Message 14695 of 22774 in Behind the Bar

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Sounds much better than the average lifestle show attempt at cocktails!

> real bartenders don't use the 3-piece shakers (yay!)
Yay.

> held the bottle by the base when pouring.
It's pedantry like that you'll only find among afficionados like us here, 
however ;)

> Then he dressed up as Colonel Sanders and made a Mint Julep using the 
> wrong end of the muddler.
Heh, I always thought it was a baseball bat until I saw it mentioned here at 
webtender.

> The show also popped up little bits of trivia. One said that the 
> Bloody mary was name after the Queen of England.

I'm sure you know, the cocktail was named many years after Mary was in the 
news, probably for no better reason than it had a good ring to it. I doubt the 
bartender was making any historical allusions. Wikipedia agrees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_%28cocktail%29

... the pedants here may fill in or correct me if I'm wrong.

.dan.