"Hey Bartender!"

BinGnarly

So I have recently started bartending on Mackinac Island, MI. I was just wondering if there are any other Jamily members that bartend as well. Maybe we could share drink recipes and what not. Let me know.

PJAMMER504

fellow bartender here. its a great job, and met alot of interseting charecters , but don't get caught up too much into it. To me , it's like being a pycharist without a degree.

gobrowns19

hey, Mackinac is awesome! Been a while since I've been there. Had a chance to go again but had to skip it to see Pearl Jam 5/19/06

my step dad has a bar in his basement and makes his own beers, wines, and sodas. It's pretty cool.

NYbenben

to all the bartenders out there...make sure your patrons know about this...

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/01-02/01_02_booze_rules.htm

jimed14

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greaticedtea

man i was hoping this thread would say "jobu needs a refill!" when i opened it up

joebot

Veteran barkeep here! Social Bar 48th and 8th. Manhattan.
The key is to get a lucrative bar gig and only work 2-3 days a week. Leaving you time to pursue other ambitions.

joebot

NYbenben wrote:

to all the bartenders out there...make sure your patrons know about this...

http://www.moderndrunkardmagazine.com/issues/01-02/01_02_booze_rules.htm

That is a great site !!!! Thanks for posting.

BinGnarly

I've only been tending bar for three months now. So I'm still pretty new to this whole thing. If anyone has some good tips or good drinks I should know let me know. It would be much appreciated.

dreaminincolor

BinGnarly wrote:

So I have recently started bartending on Mackinac Island, MI. I was just wondering if there are any other Jamily members that bartend as well. Maybe we could share drink recipes and what not. Let me know.

what bar on the island??

sorry no help with your drinks....my good friend whose family lives on the island in the summer used to bar tend on the island after bartending in scotland.......he made some lovely drinks.....

BinGnarly

dreamin'incolor wrote:

what bar on the island??

sorry no help with your drinks....my good friend whose family lives on the island in the summer used to bar tend on the island after bartending in scotland.......he made some lovely drinks.....

The Seabiscuit.

dawng

but I got tired of babysitting drunks! now i get babysat instead

Here are some of my favorite drink recipes...

Screaming Orgasm
* kaluha
* vodka
* baileys
* amaretto
* 1/2 & 1/2 or milk
* on the rocks, blended, or martini style; whip cream and cherry garnish optional

Grape Knee-Hi
* vodka
* chambord
* sweet & sour
* triple sec
* (or sub lemonade or margarita mix for the sweet & sour and triplesec)
muttled with lemon; rocks or martini style; lemon garnish

Surfing on Acid
* jagermeister
* Malibu coconut rum
* pineapple juice
* muttled with lemon, rocks or martini style; pineapple/lemon/cherry garnish optional

Pez (tastes just like the candy!)
* jagermeister
* Malibu coconut rum
* peach schnapps
* chambord
* pineapple juice
* muttled with lemon, rocks or martini style; pineapple/lemon/cherry garnish optional

Lemon Drop
* vodka
* muttled with lemons
* optional splash lemonade or sweet & sour
* sugar rimmed glass; on the rocks or martini style; lemon garnish

Killer Kool-Aid
* vodka
* melon liquor
* cranberry juice
* on the rocks or martini style; lime/cherry garnish

Mudslide
* kaluha
* vodka
* baileys
* 1/2 & 1/2 or milk
* on the rocks, blended, or martini style; whip cream and cherry garnish optional

Bloody Mary
* vodka
* tomato juice
* worcestershire sauce
* horseradish (jarred)
* tabasco sauce
* celery salt
* pepper
* celery salt rimmed glass; on the rocks;
* garnished w/ lime/olives/celery/pickled beans/pickled asparagus

Arcticangel

I've been a bartender for over two and a half years now... great job. Love it. Lots of fun, good money, interesting stories...
I started cocktail waitressing over the summer... worst job ever. Abuse, abuse, abuse. From the bartenders, from my boss, but especially from the customers. Never again, and I would never recommend it. It did, however, over the course of 4.5 months working roughly 20 hours a week pay for: 4 days in LA seeing eV, 11 days on the East Coast (four shows, including the Beacon), 6 days in Washington State, and the best summer of my life. When I wasn't working that is.
I quit the cocktail job a few weeks ago and now work at a hospital. It's quite the change. I still bartend "for fun".

robfest2

Hey bartender hit me with a double
And introduce me to that girl with the bubble

riffrandall

I tended bar for YEARS...absolutely loved it.
Not sure how good I was towards the end, if anyone ordered anything other than a beer & a shot of whisky (or a straight, non-girly drink) I don't think I was very nice about it.
Making one too many Blow Job shots for screaming girls in cheap bridal veils will do that to you, I guess.

Great job. Great money, and at least you know you'll have job security no matter what!

Whizbang

BinGnarly wrote:

I've only been tending bar for three months now. So I'm still pretty new to this whole thing. If anyone has some good tips or good drinks I should know let me know. It would be much appreciated.

If you get a request for an apple martini, don't put a cherry in it (don't let your waitstaff do it either). Should either be a green apple slice or a lime.

Just my tip as a bar patron...