Post #265754 by Dr.TikiMojo on Fri, Nov 10, 2006 12:13 PM

On 2006-11-10 05:41, cheekytiki wrote:
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.

Honestly, about the Flair videos.....I was bored half way through and turned it off! :roll: I'll keep my jugglers and clowns in the circus. And YEA, I will take Bill Nye the Science Guy behind the bar over that! Mixology is a Science and an Art NOT a show. When I'm having to slap down $9 to $15 bucks for a mixed drink I sure hope they're leveling their eye to measure as they pour! :evil: Besides even though I now have some bartenders I call friends I'm not at the bar to WATCH a bartender, (unless of course it's some HOT vixen....at which point I'm sure not watching the bottle shake! :lol: ), I'm there chatting with friends, listening to music and I seldom care to watch the drink being made.
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Just another OPINION....and ya know what they say....opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one.....and most of them stink! :D