What to do with people who have no taste? - Tiki Drinks and Food

S Swanky Tiki Socialite Hapa Haole Hideaway, Knoxville, TN Joined: Apr 03, 2002 Posts: 5398	S Swanky Posted posted on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:52 AM I have had these experiences way too often: A) I pour a friend a bit of my vintage Appleton 20 Year old rum, explaining how rare and fantastic it is, and they take the shot glass and throw it back so that it passes their tongue completely and goes straight to their stomach! B) I mix up the most perfectly balanced classic Rum Barrel using fresh squeezed juices, fine rums and homemade Falernum and other syrups. I make a really great Navy Grog. I offer them a wonderful Rum Julep. Then I get tired and someone else gets back there and makes the equivalent of Hawaiian Punch, pineapple juice and vodka and they all go ape-shit and think it is the best drink of them all! What to do? Casting pearls before swine is a tremendous waste of quality rum! Do I make a batch of "Hawaiian Paradise" for them and let them swill that all night while I make real cocktails? I mean, if they prefer that, why would they mind right? Mixing craft cocktails for people who would prefer something with the word "Bomb" or "Sex" in the title is disheartening to me as a bartender. It makes me angry at them and it wastes my time and resources. But they are my friends and I will have them over. What do you guys do?

I have had these experiences way too often:

A) I pour a friend a bit of my vintage Appleton 20 Year old rum, explaining how rare and fantastic it is, and they take the shot glass and throw it back so that it passes their tongue completely and goes straight to their stomach!

B) I mix up the most perfectly balanced classic Rum Barrel using fresh squeezed juices, fine rums and homemade Falernum and other syrups. I make a really great Navy Grog. I offer them a wonderful Rum Julep. Then I get tired and someone else gets back there and makes the equivalent of Hawaiian Punch, pineapple juice and vodka and they all go ape-shit and think it is the best drink of them all!

What to do? Casting pearls before swine is a tremendous waste of quality rum! Do I make a batch of "Hawaiian Paradise" for them and let them swill that all night while I make real cocktails? I mean, if they prefer that, why would they mind right?

Mixing craft cocktails for people who would prefer something with the word "Bomb" or "Sex" in the title is disheartening to me as a bartender. It makes me angry at them and it wastes my time and resources. But they are my friends and I will have them over.

What do you guys do?

Post #645658 by Swanky on Thu, Jul 26, 2012 7:52 AM