yes you are absolutely right sir. YOU mentioned the correct vermouth and not
the gin, not me. I only asked how you would prepare this if you didn't have
anything to go by.
call me crazy but my drinks taste better.
and now you making the argument that even though the original says use this
i'm going to use that instead, because I know it taste better. I mean come
the fuck on. This is what I was saying. I know a mint julep taste better
properly shaken then strained over crushed ice, but every single piece of
literature would indicate this is a build drink, so what do you do?
you can make this claim and it's valid, but you have to take into account that
regardless of where you work, people still aren't going to know shit and be
looking for their olives. (well, I drink martini's all the time and it gets
olives) or whatever. The zest reflects the ingredients readily available at
the time, so most likely yes, but you didn't know that. You also have to take
into account that you must conform to modern standards, techniques, and
practices at some point in the game, people are just too fucking stupid man.
They don't get it, they don't care, they want vodka and water and an olive.
They want to see fire and layering and pretty pink, blue, and green drinks.
They could care less about what's in it or where it came from. things weren't
always like this, and there is some comfort in that. I'm sure in the more
chivalrous days when gentlemen were gentlemen, people ordered and acted
correctly, and drinks were more precise, because of the so few ingredients
available. you had to make something taste completely different while using
the same ingredients or damn near. but now and days even your bartender's an
asshole (DavidH) and guest say and do the darndest things. personally, I like
to save myself the time and use an olive, because if I served a dry martini
with a zest or spiral, I know I would have to remake it. I don't expect
anything of guest. This is a two way street though, IF the guest is going to
know to use topshelf liquor for their drinks then I will most definitely
stick to the original recipe. I don't even think I could ruin good liquor
like that and not cry. Either way, i'm a profiler from way back in the day, I
know what they're going to ask for and tip before they do, I'm not right all
the time, but i'm pretty good. So this means when I see that white zin bitch,
or that bud light fuck, I know they want they're shit shaken like james bond,
I think they just want to see you dance like a monkey like the barterders in
the movies, it must be the way it's done. I like to set change aside from
the rest of my tip jars, and I buy drinks with it, I turn bad tippers into
guys who buy drinks. it's all about outlook and reality man, and you must
have informed guest there. I call em like I see em, and I know most people
have a negative 6th grade education when it comes to drinks. So if I couldn't
ask or whatever, I would use vodka and shake it and kiss it with dry vermouth
and I would use olives. I don't have enough gin, lemons, or paitence to
remake everything all night. But again If they want a real martini yes, to
the orange bitters, yes to the zest, but yes to old too man, yes to nolly. you
can't do somethings old school and somethings not, doesn't work like that.
this is only my stupid, crazy, retarded opinion right? that's rhetorical. I
mean people always have to be retarded in the hardest ways, like they won't
say vodka neat, but they'll tell you this stupid ass recipe with fucking 15
liquors in it, how terribly misinformed. You don't go buy a car without know
anything about it, same goes for everything, research then buy. not drinks,
just fucking buy. it's so scary with these people out here, I mean amf frozen
maybe, I just can't see red bull, I just can't see it. how? how could you
think? frozen redbull amf's for life.
Now I could rant.
Like mother fuckers walking behind the bar? like what is their deal? it's so
cool being back there! or like that's what makes me cool,being behind the bar?
so walking behind the bar will make you cool?
or douchebag doorman drinking more than any guest, un fucking real.
or one person see you make your mojito or cosmo or lemondrop with flamed twist
and all and you fuck yourself. because you'll be making them all night with
fresh juices and all. do you even know what i'm talking about, probably not.
I don't think anything gets under my skin more than a retarded owner though, I
worked for people in the past that are just completely fucking clueless, worse
than red amf frozen, and they OWN A BAR!? how?
and there must be 5 billion bartenders according to what I hear, because damn
near everyone I serve is a bartender apparently. I don't even think there are
any other occupations.
but no, this is the way of things, good artist always die early, horrible
artist live forever. Just the way of the world.
you're going to live a long fucking time. okay man, it's a joke, please.