Message 8433 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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Um, as described by Bippo, the process is to trap a little of the drink in a 
clean straw, remove straw from drink, transfer droplet to mouth and dispose of 
straw. No "backwash" issues at all.

I don't do it as much as I should. And by that I mean I should probably do it 
with everything I haven't made for a little while, and of course everything 
new.

I think it can add a little showmanship to taste it, then grin and give the 
customer a wink or a thumbs-up. Or even add a splash of something (sometimes I 
just wave the bottle) to look like you are really fine-tuning it just for 
them. But yeah, too much may start to look like you don't know what you are 
doing - I don't think you have to worry about the alcohol effect at all 
however. I'd challenge anyone to get drunk from a pipette when your drinks are 
averaging down to 15% ABV.

.dan.