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Worst cocktail blunder you ever experienced
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:23 pm
Was out Saturday night at a place I had never been to and ordered an old fashioned.... When I got it, it was basically fruit punch...I'm pretty sure a margarita from applebees would have been less sweet..
Someone else ordered one and I watched this clueless bartenders process:
-muddle 2 sugar cubes IN simple syrup
-once the super syrup is where she wants it, muddle 2 cherries and an orange slice
-tiny pour of bourbon...I watched her make one and she literally held the bottle almost horizontal and drizzled
-a pour from a bottle of light brown liquid that I guess she thought was bitters??
-garnished with more cherries, an orange peel AND a rock candy swizzle stick...
I wanted to send it back, but if she asked what was wrong I literally wouldn't know where to begin. My wife who hates whiskey liked it...but said it was kind of sweet
What yall got?
Someone else ordered one and I watched this clueless bartenders process:
-muddle 2 sugar cubes IN simple syrup
-once the super syrup is where she wants it, muddle 2 cherries and an orange slice
-tiny pour of bourbon...I watched her make one and she literally held the bottle almost horizontal and drizzled
-a pour from a bottle of light brown liquid that I guess she thought was bitters??
-garnished with more cherries, an orange peel AND a rock candy swizzle stick...
I wanted to send it back, but if she asked what was wrong I literally wouldn't know where to begin. My wife who hates whiskey liked it...but said it was kind of sweet
What yall got?
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Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:30 pm to scott8811
You would be surprised at how many bartenders at good (or at least pricey) establishments simply pour just gin into a shaker, shake it, and then pour it into a martini glass when I ask for a martini. 
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:31 pm to scott8811
Duvics, of all places, once made a dry vodka martini with a hefty pour of sweet vermouth. It was nasty.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:38 pm to scott8811
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bartenders
Also, dude, "bartender" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Mixologist", please.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:42 pm to scott8811
Buddy ordered rum and coke at a wedding this weekend, didn't realize the bartender chose to go with vodka and a splash of coke until he took his first huge swig. Never saw his eyes so big 
Posted on 3/11/19 at 3:56 pm to scott8811
My wife and I were in a Vegas nightclub. I shouted two drinks to the bartender and he asked if I wanted a small glass or large, holding his thumb and index finger apart to approximate size. My dumb arse said large.
He proceeded to fill up two huge souvenir cups and then said to me $86 while flashing his fingers 8-6. I did a double take and just accepted my stupidity and gave him a hundred.
Still use those cups all the time.
He proceeded to fill up two huge souvenir cups and then said to me $86 while flashing his fingers 8-6. I did a double take and just accepted my stupidity and gave him a hundred.
Still use those cups all the time.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:08 pm to scott8811
I went to Bistro Byronz recently and had the worst old fashioned I've ever had. Which again reminded me why I hate going there.
First, it was in some sort of stemless wine glass. Second, it was half full of crushed ice like you get at Sonic. Third, I'm pretty sure it was just Crown, water and few bitters. Third, there was no garnish of any type (no orange peel, or cherry, or any sort of other berry)
I asked the waitress about it and was told "that's how we make them."
First, it was in some sort of stemless wine glass. Second, it was half full of crushed ice like you get at Sonic. Third, I'm pretty sure it was just Crown, water and few bitters. Third, there was no garnish of any type (no orange peel, or cherry, or any sort of other berry)
I asked the waitress about it and was told "that's how we make them."
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:15 pm to scott8811
I've had them pour to much water in my Jack Daniels.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:32 pm to scott8811
Ordered JD and Coke, got JB and Coke. Easily misunderstood, but seems a competent bartender would almost want to question that.
Scotch and coke is not drinkable.
Scotch and coke is not drinkable.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:34 pm to scott8811
At my wedding I was given an old fashioned that was bourbon, orange juice, and a splash of cherry juice on top. From what I recall it wasn't as terrible as you'd imagine and still wasn't the worst old fashioned I've ever had but stood out as probably the weirdest combination I'd ever been given.
Another wedding I attended the bartender's old fashion recipe omitted the orange peel & simple syrup and replaced that with a shot of Cointreau. Also surprisingly not terrible.
Another wedding I attended the bartender's old fashion recipe omitted the orange peel & simple syrup and replaced that with a shot of Cointreau. Also surprisingly not terrible.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 4:45 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:36 pm to scott8811
Bar at Cafe Adelaide for a pre-meeting meeting with a client. Ordered a mint julep. Bartender gives me something that was not a mint julep. Tasted likes peaches. So I tell him. He makes a new one, still tastes like peaches. I tell him. He says “oops, that was peach simple syrup.” There was something else wrong with it but I couldn’t place it. So on the third one, I watch and realize he’s also putting sour mix in it. We started over for the fourth try, I asked him to just put some mint and simple syrup in then fill it with ice and bourbon. He said he wasn’t from here so that’s why he didn’t know how to make it.
This post was edited on 3/11/19 at 4:38 pm
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:43 pm to scott8811
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When I got it, it was basically fruit punch..
Similar. We were at an asian place near a music club on Carrollton about a year ago and wife and I went to the bar and I asked them how does it rate his OF and he said, I do an awesome job.
Was bourbon and cherry juice with a cube.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:48 pm to scott8811
I ordered a Tanqueray martini once and watched the bartender pour one jigger of Vermouth and two jiggers of Tanqueray into an old fashion glass filled with ice. I drank it because the bartender was cute and I was buzzed, but it was as far from a martini as you can get.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 4:50 pm to scott8811
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ordered an old fashioned.... When I got it, it was basically fruit punch...
This happened to me at Commander’s Palace. I called over the head waiter. He damn near cut back flips apologizing. He seemed legit embarrassed. The next one came out right and free.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 5:02 pm to scott8811
I've posted this before on here I believe. This was great and I loved the response of the bartender.
I hit a local Irish pub with my stepson one afternoon and I ordered a pint of Guinness and when asked what he wanted, my stepson said "Stoli and Dr. Pepper" and the bartender just looked at him and said "NO".
I almost fell out laughing-------then he settled for a normal cocktail.
I hit a local Irish pub with my stepson one afternoon and I ordered a pint of Guinness and when asked what he wanted, my stepson said "Stoli and Dr. Pepper" and the bartender just looked at him and said "NO".
I almost fell out laughing-------then he settled for a normal cocktail.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 5:10 pm to scott8811
in High school (yes... a long time ago) I was working at a country club as a life guard and they were having a big party at the club that night and needed help, so they asked me, helped set up etc and as the night progressed I just filled in where needed and ended up in one of the satellite bars next to the pool (I had no idea how to mix a drink) so I was handing out beers etc but the mixed drink line was getting long so the other guy working with me told me to figure it out (count to four makes an ounce , just listen to what the customers tell you and we will make a shite ton on tips), so I am making some pretty stiff drinks cause it takes me a little longer to get to four, and start learning a few specialty drinks and we run out of vodka, guy comes and asks for a bloody mary and I had been making them all night when we had vodka and now we were out, so they had a bottle of rum and it looked like vodka so surly it was close.... nope he almost vomited and had some choice words.. the guy working behind the bar with me could not stop laughing
Posted on 3/11/19 at 5:30 pm to scott8811
When I was bartending, got to my shift at 4 pm and immediately had one of the waitresses bring back a drink that was supposed to be a Mint Julep (my favorite). The daytime bartender had taken green creme de menthe and mixed it with bourbon.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 5:38 pm to scott8811
Ordered a whiskey and sprite at a wedding reception once, the bartender proceeded to pour sprite into a cup with Pepe Lopez (cheap tequila).
Didn't notice it when she poured it, but it actually wasn't that bad.
Didn't notice it when she poured it, but it actually wasn't that bad.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 6:16 pm to scott8811
Was in Disney World this past week. Went to California Grill on top of the Contemporary. Ordered an Old Fashoned. The waitress asked if I wanted it on the rocks or neat. I looked at her with a long pause and said I’d like ice in it please.
It came to the table with very little ice, no cherries of any type, no orange twist or anything. Not sure what was actually in it.
It came to the table with very little ice, no cherries of any type, no orange twist or anything. Not sure what was actually in it.
Posted on 3/11/19 at 7:20 pm to scott8811
Manhattan on the rocks. Yikes.
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