Post #135939 by martiki on Mon, Jan 17, 2005 9:33 AM

Ugh. I watched as much as I could last night. It was all about what's apparently called "flair bartending", which as you can imagine, is tossing bottles around in a flashy way. I was certainly impressed by some of the skill and coordination and what not, but certainly not by the quality of drinks. Of course it all happens in Vegas.

I love when they juggle all these bottles with speed pourers on them, and then pour four or five into a shaker at the same time by grabbing their necks and dumping them in. Let me ask you: when was the last time you were at Vic's, or any upscale bar with world class cocktails like Bix or the Starlight Room and you saw the bartender dump five things in at the same time? Yeah, I didn't think so.

All I could think about whenever they talked about the "sport of flair", was how many pieces of flair they had on their uniform...