Message 8455 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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I'm keeping this short because I still have a whole weekend of postings to 
skim over :)

I skimmed through most of the responses and got the impression it's all people 
who drink that responded.  I was a non-drinking bartender.  Don't get me 
wrong, I had tasted a couple of things (mostly rum and coke).  I had next to 
no idea what most of the bar tasted like.

I made up for the lack of taste testing with having always been naturally good 
with knowing the scent of the various bottles.  I've posted on this point 
before as well.  Without having ever tasted tequila I honed my margaritas to 
be the best and most popular in the bar (and in the city with exception to the 
mexican restaurants)...kinda strange for a chinese restaurant to have 
customers raving about the margaritas :)

The thing is, I started taking occassions to try something from time to time 
after work.  I wouldn't get drunk (or even buzzed most of the time) and I kept 
it completely under control.

Here's the deal, you are limiting yourself, but there's no reason you can't 
still do it.  My bigger concern is still how you'll react to the people.  It 
took me a little while to come around to being used to the drunks despite 
having been the babysitter for tons of people every weekend.

All said and done, good luck, and learn fast :)