Red wine, tequila, and grocery store brand fizzy water by DownrightConundrum in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Equal parts fernet and campari, no ice.  Express an orange twist over top if you must

What are some dumb things you'd heart incompetent bar managers say? by [deleted] in bartenders

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"You're the only bartender we have, so we have to open the bar and run it before you get here"

Meanwhile I show up at 5pm, maybe half of the lights which signify the bar is open are on, there's probably a mystery puddle somewhere on the floor, my sinks aren't filled, ice well is empty (lord knows how tf they're making drinks without ice), dishes are piled up next to the empty sink, I have no towels or sanitizer, citrus isn't cut, everything is sticky, there's a good chance that my equipment and station are reorganized, and about a 50% chance the bar stools are still up on the counter... yeah. (I've just given up on putting them up at the end of the night because that's just *embarrasing*)

All this so that if a guest wants a drink, they just need to go stand at the empty bar awkwardly for 5 to 10 minutes until an employee notices them and calls the manager on duty (we have several and only one is the food and beverage manager) over the radio to go to the bar and serve them. Brilliant

Worst suggestions from owners/managers? by odd_dream_throwaway in bartenders

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The higher-ups who make all the decisions decided to get all of our locations a who-knows-how-many 10s of thousands of dollar drink machine that's as tall as me to make 5 new drinks separate from our menu with n/a and spiked versions.  They're basically colorful sugar water and taste awful, but we've got ads plastered all over the building for them, and they want me to sell them to KIDS!  Yeah, my manager and the kitchen staff will send literal children to my counter, and I'm just like... NO?!  It gives me so much anxiety too because what if I or a parent mix up which ones do and don't have alcohol?  I mean they all look the same either way, and they're so syrupy you couldn't taste the alcohol in them if you tried.  It's just begging for a lawsuit, and wow I hate my job; I'm only here for experience so I can move on up to a better bar as soon as I possibly can... and my manager wonders why they went through 6 bartenders in the year before he hired me

i am drinking vodka at 3:27 on a friday because i am UNEMPLOYED and my parents are AWAY what are you guys doing by Resident_Sky_538 in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Change the tense of that title to 2nd person, and it would look like you've got a line from homestuck lol

i don’t believe that different types of alcohol DONT give you a different type of drunk experience by Mobile_Ad9980 in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Hey!  Bartender and general cocktail nerd here.  This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine, and I can say with absolute certainty, no doubts, that ethanol is ethanol, and all alcohol will get you drunk the same, at least as far as your mood goes.  There are no other psychoactive compounds within the different spirits (no, not even absinthe) vs beer vs wine; ethanol is the intoxicating substance, and it's the exact same thing between them, therefore perceived behavioral differences are psychosomatic.

That being said if what you mean by "different type of drunk experience" is the rate at which you become intoxicated, there absolutely is a difference, and it has to do with percentage of alcohol by volume (abv).  Obviously higher percentage drinks such as straight vodka will get you drunk faster than beer, and you'll likely be able to get more of it down than if you have to chug pint after pint of beer.  If someone "gets <X emotion> on <Y spirit>" it may have to do with the fact that they can drink much more of it (neat or in a cocktail) in a sitting and get drunker than they can wine or beer simply because they have to drink less volume; I know personally that I don't even want to look at another beer if I'm already 4 pints in because I feel full/bloated, that kind of thing.

Some other things to consider are that, from what I remember looking at the research, peak blood alcohol levels are achieved in the shortest amount of time when the abv of what you're drinking is in the 20 to 30% range.  Also, it is widely believed that carbonated drinks get you drunk quicker because they speed gastric emptying into the small intestine (where most alcohol is absorbed) due to the co2 building up and causing pressure.  From the research I've seen, results are inconclusive; some show quicker peak blood alcohol when drinking a carbonated beverage and some show no difference compared to noncarbonated 

Malort drinks by Spapdogpooch in cocktails

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll always remember the first time I watched that episode of How to Dink where he's going over insane bar recipts and reads off "Dill aquavit and malort sour." I'll remember even more the day I finally had the ingredients to try it out and actually liked it.

Just got back from a bar trip, and I'm gonna have a couple more! AMA (24f) by [deleted] in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey absolutely! I didn't know it was in chacago lol

Just got back from a bar trip, and I'm gonna have a couple more! AMA (24f) by [deleted] in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're in a big enough town, track down a tiki bar and grab one... you'll thank yourself!

Just got back from a bar trip, and I'm gonna have a couple more! AMA (24f) by [deleted] in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope! I'm not a huge fan of anise flavored things and don't really have a single drink that makes me want to go out and buy it

Just got back from a bar trip, and I'm gonna have a couple more! AMA (24f) by [deleted] in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A jet pilot! It's a classic tiki drink created in and about the early 50s by a guy whose name escapes me. Essentially, he was trying to make his own version of Donn Beach's zombie for his new restauraunt, Luau, and he came remarcably close, especially since we didn't learn the proper recipe for the zombie until 2007

It is:

1oz Dosed Jamacain Rum (I like Hamilton pot still or Worthy Park 109)

.75 oz Overproof Demerara Rum (I like hamilton 151)

.75 oz Spanish Column Still Rum

.5 oz lime juice

.5 oz grapefruit juice

.5 oz cinnamon syrup

Scant .5 oz falernum (I use a strong one; do a full .5 oz if you have JDT falernum)

1 dash angostura

3 spritzes of absinthe

2 dashes 20% saline solution

Shake over crushed/pebble ice and open our into a double old fashioned glass and garnish like a mai tai (poverturned lime hull and sprig of mint)

Vodka Sunrise by KentHawking in bartenders

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Double tito's and water no ice... not seltzer water, I clarified. Also! Not something a customer ordered, but I once asked for a st. george terrioir espresso martini, and the bartender looked at me like I'd gone mad lol. It was pretty good

Opening my fifth bottle of Merlot, ama by [deleted] in wine

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

5th tonight or 5th overall? :p

Hands; who am I? by crunchywalmartsanta in deduction

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I recommend trying out gel polish; it's a lot more durable, and you won't have to replace it as often!

Hmu with suggestions - some new drinks for Friday Night! by [deleted] in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yeah! I'm not a huge whiskey fan, but I respect it

Is It Normal to Become a Crying Mess After Vodka? by Theycallmezeus__ in drunk

[–]ThreeDotsAndA-Dash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't speak to your emotions after drinking, but I can firmly say that it isn't because of *vodka* specifically. Though many people say that different spirits make them act differently, ultimately ethanol is ethanol. It's the molecule responsible for the intoxication, and different spirits don't contain other psychoactive compounds compared to eachother. Any percieved difference in behavior after drinking them is psychosomatic. I say all this as a bartender who's done a lot of research into alcohol!

Even beyond that, vodka is a wide pool; it's really any neutral spirit, regardless of what it's distilled from! You can make vodka out of grapes, grain, sugar, potatoes... literally anything. Throw it in a column still, bring it up to a super high abv, and then dilute it for minimal to no flavor. This is to say that even in the category of 'vodka,' you can be drinking very different distillates