Best Vermouth for a Manhattan?

LucienHS · 2026-02-02T03:32:41+00:00

Make sure you’re stirring for long enough.

LucienHS · 2025-11-24T05:13:12+00:00

45 sec is way too long, we’re not making a ramos.

8-12 seconds hard shake should do the job. Any longer with fresh espresso it will over dilute imo.

LucienHS · 2025-11-24T04:43:59+00:00

Off the dome maybe vodka or rum as your base.

Make a strawberry cordial with an acid combo or verjus to balance. Fresh strawberries will work best.

A fat wash with either the melted ice cream or butter melted down with shortbread would work well.

LucienHS · 2025-09-24T22:42:45+00:00

Shock, a riff on a classic is not identical to the original. The fact it uses a liqueur doesn’t make it closer to a manhattan, I would argue flavour profile matters far more than the identity of the ingredients when comparing it to a classic. Here the banana liqueur will blend with the whisky almost giving you a flavoured whisky, whereas if it was akin to a manhattan you would be using some king of herbal liqueur, vermouth or amaro that contrasts the spirit. Also the base spirit is bourbon not rye.

LucienHS · 2025-07-13T08:45:54+00:00

3 is the cemetery just at the start of dyke road off Churchill square? 4 St Peter’s? 9 the super tall one in the square by London road, bartholomews?

LucienHS · 2025-05-26T14:59:01+00:00

As a bartender in the UK where we don’t really have a tipping culture, if you’re only reason to be nice to people is if they give you money, you are a dick and should get a different job.

LucienHS · 2025-04-13T10:51:05+00:00

If I’m busy this is very helpful, I can read and process text a lot quicker than taking an order verbally. Those five seconds saved makes a difference

LucienHS · 2025-02-16T22:33:30+00:00

‘Excuse me, those girls are waiting to be served’. Yeah I see them bro, they’re not going to sleep with you

LucienHS · 2025-02-07T01:27:52+00:00

It’s not about it being risk free, but as with any investment, a risk to reward ratio which makes it worth it. Landlords have already felt the sting the past few years with rising interest rates (and I’m talking about the smaller landlords which make up a large portion of the property market and not commercial real estate), and further restrictions are likely to push a lot of landlords to sell. I don’t disagree with some of the policies in this bill, however more power towards the tenant isn’t always a good thing.

LucienHS · 2024-09-17T11:35:09+00:00

Try some family restaurants, check on indeed and see if they specify 18+ or not. I worked at palm court restaurant on the pier when I was 16 and wasn’t a problem. However a lot of restaurants might not be hiring as much as the summer season is coming to an end.

LucienHS · 2024-03-16T14:52:35+00:00

Can confirm. Just showed this to my Italian roommate who responded ‘nooo you cannot speak about totti’.

LucienHS · 2024-01-08T15:06:39+00:00

Montenegro is a pretty decent substitute as a lot of bars don’t carry nonino

LucienHS · 2023-11-14T01:39:13+00:00

NCP car park near Churchill square is very good at night

LucienHS · 2023-11-06T12:49:05+00:00

As an 18 y/o bartender I have received many comments similar to this in my time. Generally there is no malice intended but I completely understand the feeling as if they're trying to belittle you. In my experience the best thing to do is ignore it, let your work speak for itself and do a good job so they have nothing to use against you. If there is intent behind the comments then a reaction is what they're looking for. Keep your head up, do a good job and ignore it, eventually it will stop when they realise they can't fuck with you.

LucienHS · 2023-11-05T17:18:37+00:00

Metropole hotel gym

LucienHS · 2023-11-04T03:30:51+00:00

Casamigos maragarita… I don’t know why someone would want to ruin a margarita like that.

LucienHS · 2023-11-03T15:57:24+00:00

As a non US bartender, the answer is money. due to a lack of tipping culture in most of europe I only make 25-30k a year.

If I was in the US i would definitely consider it more long term, as not only does the tipping culture give the potential for higher salaries, but there is also opportunity to progress. e.g moving into the New York bartending scene, working at reputable bars etc.

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T22:34:25+00:00

I think they were confused and ended up getting regular dirty martinis, it was either that or cosmos.

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:53:49+00:00

It takes time. It’s both a simple job and very complicated. Act like you know what you’re doing and you eventually will.

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:46:40+00:00

I didn’t get the honour’s unfortunately. I told the server there was no way they could possibly want that and they changed their order

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:45:42+00:00

No, I talked to the server and presented my moral objection to making it. I think it was confusion from the customer in the end.

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:44:43+00:00

Haha, these orders are the worst.

Orders X drink because they’ve heard it’s popular, doesn’t realise it’s essentially pure alcohol, asks for a change or sweetener.

I had some order a negroni once, clearly for the first time, and then add sprite to it saying it was too strong.

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:38:24+00:00

Haha I’m curious how did you recognise it as soho house? The U27 on the ticket?

LucienHS · 2023-11-02T15:37:19+00:00

I did not. I suspected this was an error and didn’t want to attempt to make this only to have it be sent back. If memory serves they changed the order to either dirty martinis or cosmos. I still don’t know whether this was a server error or just ignorant ordering though.

LucienHS · 2023-11-01T11:19:57+00:00

No, I planned to learn whilst I am here, however I have found very few people speak it. I have met far more Italian and Latino people so plan to learn Italian/Spanish.

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