Message 19492 of 39188 in General Discussion

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> > The different types of bars is a challenge...hmmmmm....but it's 
> > almost necessary. Because you and I know that drinks served at a high 
> > 
> > volume nightclub are different from a drink served at a lobby hotel 
> > 
> > bar. And from the different types of personalities covering all 
> > spectrums that we have here at Webtender, Drinkboy's Classic List 
> > will be totally different from George Courtney's Odd list to my real 
> > 
> > world (at least America) working list. 
> 
> Well, maybe just make it a list of universal (American?) drinks. Some 
> do seem to exist. :) Like take the whiskey sour. I can't think of a 
> sort of bar where it wouldn't be ordered. It might be a little less 
> popular if you went somewhere like Tropical Dan's Daiquiri Shack, but 
> in general it's the sort of drink that could be made at dive bars or 
> posh establishments, college bars or retiree bars. Aren't there any 
> other drinks out there that have that sort of crossover appeal?

The tricky part of that is a lot of drinks that are ordered very heavily 
across the country just simply aren't crossover drinks.  It really wouldn't be 
a list of America's Top 20 if it didn't include a Margarita, but those simply 
aren't ordered in dive bars or many nightclubs.  The counter to that would be 
things like Jager & Red Bull which you're not likely to see served pool-side 
despite the fact every nightclub across the country is stocking several cases 
of Red Bull for the throngs of people ordering it.  Certainly Whiskey Sours 
are very common orders, but a general list of generic drinks isn't going to 
get much more creative than several simple mixes (rum and coke, screwdrivers, 
tequila sunrise, gin & tonic, vodka & 7, etc.)

I think, if somebody is really willing to put the time into it, the idea of 
doing a bunch of lists is a good one.  One list that is purely educational 
covering the major families (this is pretty much the list that most people 
have been touting for some time now), as it was called earlier "Top 40 drinks 
a bartender should know OF".  One list could be the generic crossover drinks 
(probably a pretty boring list, but it could be there for completeness).  Then 
cover one for each of the common venues; nightclub, dive bar, beach or 
poolside, glitz parties (think of P.Diddy, Hef, or Paris Hilton for this one), 
restaurant and hotel lounge, maybe even frat house (probably the only one that 
will bother being specific about the liquor being cheap and drinks being 
flamable).  This all seems kinda like overkill, but if it will get everybody 
to stop arguing over it every two months, it's probably worth doing.

-- 
Cody