Message 13693 of 20656 in Recipe Exchange

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> At best, you may be able to con a server or a bartender into telling 
> you what ingredients are in it, but they are unlikely to give you any 
> proportions. Or, if you are able to watch the bartender make the 
> drink, you can make note of what they used to make it. I've gotten 
> many (proprietary) drink recipes simply by watching bartenders making 
> drinks and observing what ingredients they use.

There is another way that's almost never mentioned around here...track down a 
bartender that used to work for the place.  Good chance they work another 
joint somewhere nearby now.  They probably have no loyalty to the recipe now 
that they aren't working the place anymore.

Of course, to be fair, even this might not work.  There are some bars that are 
so protective that it's only managers or selected people that know how to make 
it and the drink is made in advance in a large batch.  Think of the Hand 
Grenades in New Orlean's, there's only one place that's supposed to make them 
and it's never made in front of customers but instead contained in a large 
tank to be fast-poured instead.

-- 
Cody