Friday, 28 November 2008

Unique Opportunity

So the job that I've got over here in rainy Oz is working in a bar which I've taken to like chocolate to a fat kid, and i think the managers noticed because he's now asked me to work the function room upstairs on my own on a Friday, the kid who used to do it left yesterday and this proceeded to show me how to work the bar upstairs, who the regulars were, how to shut down the bar and also how to make a couple of shots...
he also said that he had gone about and made a couple of his own shots 1. to pass the time and 2. out of boredom but they have proved popular with his regulars and also customers who have just come in on the day. He recommended that I try and invent a couple of my own which is what has led me to write this post...I want to ask my fellow drinkers for some ideas.....

The spirits and options we have at the pub to use are the obvious Whiskeys, Vodka, Rum, Gin, Bourbon, Baileys, Sambuca (black and white), Coke, Lemonade and then things like Frangelico, Jagermesiter, Jim Beam, Midori, Malibu plus things like Apple, Orange, P/apple and Cranberry juice plus a lot more besides - I've only been there two days so don't know the whole arsenal of spirits just yet...

Anyway, if you have any ideas of recipes that might work well together I'm happy to give them a try, the dude I'm taking over from said that his own shot called johnny Rotten was very popular and consisted of 3 parts Barcadi, 3 parts Malibu, 3 parts Midori green and then baileys poured around the edge to create that separated effect.

I've thought of a few names that could transfer well to be also the names of shots such as Raise The Alarm, Commercial Breakdown, Rubicon and the such...obviously it's better for me if the shot represented the name its given, i.e. Rubicon - Fruity, but i suppose for most Australians who've never heard of them it wont really matter.

so, if you've an idea and a name then I'm more than happy to hear them and give them a bash, I've a couple of friends coming to the bar tonight and I've taken it upon myself to try a few on them tonight with a Baby Guinness being the first one I'm going to crack out (Just over 3/4 of the Glass with jagermesiter, topped with Baileys poured slowly around the edge to create the white of the Guinness head)

Either leave a comment here or email me - even if there's some that are tried and tested and you think will go down well over here let me 'ave em to!!

Have fun and drink responsibly

2 comments:

Jake said...

English Spice...

Double Morgan Spice Rum
Shot of Malibu
Bit of a lime/orange juice combo to top it off, served cool with ice.

Nice!

coombes said...

I think you should name a drink a 'Matt Taylor'!