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kleinbl00  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: February 1, 2017

No, no, no, sockpuppet. You have been dethroned.

#pubski now belongs to whoever doesn't find it in Global first.

BECAUSE MAYBE THAT WAY WE CAN SERVE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A HALF-DRUNK BUDWEISER





thundara  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I volunteer a new drink

goobster  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thundara, you are speaking my language...

mk  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

La fée verte.

#bistrotski

ButterflyEffect  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

kleinbl00  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

fuck yeah I love drambuie

cgod  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I like rusty nails.

I like watching the bartender blow the dust off the long ignored bottle when I order one.

kleinbl00  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shit, my wife likes rusty nails. Rusty nails got me through August.

I have a hierarchy. I'll order a rusty nail to see if they know what it is. Then I'll order a Manhattan to see if they know what it is. Then I'll ask them what bourbons they have. Then I'll ask them what American whiskeys they have that aren't Jack Daniels. This way, I set my expectations properly for the evening ahead.

It's truly depressing how often I get to (4), especially considering that in LA, they still charge you $10 a shot for Jim Beam once they figure out that it's whiskey. This has a lot to do with why I never go out in LA.

user-inactivated  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

. . . what fucking yuppy bars do you go to where no one's heard of Jimmy?

kleinbl00  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not the problem. They know they have Jim Beam. They just don't know it's bourbon.

user-inactivated  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

. . . are they illiterate? It says "BOURBON" on the fuxking bottle. All caps. Bold letters. Fancy font.

Do they not know Grey Goose is vodka?

kleinbl00  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Trust me. I share your frustration. In an ideal universe, your bartender can list his scotches by highland, lowland, islay and speyside. In our universe, he knows that Jack, Hennessy and Bacardi are all brown. Try asking "what pilsners do you have?" if you want to get a blank look - even in hoighty-toighty beer bars. They've got ninety-seven IPAs, forty-four hefeweizens, a lambic, a couple wheats and Heineken. Fuck you. You're drinking Heineken.

The problem is that bars have been Sysco'd - you find the eight profitable items that you can blend into three "cocktails" that no one else has ever thought of, you feature them prominently on a standup on the bar, and your "mixologist" (how I hate that word) makes those three things all night, while the wall'o'booze behind him mostly serves to add atmosphere.

The guy in front of the booze? He almost never touches it. He grabs the guns and whatever farkle is necessary to make a Mammer Jammer Mohitoes or whatthefuckever. He can tell you chapter and verse what goes in that thing. He can make them with his eyes closed.

But knowing that Jack Daniels isn't bourbon is not a useful skill to him.

everything sucks now.

user-inactivated  ·  2611 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Drinking has been hard to give up. I think you just made it a bit easier by making the bar experience sound so depressing.

So. Uh. Thanks?

kleinbl00  ·  2611 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Move somewhere with a 30% liquor tax. You'll find yourself drinking 50% off rum on the rocks.

oyster  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The only reason I know anything about scotch is because when I'm serving it will impress older men that a young woman knows her way around scotch and I'll get better tips. You would think more people would have caught on to that.

arguewithatree  ·  2612 days ago  ·  link  ·  

FRUITY DRINK REVOLUTION

OftenBen  ·  2611 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Singapore sling?

arguewithatree  ·  2611 days ago  ·  link  ·  

sounds tasty but google says this is a Malibu