 January 31st, 2012
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5@5 is a daily, food-related list from chefs, writers, political pundits, musicians, actors, and all manner of opinionated people from around the globe. A nervous drinker walks into a bar... OK, we got nothing - but what we lack in punch lines, we're about to make up for in advice. Whether you're a bona fide professional bartender or just like to stir things up as the barkeep in the comfort of your own home, you're likely to encounter a guest who doesn't quite know what to make of modern cocktail culture. As a bartender at a busy hotel bar, Jamie Sanford from Vesper Bar at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas regularly serves cocktail fetishists and booze neophytes alike – and manages to make both feel just as welcome. Learn his tips to set an anxious drink orderer - and drink maker, for that matter - at ease. Five Ways to Put a Nervous Drinker at Ease: Jamie Sanford 2. The menu is just a starting off point 3. If you learn enough about your nervous drinker’s palate from your conversation, go ahead and create an original cocktail for them 4. Pull out all the stops and ensure your nervous drinker that you are offering them the best cocktail that you can 5. It’s always good to have a specialty drink in your repertoire Strawberry Basil Lemonade Muddle the strawberries and basil leaves together with lemongrass simple syrup and fresh lemon juice. Then add Aperol and gin to the muddled strawberries and basil, and shake together. Pour into a chilled glass and top with ginger beer, orange bitters, and black pepper. Finally, garnish glass with a strawberry, basil leaf and lemon. Is there someone you'd like to see in the hot seat? Let us know in the comments below and if we agree, we'll do our best to chase 'em down. |
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What's a nervous drinker, seriously? This article is horrible.
I tend to think that if someone is nervous, maybe that's the very worst time to drink alcohol in the first place. Many a crap decision has been made that way.
Maybe the booze from the previous binge is wearing off which could, in effect ,make one appear nervous. Who comes up with this idioic crapola and more importantly why am I responding to it?
Trying again...Dang the robocensor...The idea that anyone has an attack of nerves when faced with having to order from a way-too-cool"mixologist" is as hilarious as it is absurd. Why so much snobbery around the subject of cocktails these days? The western world is increasingly devolving into a giant junior high school, it seems. Everyone trying to figure out ways to one-up and out- cool everyone else. It's Portlandia without the political correctness and flannel.
I've got news for all you trendy bar hoppers sipping your $18.00 "artisanal" drinks – any really intelligent person avoids alcohol. It's fattening, it destroys brain cells and damages your liver (that drunk feeling you enjoy is actually your body's reaction to a poison), and it's very aging for the skin.
What's a nervous drinker? Someone who has been unemployed more than six months, wants a drink at a bar like he/she used to, but feels guilty about spending the money because it could be better spent on food or the mortgage. Now that's nervous.
A nervous drinker walks into the bar and the place is jumping but the bartender is rude and dismissive and the nervous drinker goes elsewhere and has a good time there. The nervous drinker is not stupid.
If ordering a drink makes you nervous, you are woefully (and blissfully) ignorant of the state of the world today.
When I think of a Nervous Drinker... I think of the kid with peach fuzz on his face trying to pass a Fake ID to a bartender. Guess I am just being logical, its a curse and a blessing.
If it is a nervous male customer, I recommend Whisky. If female, Whisky with an ice cube.
Most bars are overpriced dives where socially desperate people go for the wrong reasons, with the risk of getting mugged by a thug or a cop when they get out. For me, the exceptions to the rule are venues with a following that play spankin' hot live music either in student or party towns. I can stock the wet bar in my den royally for the price of a good bender in a downtown dive and a DUI fine, and I have an exclusive choice as to the people that I drink with.
"Nervous drinkers?" Are you kidding me? Who comes up with this nonsense, and more importantly, what editor thinks it worthy of publication? Articles this stupid have got to be a sign of the apocalypse....
What is a nervous drinker? Who wrote this headline?
Thank goodness for this article. Because we all know bartenders can't figure out how to handle people at their bars. They would never have thought to spark up a conversation or recommend a drink. Pheww. The bar business is saved.
A "nervous drinker"? What's there to be nervous about at a bar when ordering a drink??? I'm too busy ogling the liquors and salivating about what concoction I'm about to order to be nervous!
When I ask for a layered drink, I get blank stares, frowns, or quizzical looks. There was a bartender at Dyess AFB in Texas in the early 1980's who did amazing things with layered drinks. I never saw another bartender who could do anything like it. The drinks were visually stunning and tasted outstanding. All fresh ingredients, no artificial flavored junk. Sure they cost a lot more and took longer to make, but they were worth it. I never have found a bartender as guest oriented as that gentleman was.
Girl drink drunk much?
Justin case you experience explosive diahrea in the bar while sitting on bar stool make sure you pinch your but cheeks together before jumping off the chair. Otherwise you will have what is called "moosh syndrome" and you will experience massive leakage from your bowels. Just hope that there is an unoccupied seat waitng for you in the bathroom...
Just make sure that you never have diahrea and drink liquied extacy mixed with prune juice. it is not a good combintation but it tastes delicious...
Yeah, 10 ounces of lemon juice and simple syrup is wayyyyyy wrong. That should be 1 oz of each.
Perhaps they corrected it, but I read 1 oz of each...
The recipe sounds very tasty, I'll have to give it a try.
Just pop a sleeping pill and go to bed.
I'm so glad I'm a pot smoker.
@MKR LMAO
I second that!!!
Yup, Alcohol is for LOSERS! Smoke up and win win. Hangovers are for idiots anyway. (Thumbs up)
i saw a greeting card in the store that said "thank god for beer" and had a picture of a guy chugging a mug. i thought "if that card said "thank god for weed" and had a picture of a guy toking a joint, theyd be writing a news story and the police would be in there confiscating them. oh how sad the world is when alcohol is promoted like that when it destroys lives and weed is so harmless.. and its scheduled next to heroin on the dea list.. how bizarre..
A nervous drinker? My niece is a bartender; she has lot's of stories to tell but never one about a nervous drinker.
There is no such thing as the term, 'nervous drinker.' This writer just made it up out of thin air to waste our time. Google it. This is the only reference to nervous drinker on the internet. I knew it sounded stupid.
Who really cares? I find it amusing you honed in on that, I didn't even think twice about it-didn't think the writer was trying to pawn off a phrase as being well known and then they TRICKED US! Seriously?
Maybe he meant people like me, who feel a little nervous (social anxiety) when going into a crowded bar in a strange city. Perhaps being a little self-conscious about ordering unfamiliar or exotic drinks even though I might like to try one. I can't be the only one.
You can try and put a skittish drinker at ease by offering them a carrot or apple to eat, then rubbing them on their nose. If they start to flare their nostrils or stomp their feet, back off a bit. Eventually you'll earn their trust...
Epic Lulz!
A horse walks into a bar..?
LMAO! Now I get it, thanks!
.....and the bartender says "hey, why the long face" ?
Asking questions are genuinely good thing if you are not understanding something entirely, except this post gives good understanding even.
Seems the Strawberry Basil Lemonade recipe is missing the basil in the ingredients list! It would help to know how much basil to use, and what type, since flavors and strengths can vary.
maybe they corrected the recipe after you read it...it calls for 3 basil leaves
But Basil comes in many varieties (spicy, sweet, more aromatic, etc.) and leaves comes in varying sizes from tiny to humongous: thus, it appears, the choice of the species and size relates to the level of nervousness of the customer...and if they are very nervous, use a fig leaf instead.
"Strawberry Basil Lemonade." I would soooo try that!
I had a vodka Basil Lemonade once. Not overly sweet; not too tart. Very sublime (sub-lemon?) I highly recommend it.
Guess I'm not a nervous drinker. If I go to a bar, I either have a specific drink in mind when I walk in or I'll look at their specialty co cktail menu for ideas.
Roofies help.
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noun Slang .
a dose of the sedative flunitrazepam, especially in tablet form.
Part of a balanced diet! giggity.