at the bar 2023

I still love u NV

i'm not making any claims for it beyond being pleasant :D

the proper way to shoot whiskey

a) shoot the whiskey
b) throw the empty glass at the nearest wall

please do not do this! ^^^
tbh i don't do shots -- i sip from a tiny glass.

yes, sip in bits

The only time I order shots is with a beer, blue collar special.

― Goose Bigelow, Fowl Gigolo (the table is the table),

I'll allow it

I had shots for the first time in three years on Friday for the last stop of our local village pub crawl. Russian Roulette - shot of vodka, topped with a lemon slice, topped with a little sugar, topped with a little 151 proof rum. Light it on fire and when the flames die down, you shoot the shot and suck on the lemon. I had two of them at the end of a few hours of drinking and it took me two days to recover. Might be six years until I have another.

i hate drinks with steps

I don't even like Corona with the lime.

deindexed

― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:07 AM

Ty WmC!

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:56 AM

oh i've had a peanut butter whiskey, it was good

― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, March 14, 2023 9:58 AM

The things you learn when a thread gets deindexed.

lol safe space

a whiskey and a beer is a delightful combination

Once a year, 2020 and most of 2021 excepted, a friend who still thinks we're 24 will order a round of Jägermeister shots.

well, at least it's not Malört

Jäger's not bad if you consider it some kind of apertif

Had two nights out at bars within the last week. Each time I met a friend at a bar, where we had one drink and then moved to another (less-crowded) bar for two more drinks. It was like pre-pandemic times.

Always say no to 151

isn't that discontinued now? or was that an urban legend I fell for

Getting smashed in the corner

“I ain’t the worst that you’ve seen…”

Old regular spot suffered a surge in popularity
I was forced from the place
Today apparently too cold for people to go out
I stopped by and it’s just like old times

This lady is really committed to her book
The odyssey by homer
Library borrow

i finished 2 books at the bar yesterday

Which
Also good for you

Free servings of nice limoncello tonight at the bar post-dinner

A+

well, at least it's not Malört

had that for the first time last year. jesus christ, it was like hatred in a shot glass

I worked St P’s day, known cursed day for service employees, and it wasn’t that bad? Only two people even acknowledged the holiday and it was to order whiskey.
That’s ok w me.

the places where the celebration was more obvious on Friday were obnoxious as usual but outside of those, it was relatively subdued around here, too!

Normal Friday night at my work. We had a green beer special but it didn't make us busier.

Yeah we were normal busy & the show brought in the “vaping weed in the bathroom” crowd so maybe it was on account of that.
The weirder thing was that the next night I had a table that camped out all night, supported by a regular who secured the table for them by slipping a hundo to the owner to give to the pool (we pool tips). At that table there were 3 middle aged ppl and then their adult sons joined them and they were wearing green plastic beads. Who does that the day after St P’s day? Even if they went to a party why keep the beads on?!? Anyway it boosted my total and I was grateful.

i'm still wearing the beads

At the Minneapolis airport bar 2023

Ordered a Premo and a sandwich. Both were delicious. Then the bartender informs me that he brought me the wrong sandwich and then brings me a second, correct sandwich. I take this as a sign and order another Premo.

I’m sitting outside under the awning of the bar. It’s raining. “You’re crazy” the bartender said

Wasted @ 220
Hello!

Sun feels so good on my bald spot lol

Remembered last night that working weekend means sometimes ppl show up already several drinks deep to wasted. I’d never serve anyone who was obviously impaired but it’s hard to tell sometimes. Last night this lady (late 50s?, spoke at top volume 100% of the time, talked my ear off about Edgar Winter??) and a man who appeared to possibly be her internet date (a little younger, asked for MGD) showed up and were among the last people to leave the place. She went up to go to the bathroom and he strolled directly out of the building and left. I went home before she came back so idk what happened to her. Now I’m lightly haunted by it. This doesn’t happen to me much but it does happen.

People occasionally show up wasted during the week too but more when we’re open later.

Bartender is on Bandcamp

@Lech I often arrive knee-deep

The good transaction is 3 rounds at rate with a 2/5 beer/drink tip ratio, 4th on the house with a 2x tip

All the lesbians are leaving
Probably my fault

Piano tuner checks his work by playing some Billy Joel

smh

Long night but it ended with patrons walking out and leaving $40 on the bar as they left “for the person who cleans the bathrooms” which…was us this time. I didn’t have to do it but there was puke on the walls. That’s all good night.

“Your music sucks!” I said to the dj

It’s true. It sucks

3 ipas, then 3 stouts

Left umbrella at bar yesterday
Came back today, they gave me a similar one (“we have 30 umbrellas behind the bar, just take this one”)
Left that umbrella behind today

George Costanza just took that one

used to frequent a bar that had a rotation of hoodies like that

At a certain bar the servers start spraying disinfectant at the bottom of their fridges clearly they think I’m A spy for the the doh

Depends on the shot I suppose:
something tasty that I've never had before or wouldn't have ordered myself = classic
My choice = oddly transactional but still cool
Something gross like jager= dud
***Bonus points*** if the bartender does a shot with you

When I bartended at a chain restaurant in the 90s, a cocktail waitress once told me a previous bartender there would make a special shot called the "fuck in the forest" for annoying drunks asking for free drinks at the end of the night - he would just dump the bar mats' contents into a shaker with ice and strain them into shot glasses.

Almost time for a new thread lads!

In the meantime I’ll have another porter, please