flair bartending - Beyond Tiki

C cheekytiki Member The Haole Hut, London, UK Joined: Mar 09, 2004 Posts: 1096	C cheekytiki Posted posted on Fri, Nov 10, 2006 5:41 AM I funnily enough had this conversation with some highly qualified bar tenders the other day. Even the best mixoligists use flair to some extent whilst making drinks, their pour, their shake, it's not all juggling. Would you prefer your drink made by some geek levelling his eye to the measure as he pours and counting the amount of shakes or someone that makes your drink look how it's meant to taste by the way he makes it. Trader vic and Donn Beach were never the former and the Bartenders mentioned in the original post aren't either ( I know some very well). Clowns don't belong behind a bar in the way science geeks don't either but a touch of flair goes a long way.

I funnily enough had this conversation with some highly qualified bar tenders the other day.
Even the best mixoligists use flair to some extent whilst making drinks, their pour, their shake, it's not all juggling.
Would you prefer your drink made by some geek levelling his eye to the measure as he pours and counting the amount of shakes or someone that makes your drink look how it's meant to taste by the way he makes it.
Trader vic and Donn Beach were never the former and the Bartenders mentioned in the original post aren't either ( I know some very well).
Clowns don't belong behind a bar in the way science geeks don't either but a touch of flair goes a long way.

Post #265695 by cheekytiki on Fri, Nov 10, 2006 5:41 AM