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Link to original video: https://youtu.be/vqxTBdjBCjM



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A great bartender skill would be for them to properly make me a traditional drink. They can put fruit, vegetables, herbs into a glass, but they are clueless when I ask for a martini, a manhattan, or a sidecar.

Once, at a trendy bar in L.A., I asked for a martini. The guy pulls out a bottle of Grey Goose from the freezer, pours it into a martini glass and plops an olive into it.

I pushed it away and left.



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That's NUTZ! Big Grin



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What language was that?


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A great bartender skill would be for them to properly make me a traditional drink. They can put fruit, vegetables, herbs into a glass, but they are clueless when I ask for a martini, a manhattan, or a sidecar.

Once, at a trendy bar in L.A., I asked for a martini. The guy pulls out a bottle of Grey Goose from the freezer, pours it into a martini glass and plops an olive into it.

I pushed it away and left.


Well, except for the crappy vodka he used, if he had waved a bottle of vermouth over it, you would have had a well made vodka martini. Unless you wanted gin.
 
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Wow, that was insane!
 
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Well, except for the crappy vodka he used, if he had waved a bottle of vermouth over it, you would have had a well made vodka martini. Unless you wanted gin.


A martini is gin and vermouth Razz . The guy in L.A. served me cold vodka. And vermouth makes it a martini. Otherwise it is cold gin. Imagine ordering a margarita and instead of tequila, it is vodka.



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From the 100,000 foot view I have it seems like he's served a drink or two. I could be wrong but I don't think soBig Grin
 
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Dirtied up 60 glasses to make 20 drinks.
 
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Well, except for the crappy vodka he used, if he had waved a bottle of vermouth over it, you would have had a well made vodka martini. Unless you wanted gin.


A martini is gin and vermouth Razz . The guy in L.A. served me cold vodka. And vermouth makes it a martini. Otherwise it is cold gin. Imagine ordering a margarita and instead of tequila, it is vodka.


A martini can have either gin or vodka, depending on your taste. The mere presence of a bottle of vermouth in the general vicinity is what makes it a martini. More than a drop of vermouth swirled in the shaker and dumped out is too much.
 
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What language was that?


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Das war erstaunlich!

Ich hasse Jagermeister immer noch.


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Jaeger tastes like cough syrup to me, blechhh!



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Das war erstaunlich!

Ich hasse Jagermeister immer noch.


Ich auch, es ist ekelhaft.
 
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Jaeger tastes like cough syrup to me, blechhh!

I had an acquaintance who was a bartender for a few years. When Jägermeister started getting popular, I asked him what it was - his answer, paraphrased was "reformulated and rebottled Vicks 44D". After he filled the next order, he put the bottle in front of me. I took the lid off, sniffed it, and put the lid back. Accurate description.
 
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He has a cousin, who is a brick mason...




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Jaeger tastes like cough syrup to me, blechhh!

I had an acquaintance who was a bartender for a few years. When Jägermeister started getting popular, I asked him what it was - his answer, paraphrased was "reformulated and rebottled Vicks 44D". After he filled the next order, he put the bottle in front of me. I took the lid off, sniffed it, and put the lid back. Accurate description.


It really does - it’s just awful.
 
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Yes, a martini can be made with vodka or gin. But if someone orders a “martini” without saying more, that’s gin. If you want it made with vodka, specify.


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