Bartender's Guide: The Hottest Drinks of 2012
Keep your customers coming in all year long with a selection of the best bar drinks, handpicked especially for the year 2012. This year promises to be full of memorable events, and your customers will be sure to remember their visits to your bar once you serve these entertaining theme drinks. The drinks honor noteworthy occasions from the beginning of the year to the end. Serve them with the latest bar tools and restaurant equipment, including shakers, glassware, and wine accessories that you and your clients will love. The top five drinks to serve in 2012 include:
Outstanding Party Drink Recipes
1. Black Dragon
Why stop celebrating New Year’s at the beginning of January when the Chinese New Year festivities don’t even begin until a few weeks later – and last over two weeks? Give your clients a reason to proclaim this Year of the Dragon with a Black Dragon. To make this impressive drink, create layers in a Libbey shot glass. Fill the bottom third of the glass with peppermint schnapps and the middle third with Kahlua. Top it all off with one-third of a shot of scotch. The layers should stay separate, and by the end of the drink the schnapps have a cooling effect on the burning sensation of the scotch layer.
2. Leap Frog
A day that comes only once every four years is reason enough for a party. ...continue reading
Bottoms Up: Replenishing Bar Tools and Bar Glasses
Alcohol is a common element in many holiday traditions—from warm mulled wine to a New Year’s champagne toast. The holidays highlight the significant part a bar or restaurant/bar plays in holiday celebrations. In this business, proper bar equipment is essential. Of course, there are the old
standards: shaker, stirrer, and strainer. But, a professional bartender also needs the latest in ergonomic tools to wow your customers with great drinks. Learning what new bar supplies are available is as important as replacing tired bar supplies, and the holidays are a good time to take stock of what you have and what you need.
Bar supplies are the items you need to make drinks and serve them smoothly and efficiently. These include special glassware, cocktail shakers, and ice crushers. Every bar, whether a standalone or part of a restaurant or catering hall, has to have appropriate bar equipment, including a variety of glasses to anticipate the range of drinks that might be served. Many drinks, of course, require distinct bar glasses—beer mugs, martini glasses, wine glasses, and goblets. It’s not only having the right glasses; it’s also having enough of each to fulfill your customers’ demands. ...continue reading