Tales Of The Cocktail 2010

Tales of the Cocktail

Another year goes by, and I miss another Tales of the Cocktail. For those of you who don’t know what it is, Tales is a combination of seminars, press releases, conferences, party’s, and events hosted by numerous liquor brands and companies that is attended and moderated by the best chefs, mixologists, authors, bloggers, and celebrities in the cocktail industry to date. I pan to keep up with most of the goings on through blogs by people who are actually there. I suggest you take a look at it. Hopefully next year I will be personally blogging about it rather than directing you to a blog about it.

Tales Blog

NATIONS Flair Competition

NATIONS Prizes and Qualifying Rules have been posted!

Nations Flair Competition

We are excited to have a new home for NATIONS International Flair Challenge at the brand new ROCK and RITA’s Flair Bar in Circus Circus Hotel & Casino.

Finals rules are being worked on as you read this.  Budgets are tight, but we are doing everything we can to save costs and increase the prize money.  We were able to pay out to the Top 15 Pros and Top 10 Advanced competitors!

REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!

What we will tell you right now is the finals format will be like no other competition in history.  Keep tuned!!!

Go to The Flair Bartenders Association for more info.

Once again… A new Job

 The bartending world has thrown another curveball my way and once again I have a new job. It has been a while since I have worked in an “Ultra Lounge” setting and I am looking forward to it. Hopefully the higher end clients that they are expecting will let me create some higher end cocktails rather than the in the weeds, slinging vodka red bull crowd that I have mainly dealt with in the past 5 years. Wish me Luck.

Can I get a Grey Goose and Vodka?

Me: What do you want?

Idiot: Grey Goose and Vodka.

Me: A what?

Idiot: Grey Goose and Vodka!!

Me: You want a Grey Goose AND Vodka??

Idiot: Ya, give me a Grey Goose and Vodka!!!!

It happens twice a night. Every night. For the past seven years. I wish this was an exaggeration.