Anyone Here Bartends?

[Silkk]

Watching that King of Queens episode and saw all that money doug was making. Wanted to know if its really like that for male bartenders but mainly cause i need to step up my Drink making skills. Tired of just mixing everything with pineapple juice

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

I COULDN'T BE A BARTENDER. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIQUOR. JUST THIS YEAR I FOUND OUT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE BRAND OF V.S.O.P AND TEQUILA. I THOUGHT THAT WAAAAAAS THE BRAND. I HAD TO BUY SOME RUM FOR A RECIPE. I ASKED THE DUDE FOR SOME RUM AND HE WAS LIKE "WHAT KIND?" MAN I LOOKED BACK AT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE LINE FOR ANSWERS LIKE I WAS ON FAMILY FEUD.

 

[Silkk]

I COULDN'T BE A BARTENDER. I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT LIQUOR. JUST THIS YEAR I FOUND OUT THERE IS MORE THAN ONE BRAND OF V.S.O.P AND TEQUILA. I THOUGHT THAT WAAAAAAS THE BRAND. I HAD TO BUY SOME RUM FOR A RECIPE. I ASKED THE DUDE FOR SOME RUM AND HE WAS LIKE "WHAT KIND?" MAN I LOOKED BACK AT THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE LINE FOR ANSWERS LIKE I WAS ON FAMILY FEUD.

me neither i just want they recipes

 

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seems like a fun job

 

[Pack2]

Been tending bar for over 8 years as a 2nd job...sometimes at 2 spots at a time.

You work at the right spots on the right nights and you can bank....plus you meet alot of people, connections, etc.

I def recommend it whenever someone tells me they need a part time or extra cash...gotta have patience and be able to deal well with people tho

 

[Silkk]

Been tending bar for over 8 years as a 2nd job...sometimes at 2 spots at a time.

You work at the right spots on the right nights and you can bank....plus you meet alot of people, connections, etc.

I def recommend it whenever someone tells me they need a part time or extra cash...gotta have patience and be able to deal well with people tho

Id imagine after 8 years youre an expert. How long it took you to get it down good?

 

[porque]

never seen a male bartender at the bars I frequent but they have them at the national chains

but yall should check out Mandy's tumblr blog to learn new recipes
Partyrehabb.com // Thepartyrehab.com

I get down with mixed drinks Im not that huge of a fan of just plain beers

 

[Pack2]

Id imagine after 8 years youre an expert. How long it took you to get it down good?

Only a couple of months really.

I just learned on the job, didnt go to bartending school or nothing...got real lucky and applied for a job and learned there....once I learned the basics, I was able to get faster and better at it to be able to work clubs and handle really heavy crowds and make alot of different drinks.

It's like anything...the more you do it, the quicker and better at it you get

 

[#1 pick]

Been tending bar for over 8 years as a 2nd job...sometimes at 2 spots at a time.

You work at the right spots on the right nights and you can bank....plus you meet alot of people, connections, etc.

I def recommend it whenever someone tells me they need a part time or extra cash...gotta have patience and be able to deal well with people tho

Create a thread. Ask a bartender. That would be interesting.

 

[Pack2]

never seen a male bartender at the bars I frequent but they have them at the national chains

but yall should check out Mandy's tumblr blog to learn new recipes
Partyrehabb.com // Thepartyrehab.com

I get down with mixed drinks Im not that huge of a fan of just plain beers

yeah, its always best to have a nice lookin bartender

some spots want a few pretty young thangs and a couple dudes

Ive worked at spots where the girls were and they make crazy money in tips and have to split it all amongst the rest of us bartending....that shyt is

edit - that site is pretty good

 

[Eddie Jordan]

I bartended for 5 years before I coached in the NBA...I still remember all the drink recipes.

 

[Silkk]

I figured the girls would be making type money. Especially in party cities

 

[Pack2]

Create a thread. Ask a bartender. That would be interesting.

thats not a bad idea....

 

[Bilz]

If you're at a good spot, you can make a few hundred under the table on a busy night. At those places, you don't need to know how to make drinks, they're looking for someone with the right look and personality. Most people don't order anything complicated anyway.

The people I knew at bars just laughed when someone that went to one of those ripoff bartending schools tried to apply for a bartending job. Acting all hard and using a jigger and bragging that they know how to make a godmother or grasshopper or some other bullshyt that no one was ever going to order.

The key is really knowing someone or having a connection with someone that has a good bar. The only jobs that are readily available if you don't know anyone are day shifts at dive bars and those probably aren't even worth taking.

 

[porque]

If you're at a good spot, you can make a few hundred under the table on a busy night. At those places, you don't need to know how to make drinks, they're looking for someone with the right look and personality. Most people don't order anything complicated anyway.

The people I knew at bars just laughed when someone that went to one of those ripoff bartending schools tried to apply for a bartending job. Acting all hard and using a jigger and bragging that they know how to make a godmother or grasshopper or some other bullshyt that no one was ever going to order.

The key is really knowing someone or having a connection with someone that has a good bar. The only jobs that are readily available if you don't know anyone are day shifts at dive bars and those probably aren't even worth taking.

at the hood bars no one orders that shyt but when I go downtown they do be ordering them crazy ass drink

and they have different names for the same drinks that have just one or 2 ingredients different