Post #257248 by pappythesailor on Wed, Sep 27, 2006 9:17 AM

Week 3:

Took quiz on first 20 drinks. Went over same. Instructor tried again to sell us the TIPS class (Training on Intervention Procedures for Servers of alcohol) which is another $40 on top of this lousy class and five hours of my life. We spent the rest of the class writing as he dicated twenty more drink recipes to us. After last night I felt guilty just being there; like it was pickpocketing class or something. We still have not touched any bar equipment.

Interesting things I learned:

1. alcohol goes into the shaker before the juice or mixers
2. it is legal in the state of Connecticut to buy your minor child an alcoholic beverage in a restaurant, bar or club
3. Bacardi, Captain Morgan and Malibu are your primary rums (sob...sob...)
4. Your primary whiskeys are VO, CC and 7&7 (sic)
5. a rum and Coke is also called a "Cuba Libra" (sic)
6. all sours are served either in a highball or cocktail glass
7. an Old Fashioned is served in a rocks glass
8. Need to find out what drinks are served in Old Fashioned and Sour glasses...
9. sour mix can and apparently is used to replace lemon and lime juice AND simple syrup
10. I really, really don't want to go anymore.

Next twenty drinks: Gimlet, Martini, Gibson, Cosmopolitan, Tom Collins, Sloe Gin Fizz, Bacardi Cocktail, Daiquiri, Frozen Daiquiri, Whiskey Sour, Irish Coffee, Manhattan, Highball, Presbyterian, Old Fashioned, Rob Roy, Rusty Nail, Amaretto Sour, Toasted Almond, (Kahlua) Sombrero