February
6 - International Bartender Day. Taking this opportunity, let's find
out where it all began and where it came to. Bartender's day is an
excuse to run into a bar tonight for a glass of good mood. Especially
if it is Monday, or you just have a tough day. History - a few words
about history (just a few, so as not to torment you with boring facts
from the past). It is on February 6 that the Catholic Church has been
celebrating the Day of Remembrance of Saint Amanda for many centuries in
a row - a monk and missionary, patron saint of winemakers, brewers and,
in general, all workers of the alcohol industry.
The
modern public was too lazy to come up with a new date to celebrate the
Day of the Bartender. Therefore, February 6 is as many as 2 holidays at
once. Although, the bartenders have practically nothing in common with
the saint. Who are usually bartenders - people who came to study in a
large (or foreign) city. And since money is always needed (you cannot
live just with one scholarship), a person starts looking for alternative
earnings, so that without qualifications. So they become bartenders.
Although, there are also those whose profession is called "bartender".
For the latter, a bar and alcohol is not a job, but a whole style and
way of life, a mentality - "Guests"
The
right bartender is the one who understands that not clients come to him
(like in a hairdresser's), but guests. Therefore, you need to meet them
with dignity, or at least with a smile / good mood. And by the way, for
the same reason, bartenders do not have a rule “the client is always
right”. Not that guests are denied a drink, but they can afford free
advice (a la "this will be a bad cocktail", or "You'd better have
coffee, not vodka"). In especially dangerous cases, the bartender may
even declare that he does not prepare such a cocktail, or there are no
necessary ingredients. Psychology Man comes to bars for a reason.
Especially if he's alone. One needs to be able to read, understand, and
abstract (if he begins to load with his problems). Why isn't psychology
to you ?
True, there is one “but”, the main rule of all bartenders:
"You
should never talk about religion and politics with any of the guests."
Alcohol Among bartenders there are both drinkers and not so much. The
latter, in the vast majority of cases, simply tied up (as a rule, they
got drunk, or tired). Drinking bartenders are also not uncommon. True,
such at work have to be extremely attentive and careful. After all, it
often happens that the client wants to treat him with a drink. Refusing
is impolite. But if there are 40 such clients ... Health - most often,
bartenders suffer from: drunkenness (see the previous point); varicose
veins (the result of an 8-hour working day of standing on your feet).
Specializations - Alcohol
Bartenders have 2
specializations: classic and flaring. In the first case, everything
corresponds to the regulations: cocktails are prepared strictly
according to the recipe, without a single extra drop - for the sake of
the right taste. Flaring is more of a spectacle than the art of mixing
delicious ingredients.
These are most often found in clubs.
There
is also a third specialization - mixology. Such a bartender, without
even trying the cocktail, will be able to determine its taste (by
ingredients). These are needed in places where guests like to
experiment, or just drink something unusual. - It all depends on the
bartender himself and the management of the establishment. Often,
managers come up with all sorts of punishments for being late, or some
other violation of the "work charter".
But this moment is
not fundamental. It is much worse when a sour cocktail, a spoiled
product, or a broken glass is handed out to the guest. This can damage
the reputation of not only the bartender, but the entire institution.
TOP 5 COCKTAILS
1. DRY MARTINI -
This dry martini cocktail has been known for almost a hundred and fifty
years. The first mention of him appeared in 1862 in the "Bartender's
Handbook" by Jerry "The Professor" Thomas. According to legend, it was
this bartender who invented it in exchange for a gold nugget. And
according to another legend, he received his second name from the hands
of President Roosevelt himself. In front of the television cameras in
1933, he prepared a "Dry Martini Cocktail", thereby marking the end of
Prohibition in the United States.
COMPOSITION:
70 ml Beefeater gin 15 ml any dry vermouth 4-5 drops of orange bitter (optional) Lemon twist for garnish.
HOW TO PREPARE :
Add all ingredients
to a mixing glass and cover with crushed ice. Stir well until well
cooled and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Decorate with a lemon
twist.
2. DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON
This hazy
combination of absinthe and champagne was invented by Ernest Hemingway.
He will put the hair on his chest on end and put the thoughts in his
head in order.
INGREDIENTS :
40-45 ml absinthe 130 ml chilled champagne
HOW TO PREPARE :
Pour absinthe into a flute glass. Add champagne.
3. VODKA MARTINI
- Among all the
classic alcoholic cocktails, Vodkatini occupies a special place; for its
preparation, it is enough to correctly mix the martini with vodka. It
was this cocktail that the well-known British intelligence agent James
Bond loved.
INGREDIENTS :
75 ml of vodka, 15 ml of dry vermouth, 1 green olive and 1 lemon wedge. Add a drop of orange bitter or angostura if desired.
HOW TO PREPARE:
Shake in a shaker with ice for 30 seconds. Pour into a chilled martini glass and garnish with olive or lemon.
4. MOJITO
Originally from the
island of Cuba, became popular in the United States in the 1980s. The
cocktail is included in the list of "modern classics" of the
International Bartenders Association (IBA) ..
INGREDIENTS :
2 tsp sugar, a bunch of mint, 75 ml soda, 1 lime, 60 ml rum.
HOW TO PREPARE:
put sugar and a
bunch of mint in a tall glass, then pour 50 ml of soda. After that, the
lime cut in half is squeezed into the glass, after which the second half
of the fruit is placed in it. Then rum is added. Mix, fill a glass with
ice and pour some soda again. Decorate with a sprig of mint.
5. BLOODY MARY
alcoholic cocktail
based on vodka and tomato juice. Included in the number of official
cocktails of the International Bartenders Association (IBA), category
"Contemporary Classic".
INGREDIENTS:
vodka (chilled) - 50
ml tomato juice (not chilled, thick) - 100 ml lemon juice (freshly
squeezed) - 15 ml salt and pepper - 2 pinches each Tabasco
and Westchester sauces - 2-3 drops each
HOW TO PREPARE :
Option 1:
mix all the ingredients in a shaker and serve with a straw.
Option 2:
pour salt and pepper
into the bottom of the glass (glass), drip sauces, lemon juice and pour
tomato juice. Using the blade of a knife (or a teaspoon), slowly pour
the vodka onto the side of the glass, trying not to mix the layers.
Sometimes, at home, the cocktail is simplified using only spices, salt,
tomato juice and vodka. This variant is especially common in the
countries of the former USSR and has a prefix in the name - "in
Russian".
