Comments on: How to Make a Daiquiri - The American Bartending School Way http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/ Jeffrey Morgenthaler is a designer, blogger and mixologist living in Eugene, Oregon Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:46:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sierra http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30657 Sierra Sat, 21 Jun 2008 08:37:12 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30657 You picked a winner with this one! You picked a winner with this one!

]]> By: Jeffrey Morgenthaler http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30552 Jeffrey Morgenthaler Sun, 15 Jun 2008 10:49:42 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30552 I wish it were a joke, but I'm fairly certain that this is all-too serious. I wish it were a joke, but I’m fairly certain that this is all-too serious.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30547 Marcus Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:00:42 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30547 Oh boy! Jeff Cooley's video link HAS to be a dead giveaway. It's obviously all an inside joke! So funny to watch him as he messes up! Haha! Oh boy! Jeff Cooley’s video link HAS to be a dead giveaway. It’s obviously all an inside joke! So funny to watch him as he messes up! Haha!

]]> By: Bradley Dawson http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30473 Bradley Dawson Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:28:55 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30473 I am actually offended that this guy didn't have the decency to mention me when I taught him exactly how to make a correct daiquiri. And, he forgot the whip cream. I am actually offended that this guy didn’t have the decency to mention me when I taught him exactly how to make a correct daiquiri.

And, he forgot the whip cream.

]]> By: Jeffrey Morgenthaler http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30198 Jeffrey Morgenthaler Thu, 29 May 2008 17:06:33 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30198 Hex You're at a good place to start, now visit my friends in the links section above and to the right. I learn from the books in my recommendations list and the websites in my blogroll every day. Good luck! Hex

You’re at a good place to start, now visit my friends in the links section above and to the right. I learn from the books in my recommendations list and the websites in my blogroll every day.

Good luck!

]]> By: Hex http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30177 Hex Thu, 29 May 2008 05:00:37 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30177 I agree this is revolting, but how else would someone learn? I am interested in bar tending and have thought about these schools a couple of times. Glad I didn't go now. I agree this is revolting, but how else would someone learn? I am interested in bar tending and have thought about these schools a couple of times. Glad I didn’t go now.

]]> By: Mark http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30159 Mark Wed, 28 May 2008 11:36:35 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30159 I also want to reply to Trevor's comment... People often ask me if I went to school to be a bartender. I tell them know, in fact I got my first job as a bartender with no front of the house restaurant experience. I was lucky, but the bar manager knew me as someone who was honest, had a good personality, and knew how to take care of customers. The drinks, she said, are the easy part. Not to imply that a bartender can get by without drink knowledge, but a person can't be "taught" honesty or personality. A long response I know, but I always dissuade people from going to bartender school. I also want to reply to Trevor’s comment…

People often ask me if I went to school to be a bartender. I tell them know, in fact I got my first job as a bartender with no front of the house restaurant experience.

I was lucky, but the bar manager knew me as someone who was honest, had a good personality, and knew how to take care of customers. The drinks, she said, are the easy part.

Not to imply that a bartender can get by without drink knowledge, but a person can’t be “taught” honesty or personality.

A long response I know, but I always dissuade people from going to bartender school.

]]> By: Mark http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30158 Mark Wed, 28 May 2008 11:31:29 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-30158 Not only would this recipe taste bad....the color of the drink is revolting! WTF commercial brand of sour mix are they using!? Not only would this recipe taste bad….the color of the drink is revolting! WTF commercial brand of sour mix are they using!?

]]> By: Jesse http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29399 Jesse Mon, 21 Apr 2008 03:04:16 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29399 http://youtube.com/watch?v=OjGNdhiu4Wo Omg omg, here is the orgasm one. We couldn't find it on youtube because he spelled it with an I. http://youtube.com/watch?v=OjGNdhiu4Wo

Omg omg, here is the orgasm one. We couldn’t find it on youtube because he spelled it with an I.

]]> By: Jesse http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29398 Jesse Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:55:52 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29398 http://youtube.com/watch?v=NIBTx-Dfh0M also kinda fun watching him say cum shot. http://youtube.com/watch?v=NIBTx-Dfh0M

also kinda fun watching him say cum shot.

]]> By: Sommelier http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29393 Sommelier Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:08:13 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29393 Ughhhhhh!!!!!! And this guy is supposed to be so good that he is teaching? Remember, please, that we are professionals! We keep our hands and nails clean & neat (no biting your fingernails!), and away from our noses, faces, ears and hair. Ughhhhhh!!!!!! And this guy is supposed to be so good that he is teaching? Remember, please, that we are professionals! We keep our hands and nails clean & neat (no biting your fingernails!), and away from our noses, faces, ears and hair.

]]> By: heckler http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29088 heckler Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:42:36 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-29088 i like totally love you, man. i like totally love you, man.

]]> By: Chuck http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28391 Chuck Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:08:11 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28391 Not to mention <a href="http://www.smallscreennetwork.com/" rel="nofollow">Robert</a>'s too, of course. :) Not to mention Robert’s too, of course. :)

]]> By: Chuck http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28390 Chuck Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:06:39 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28390 That guy's videos are just too revolting for words. Now, for <i>good</i> cocktail-making videos, they just posted a handy-dandy <a href="http://blog.nola.com/entertainment/2007/07/archive_of_nolas_best_cocktail.html" rel="nofollow">compendium of Chris McMillian's 20 videos</a> on "New Orleans' Best Cocktails" over at the <i>Times-Picayune</i>. That guy’s videos are just too revolting for words.

Now, for good cocktail-making videos, they just posted a handy-dandy compendium of Chris McMillian’s 20 videos on “New Orleans’ Best Cocktails” over at the Times-Picayune.

]]> By: Trevor Smith http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28311 Trevor Smith Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:28:38 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28311 That's the most realistic representation of what I think bartending school is like that I've ever seen. Let this be a lesson to all perspective bartenders that are thinking of bartending school or the unfortunate many that have gone and lead off your introduction to a bar manager with "I'm a licensed mixologist" This video perfectly exemplifies the kind of training you'll receive. Not to mention, there is more to bartending then drink knowledge. That’s the most realistic representation of what I think bartending school is like that I’ve ever seen.

Let this be a lesson to all perspective bartenders that are thinking of bartending school or the unfortunate many that have gone and lead off your introduction to a bar manager with “I’m a licensed mixologist”

This video perfectly exemplifies the kind of training you’ll receive. Not to mention, there is more to bartending then drink knowledge.

]]> By: Josh M. http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28256 Josh M. Sun, 16 Mar 2008 08:28:06 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-28256 At least he knows what Irish Cream is, Jeff..."It's Irish, it's creamy, it has an alcoholic, uh, content..." Priceless! At least he knows what Irish Cream is, Jeff…”It’s Irish, it’s creamy, it has an alcoholic, uh, content…”

Priceless!

]]> By: blair frodelius http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27960 blair frodelius Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:58:37 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27960 These videos are turning into the "Be Kind, Rewind" remakes of mixology. These videos are turning into the “Be Kind, Rewind” remakes of mixology.

]]> By: Scott http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27955 Scott Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:42:47 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27955 Check out the recipe for a Brandy Alexander. Did you know you can use half and half or cream, whatever you happen to have on hand.. Also, it has "cream dee coco," not creme de cacao in it, which comes in both light and dark, which can look like water. And you have to love the techno music in the background for such a classic drink. Check out the recipe for a Brandy Alexander. Did you know you can use half and half or cream, whatever you happen to have on hand.. Also, it has “cream dee coco,” not creme de cacao in it, which comes in both light and dark, which can look like water. And you have to love the techno music in the background for such a classic drink.

]]> By: Jeff Cooley http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27951 Jeff Cooley Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:21:37 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27951 Had way too much time on my hands this morning so I've been watching this guy's videos. My favorite so far is the Orgasm. I really just wanted to hear him have to say the drink name for a laugh, then it just got so much better. Following the link doesn't take you right to the video (I couldn't get a direct link) but you just have to scroll down to the orgasm video. http://www.barschool.com/recipes/O/orgasm.asp Trust me, it's worth it. He actually drops the Kahlua, knocking over some glass-ware in the process, and becomes visibly frustrated to the point he has to stop the video (though he doesn't edit out the accident, I guess he doesn't have i-movie). After he regains his composure he fails horribly trying to make the already disgusting layered shot and explains that his completely un-layered creation will separate on its own after a minute or so. Now, I hate the whole idea of shooters and I especially hate uber sweet layered shooters (as a rule I generally refuse to make them for people) but if I absolutely had to, and owned a bar school (god forbid), and posted videos of myself making drinks on the internet, I think I would be sure to make a beautiful Orgasm. Had way too much time on my hands this morning so I’ve been watching this guy’s videos. My favorite so far is the Orgasm. I really just wanted to hear him have to say the drink name for a laugh, then it just got so much better. Following the link doesn’t take you right to the video (I couldn’t get a direct link) but you just have to scroll down to the orgasm video.

http://www.barschool.com/recipes/O/orgasm.asp

Trust me, it’s worth it. He actually drops the Kahlua, knocking over some glass-ware in the process, and becomes visibly frustrated to the point he has to stop the video (though he doesn’t edit out the accident, I guess he doesn’t have i-movie). After he regains his composure he fails horribly trying to make the already disgusting layered shot and explains that his completely un-layered creation will separate on its own after a minute or so. Now, I hate the whole idea of shooters and I especially hate uber sweet layered shooters (as a rule I generally refuse to make them for people) but if I absolutely had to, and owned a bar school (god forbid), and posted videos of myself making drinks on the internet, I think I would be sure to make a beautiful Orgasm.

]]> By: Robert Heugel http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27943 Robert Heugel Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:11:20 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27943 The Rob Roy Video - "Bonacals"??? Is he trying to say barnacles instead of botanicals??? Yeah, I'll take my Rob Roy attached to a freakin' ship, thanks. The Rob Roy Video -

“Bonacals”??? Is he trying to say barnacles instead of botanicals??? Yeah, I’ll take my Rob Roy attached to a freakin’ ship, thanks.

]]> By: Japanese whisky http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27933 Japanese whisky Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:07:03 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27933 Inspiring Inspiring

]]> By: Doug Winship http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27929 Doug Winship Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:11:50 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27929 Perfect Jeffrey, just perfect! Nobody fisks a bartending video like you do. Of course nobody else fisks them at all, that I know of. Still, why should they bother, when you do it so damn well? Remind me not to get on your bad side! Incidentally, I think this video would make a damn fine hiring aid. Show it to a prospective bartender, and if he or she doesn't laugh their contemptuous ass off, they don't make the cut.... Perfect Jeffrey, just perfect!

Nobody fisks a bartending video like you do. Of course nobody else fisks them at all, that I know of. Still, why should they bother, when you do it so damn well? Remind me not to get on your bad side!

Incidentally, I think this video would make a damn fine hiring aid. Show it to a prospective bartender, and if he or she doesn’t laugh their contemptuous ass off, they don’t make the cut….

]]> By: Chris http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27912 Chris Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:20:18 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27912 Oh my f***ing god! Watch when he makes the worst old fashioned i've ever seen someone make. That's is just awesome. I can't believe that people like him actually are allowed to "teach" other people. Oh my f***ing god! Watch when he makes the worst old fashioned i’ve ever seen someone make.

That’s is just awesome.

I can’t believe that people like him actually are allowed to “teach” other people.

]]> By: Jeffrey Morgenthaler http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27886 Jeffrey Morgenthaler Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27886 There are 80, count 'em - 80 - more videos by this cat on <a href="http://youtube.com/user/jtiano" rel="nofollow">YouTube</a>. How our friend Jack is qualified to train anyone in anything is beyond me, but listening to him slaughter the word "botanicals" when speaking about vermouth should be a big warning sign: <object width="325" height="266"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cDBfSFtbTiw"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cDBfSFtbTiw" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="325" height="266"></embed></object> There are 80, count ‘em - 80 - more videos by this cat on YouTube.

How our friend Jack is qualified to train anyone in anything is beyond me, but listening to him slaughter the word “botanicals” when speaking about vermouth should be a big warning sign:

]]> By: Giuseppe http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27883 Giuseppe Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:28:22 +0000 http://www.jeffreymorgenthaler.com/2008/how-to-make-a-daiquiri-the-american-bartending-school-way/#comment-27883 Quite possibly the most awesome video I have ever seen... I am gonna call this guy to do a presentation at Tales this year... He is inspiring! Quite possibly the most awesome video I have ever seen… I am gonna call this guy to do a presentation at Tales this year… He is inspiring!

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