Christmas party tonight.
Open bar.
Posh place.
The bartender, a girl in her mid/late 20s, is serving drinks out of mixer bottles.
She gets to me...
BT: Can I help you?
Me: Yes thanks. I hate to be a pain, but can I order a bourbon martini?
Please note, standard recipe for a bourbon martini:
2 oz bourbon
1 oz sweet vermouth
3 dashes aromatic bitters
Shake over ice, pour in 4 oz martini glass
BT: Sure, no problem!
The BT pulls out an giant martini glass (8 oz) and fills it to the rim with bourbon, just bourbon, though it is in a martini glass.
She passes it to me.
Me: Is that it?
BT: Yes. Is there a problem?
Me: Is there at least going to be any vermouth in it?
BT: Do you want some.
Me: I would like some, or I would have ordered (while pointing at the glass) bourbon.
The BT takes the glass, dips a tiny bit of bourbon out, and adds the tiniest splash of dry vermouth to it, a quarter ounce would be pushing it. She then passes it back to me.
BT: Is that better.
Me (resigned): Yep.
I'm debating if this was the worst or best bartender ever.
Open bar.
Posh place.
The bartender, a girl in her mid/late 20s, is serving drinks out of mixer bottles.
She gets to me...
BT: Can I help you?
Me: Yes thanks. I hate to be a pain, but can I order a bourbon martini?
Please note, standard recipe for a bourbon martini:
2 oz bourbon
1 oz sweet vermouth
3 dashes aromatic bitters
Shake over ice, pour in 4 oz martini glass
BT: Sure, no problem!
The BT pulls out an giant martini glass (8 oz) and fills it to the rim with bourbon, just bourbon, though it is in a martini glass.
She passes it to me.
Me: Is that it?
BT: Yes. Is there a problem?
Me: Is there at least going to be any vermouth in it?
BT: Do you want some.
Me: I would like some, or I would have ordered (while pointing at the glass) bourbon.
The BT takes the glass, dips a tiny bit of bourbon out, and adds the tiniest splash of dry vermouth to it, a quarter ounce would be pushing it. She then passes it back to me.
BT: Is that better.
Me (resigned): Yep.
I'm debating if this was the worst or best bartender ever.
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