Flash Bartending Game - The Bar
I was browsing around for a bartending flash game to play and found this one. Try it out and post your high score!
Batman Cocktail - The Dark Knight
In honor of the latest kick-ass chapter in the Batman movie series, here is a simple drink you can make to show your love for the bat.
Ingredients:
- 6 oz of your favorite cola (diet or regular)
- 1-1/2 oz of Sambuca or Uzzo
- 1 maraschino cherry
- 1/2 oz of grenadine
How To Make It:
Mix Cola and Sambuca together. Add ice and drizzle grenadine over the cubes. Top off with the maraschino cherry and enjoy with the company of your greatest arch-nemesis or super villain. Best served in a rocks or old fashioned glass.
Low Calorie cocktail mixers
Since our last post about low-calorie cocktails, we’ve been inundated with people requesting more low-calorie mixed drink recipes. This isn’t something I had given a lot of thought to in the past, but if the readers demand it - I aim to deliver.
Here’s a video from Van Gogh vodka (haven’t tried it so I can’t give you a review) in which they make vodka drinks using low-calorie mixers.
The Singapore Sling
Singapore sling is a cocktail drink first invented a century ago. The drink was made at the Raffles hotel in Singapore and later became very popular in North America.
The drink consists of gin, brandy, some Benedictine, pineapple, fresh lemon, angostura bitters and some grenadine. All the ingredient are mixed and the poured into a highball glass with ice. While this was the original recipe, the Singapore sling has gone through many changes over the years. All the ingredients have changed, however, the one critical ingredient that has remained the same is Benedictine. Benedictine is a key ingredient without which the drink is not the same.
When the drink is made in the proper way, it is truly refreshing.
The drink is still served on all international Singapore airline flights. The original drink at the Raffles hotel costs close to $25. This may sound a bit too expensive for a drink, but if you went to Paris, would you not go and see the Eiffel tower or if you went to China, would you not go and see the great wall?. The same logic applies to the sling. If you go to Singapore, you should get a taste of this great drink
Bartending Wages
Nothing beats the job. The bright lights, hustle and bustle, noise and pretty girls, has lots of people applying to become bar tenders in droves. And everyone wants to know what bar tenders makes.
To start off, bar tending is hard work and there is no easy money. However when you work for a decent bar or restaurant, almost all the employers offer full benefits. Some of the hotels even have connection to airlines and the tour industry and so you are often offered free trips and hotel accommodations every now and then.
When it comes to actual salary it depends where one works. Salaries are different in each state. The lowest salaries may start off at around $30,000 and the highest may be close to 100K and even higher. Some bar tenders can make anywhere from $100-300 a night in wages and tips. This is way above what an entry level college graduate would make. However, there are others who make much less.
One has to remember that no one ever starts of making a lot of money right away. Almost everyone starts off at a low salary. But if you are hard working and get decent job with a reputable bar or hotel chain, then the sky is the limit