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Subject: Re: MOST popular drinks
From: lulu
Posted: Sun Jun 15. 2003, 15:12 UTC
Followup to: "Re: MOST popular drinks"  by Chris  (Sat Jun 14. 2003, 18:03 UTC)
> > Hi, ive come to this site a few times to get drinks menus and its 
> > great. But i have a question. I just finished a bartending class and 
> > 
> > now that i know some drinks...or atleast what they say are ("the 
> > 
> > most popular") I was wondering what you all have to say the 20 MOST 
> > 
> > POPULAR DRINKS are at YOUR bar..I understand every bar is different 
> > 
> > by some are for the older crowed and some for the younger ones, so i 
> > 
> > was wondering in general what you all find to be the most sought 
> > after drinks at YOUR bar?? 
> 
> Where I work, the most popular drinks are, not including beer (the 
> most popular seller of all) and wine:
> 
> * Vodka tonic
> * Gin & Tonic
> * Maker's & Diet Coke
> * Vodka martini on the rocks
> * Martini on the rocks
> * Dirty vodka martini on the rocks
> * Manhattan
> * Bourbon & water
> * Bourbon & Coke
> * Bourbon & Ginger Ale
> * Gin on the rocks
> * Dewar's 
> * Screwdriver
> * Greyhound (invariably ordered as "vodka & grapefruit")
> * Madras
> * Seabreeze
> * Baybreeze
> * Cape Codder (invariably ordered as "vodka & cranberry")
> 
> Very simple.
> 
> Other favorites include:
> 
> * Gingertini (Absolut Mandrin & Ginger Ale over ice in a tall glass, 
> with an orance slice)
> * Orange Whip (Vodka, orange juice & pink lemonade and an orange 
> slice)
> * Dirty Goose (a dirty Grey Goose vodka martini on the rocks)
> * Golfer Special (Vodka, OJ & Sprite (or Ginger Ale))
> * Special Martini (equal parts Grey Goose and Triple Sec, straight 
> up)
>  
> > And another thing, It seems almost all the 
> > recipes i have for drinks are different from the ones posted on your 
> > 
> > site?? IE Chi'Chi's -- pina coladas -- mai'tais..ETC?? any feedback 
> > 
> > would be greatly appreciated :)
> 
> There is no such thing as a standard recipe for any drink. It varies 
> from country to country, region to region, city to city, bar to bar 
> and customer to customer. Though it is sometimes possible to track 
> down original recipes, such as for the Singapore Sling or the 
> Seelbach Cocktail.

Apple Martini's If I have to make one more I'll scream And I foumd out the 
hard way if that shaker cup is not cleaned thouroughly every drink after 
tastes like an Apple Martini  Lorraine


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