Everything in Moderation
All things in moderation, including moderation….Socrates The philosophers of Ancient Greece had quotes for everything. Like modern mixologists their words were meant to intoxicate the listener w...
Author: mrbarmaster
A mixologist is a cross between parent, psychologist, and priest. I am simply the guy behind the bar willing to listen and advise if asked to.
Old is New Again…
The Pendennis Club, a gentlemen’s club founded in 1881 in Louisville, Kentucky, claims the old-fashioned cocktail was invented there. The recipe was said to have been invented by a bar...
Tomorrow is a promise…
The power of the message. I posted this a few weeks back and still chuckle when some customers finally seize the message. Tomorrow is only a promise we diligently make to ourselves. We too often put o...
A little Sunday Humour
There were two men who played golf together frequently. One was several strokes better than the other. The lesser player was very proud, and never wanted to take any strokes to even up the game. One S...
Laughter is the best medicine.
Especially when the doctors are kids. 1) NUDITYI was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! A...
A Classy Dame and Cocktail Lesson
Many years ago, in a bar, far, far away an elderly lady taught me everything I needed to know about being a mixologist. It was a slow, Sunday afternoon in the middle of a hot July. I had barely opened...
Some Bar Humour
We apologize for the laughter in advance Two dragons walk into a bar. The first one says, “It sure is hot in here.” His friend snaps back, “Shut your mouth!” A screwdriver rolls into a bar. Th...
The Old Fashioned – New Again
The Old Fashioned conjures up an scene from a different era. A bar man in an apron with pockets holding all his tools. A gentleman customer with a fedora. A wooden top bar. Dim light. I can’t re...
Some rib ticklers!
An amnesiac walks into a bar.He goes up to a beautiful blonde and says, “So, do I come here often?” A weasel walks into a bar. The bartender says, “Wow, I’ve never served a weasel before. What...
All tequila is not the same!
Several years back, a good friend of mine who is also a liquor brand representative introduced me to one of the best tequila brands I have ever tasted, Tres Generaciones. This distillate is not your u...