Quite basic if you can 
> understand it by desription only but fast and can impress the punters 
> without spilling a drop.
>  
> > Dan - on the pourers - I always thought that the ones with the air 
> > 
> > holes can help - because they do not pour very well unless you put 
> > 
> > your finger over the air hole thingy mebob (widget).  Not true?!?! or 
> > 
> > have you not heard of this?!?
> >
> You sure about this? The hole lets air in as the liquor goes out 
> giving a smooth flow, if you cover the hole the flow is slowed as air 
> has to get in the same way the liquor gets out. I cover the air hole 
> with a finger when layering shooters to slow it down.
>  
> > Anyways where are you based?!?!? 
> > 
> 
> Leeds.
> 
> JAM