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    Any Drinkers here?

    in Ramble On

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    What d I think of that? Well, I hope you had better luck than I, that is what I think! In Chicago all the choice bartending jobs back i the late 80's went to the sexy ladies, or in the case of high end restaurants, older and very experienced ladies and gentlemen. So, I wound up at the Galaxy Bowling alley on Theodore St in Joliet, two miles down the road from Statesville Prison. The bar was a slaughterhouse. I actually came in to apply for a bouncers job however they took one look at my 5'11" 185 lbs frame and said no way (the smallest bouncer was 6'2" and 250 lbs). They did however offer me a job as a bartender even though I had zero experience (well, I did open beer cans at parties) so I figured what the heck. One of the bouncers took pity on me and instructed me what to do and what NOT to do in certain situations. I was told under no circumstances was I to try and break up fights and most importantly, NEVER turn your back on a pissed off woman in particular. I learned the hard way on that last one.

    One night a recently paroled guy and his lady friend were at the bar drinking shots, neither one was talking at all. After about 20 min the guy (a little dude, about 125 soaking wet) hauls off and busts the woman square in the nose...blood flying everywhere! I vault the bar, grab the guy and start screaming what the hell is your problem as I begin to throw him out. Just then (as my back was turned of course) this woman, about 95 lbs, jumps on my back and proceeds to beat the living shit outta me, scratching, gouging, punching, kicking, biting...the full monty! I could not get this woman off of me to save my life (which was soon to come to an end) but then one of the bouncers came, ripped this woman off my back, and throws her about 10 feet through the air. She lands back first on a two top ( I seriously thought this should have killed her or paralyzed her in the least), tumbles to the ground, jumps up like some possessed fucking cat, and runs balls out of the bar...gone!

    So there I a standing looking like a seriously chewed up piece of meat and the bouncer who saved me smiles and said, "it's bad enough you ignored rule number one, but never ignore rule number two...a woman will fuck up a man quicker that Mike Tyson if she sets her mind to it."

    So, that was me bartending experience! Rough guys, even rougher women, and never once during my year and a half as a bartender did I have a Cocktail (movie) moment. No hot ladies vying for my attention (there were none in that joint), and not a single Piper Parabo on the staff, actually the two ladies we did have working looked more like Roseanne.

    Good Times :injured:

    :hysterical::hysterical::wave: Sag, what an experience, but it happens. The only scary experience I had (I was tending bar in my family's restaurant) was a woman in military uniform try and come over the bar after me. She had decided she was in love and would not take "no" for an answer. I ran out of the bar and told my brother who promptly grabbed the woman by her collar

    and seat of her pants and tossed her out the door onto the oyster shell covered parking lot. :mad: Everyone laughed about it but me. I had a Jack Daniels shot and went back to work. :blush:

    Any Drinkers here?

    in Ramble On

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    I like Bourbon and Absinthe myself, Basil Hayden and Booker's are my favorite Bourbons. Used to be a bartender in my college days and I still love me a Mint Julep more than any other drink, though a well made Sazerac is might fine. Must use Rye for the Sezerac though, and the Absinthe is only to coat the glass.

    Anyway, for those southerners out there (hello TypeO) and other Bourbon lovers, here is my secret recipe for the perfect Mint Julep:

    One tumbler glass (short fat glass), two tablespoons of soda water and two teaspoons of natural, raw sugar. Take fresh mint leaves (about twelve) and add to mixture. Take pestle and muddle mixture in glass (crush up). Let sit for five minutes to release mint. Fill glass with ice to top, then fill entire glass with straight Bourbon. Take mixture and transfer to shaker, shake very well and strain into Collins Glass (tall, skinny glass), then add ice and garnish with mint leaf.

    When finished the concoction should look like Mississippi River water, carmel colored and muddy with tiny bits of mint leaf floating about. This will taste like heaven on earth for Bourbon lovers (of course it will taste like shit if you don't like Bourbon). To me this is the essence of old South romance, reminds me of long nights in Chatsworth Georgia on the porch with friends looking out at the most vibrant green-blue landscape while hearing the crickets sing and watching the fireflies dance in mid-air. Ahhh, glorious magic of those Southern nights. How I miss my Georgia peaches!!!

    Ps. If you want the Sazerac recipe PM me, it's too complicated to post at this hour :drunk: Too much Bourbon in me!

    Now, just you listen. I know all about these southern drinks, I must say. I gave the recipe for a Sazerac on another thread. It was invented at the Roosevelt Hotel in the Sazerac Lounge in the great city of New Orleans. A Ramos Gin Fizz is far superior to any other kind of fizz, IMHO.

    Down the hatch, Sag-man. I was a bartender as well, what do you think of that? :drinks:

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