My take on the 11 cocktails in the last barman poem!
Throughout my professional career I have always paid my respects to the 1988 Movie ‘Cocktail’ starring Tom Cruise. Making references to...
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The Wizard of Oz.
An ounce is an imperial unit of measurement used in food and drink. It's metric unit symbol is an Oz. On this site I will measure and weigh all things to do with drinks and bartenders, as I give them more than an 'ounce' of my respect. Make yourself at home and enjoy your time. Be my guest, the bartender is always in!
You don't have to be a liquor industry expert to enjoy this blog about drinks service, there's something here for everyone ranging from the part-time bartender, other drink bloggers, and the seasoned cocktail professional.
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Jake Walking -A Dark 'n Stormy or Zombie Apocalypse!
Our fascination with Zombies has played out stories of nefarious intent in cinema for decades. Not the Rum Cocktail kind, but rather the...
8 Tiki drinks you probably never heard of, but should have!
Since the birth of the Modern Cocktail in 1806, no period of the cocktail timeline has since enjoyed such a kaleidoscope of feelings...
11 Things you need to hear before opening a bar.
It seems like the right thing to do? You have cut your teeth in the industry and given of your time to something you have been very...
Turn the Mic on!
So at the beginning of our last lockdown I decided to start writing small appreciation pieces dedicated to bartenders who have heavily...
Leopards can change their spots!
Leopards can change their spots and you can teach old dogs new tricks. Well never in my most cynical mind would I have ever dreamed up...
NOW that's what I call Flair!
Okay so I'm back on the flair train, and you should be too. In truth I'm not back on the flair train, this would suggest that it were...
Lock Down Day 13 - Dominic Walsh
One thing I have always said about bartending in any seminar or training session I have ever done, is that bartending in its most basic...
Lock Down Day 12 - Brent Perremore
For most of us living in the real world and trying to apply our trade in whatever we do, the world is blue and green. The sky is up, the...
Lock Down Day 11 - Chantelle Horn
One of my earliest memories I have from behind the bar was when I was working at Long Street Café. A Red Bull Musketeer came around to...
Lock Down Day 10 - Nick Koumbarakis
Perhaps I didn’t fully understand the concept of being a geek when I was growing up. In my school, the concept of being a geek was...
Lock Down Day 9 - Anil Sabharwal
The movie Gladiator with Russel Crowe is one of my all-time favourites. It may come as a shock to most people who know me to discover...
Lock Down Day 8 - Ryan Duvenage
For all the illustrious appeal that the world of flair offered, in the beginning seemingly the reverse could be said for the appeal of...
Lock Down Day 7 - Simon Borchert
One of the things I have always been a big advocate of, is to prove the world wrong about bartenders. The general perception of most...
