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Tag Archives: bartending
Bartenders On the Front Line for Veterans
An interesting idea is being floated by the author of a study focusing on the mental health of American veterans. The idea is that bartenders could play a role in identifying veterans in need of care. Keith Anderson, a professor … Continue reading →
Miracles Appear in the Strangest Of Places: Aussie Bartender Saves a Life
I love the title of this piece. It comes from Willie Nelson’s Yesterday’s Wine, and it is apropos to this piece coming out of Australia. Jenelle Splinter, a 37 year old nursing student and bartender recently used her nursing skills … Continue reading →
Santa Off the Hook: The Bartender Did it
Well, that’s a big relief. Santa apparently did not hold up the East Rhode Island Yacht Club bar with a shotgun as previously claimed by the bartender on duty. Christal Johnson was the bartender who made the original 911 call … Continue reading →
The Word “Mixologist”
Okay, I’ve been looking at blog post after blog post and news item after news item that insist on using the word “mixologist” to describe a person who makes alcoholic drinks. Presumably while doing yoga and tweeting about Oprah. This … Continue reading →
Santa Robs Yacht Club
No Santa walks into a bar carrying anything small, not in Rhode Island anyway. The Providence Journal is reporting on a naughty Santa who walked into the East Providence Yacht Club as the bartender was opening and held the place … Continue reading →
I Do Not Like Sweet Drinks
Funny little vid here… I tend to get to the point when I order: money ready, order ready, just get me my beer and shot and get me outta there. What about you? Do you like sweet?
Bartenders Suffer Under Google
Google has been a recent topic of discussion at the bourbonhours.com table. With everyone and their dog sporting a web-connected phone google (and web-search in general) has become the arbiter of inebriational debate rather than more traditional modes like fisticuffs … Continue reading →
When Meyer Gives You Lemons, Squeeze
The Vancouver Sun has a nice piece today on Meyer Lemons, the hybridized lemon- orange so beloved by bartenders everywhere for its sweeter juice and fragrant bouquet. It doesn’t have much to do with bourbon I’ll grant you, but it … Continue reading →
Bartender Blues: I Got the Bourbon Elbow Real Bad
Bartending has become a dangerous occupation it seems, and not just for the maudlin tales that you are forced to listen to. The NY Times had a story recently about the rise of repetitive strain injuries in the bartending profession. … Continue reading →