Daily Dose of AA — Bartending

By Heather Aucker

 

Most of the time when you sit down at a bar and order a drink, you assume that the bartender is a human encyclopedia of drink recipes. Unfortunately, that is not the case for many bartenders. Even in the time of having instant information at the plumb of our hands, it’s still surprising when a bartender has never heard of a drink that was ordered. For instance, my family and I were at a restaurant and my 83 year old grandfather ordered a Gibson and the bartender had never heard of it!  This incident made...