This Drink Is the True Test of a Bartender's Skill | Bartender Confidential
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- We gathered America’s top bartenders to ask them if it would be possible to judge a fellow bartender by having them make just one drink. We were surprised how many had the same answer: The Daiquiri. No, not that frozen concoction you can get out of a slushie machine at a bad resort, but the simple mix of lime, sugar and rum.
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I use the Manhattan as my test of a bar. Another simple, classic cocktail that I see many bartenders eff up all the time.
I find it so ironic that the bartenders in this series seem to be so anti-all things hipster but in the most unbelievably hipster way possible. This is not a variety of bartenders- it is one specific type!
They're ridiculous, they all go to tales, they all are alcoholics, and they all think that a daiquiri shows skill. I would think a classic martini or old fashion shows skill. How does a daiquiri test skill? I would be like "a strawberry daiquiri?" I would just ask difficult calls that only a seasoned bartender would know, like poinsettas, orange blossoms, liquid cocaine, stuff like that, real calls, not stupid corpse reviver #2's and aviations. The reason those drinks fell out of favor is because nobody ever ordered them, so why try and bring them back. Only douchebags order that kind of stuff, like classic daiquiri's. seriously.
They used the daiquiri because it's simple, not because it demonstrates a high level of skill. Their reasoning is if you can't do the basics then you probably can't be trusted to do something complicated.
cant tell if you're joking or not, those drinks are unbalanced sugar bombs that typically are drinken by people who have just turned 21 and started drinking. No respectful cocktail spot is going to advertise those, granted most of the ingredients are common bar stuff that they'll have. Soooo, yea
LOL @ LEGIT k
Hope you are trolling.
@@2legitk10 The "Strawberry Daiquiri" you mention, isn't the classic one at all. The Martini/old fashioned? Classic Daquiri falls under that category. Try a real daquiri sometime. There's a reason why it's a classic.
i don't exactly know what this channel is but i'm digging it
I don't understand all the comments.. the title was : what is the real test and they gave an answer... The Classic Daiquiri (and that is true)... so what's wrong ?
Don't know if you're new to the cesspit that is the comment section on youtube but it is especially bad with cocktail videos.
Everyone seems to think they have a degree in cocktail mixing.
A 6 year bartender here. I stand behind this %100
I've been bartending for 7 years in a fairly upscale restaurant and literally have never had one person order a daquiri...
I had one table run through half a bag of limes last night, first time getting a daquiri. Gotta admit they are delicious.
What about gimlets?
the end clip pretty much sums up the tone of the ch. children at work.
I like how these people are talking about a Daiquiri like it's the equivalent to disarming a block of C4 with a mercury switch detonator. "YOU BETTER MAKE DAMN SURE ITS DONE RIGHT."
They are that serious because they are bertender. Making good drinks is their whole career. I think that is a good reflection on them. I mean, would you go to a bar with a bartender who doesn't really care how his/her drinks will turn out?
DooskiiGang I know right? You're combining alcohol for alcoholics. This isn't art.
Couple drinks get sent back, couple food orders comped, "whoops, you cost me 180 bucks on a tuesday, you're fired". It's some solid insight to how the industry works and why people are very very picky, quality equates to money, and I promise you ordering a daq at some of their bars will be 4$ more expensive than your average bar. Nobody wants to go to a cocktail bar, order a classic, and be disappointed. The business will eat the 14-30$ drink and be pissed at the guy who fucked up. So best believe the hiring process involves some heavy judgement.
We're having bartenders take this test.
+Playboy Love this!! Just had my first!
This was terrible, I wish there was a way to make this not show up in my RUclips feed.
100% approve of this, I only just recently became a cocktail bartender and learning/memorising a daiquiri was the first thing I did
This video sure triggered a lotta people...
K Funk I wouldn’t say it triggered anyone. It just made us face palm our hands through our fucking faces.
I'm in my 4th year of bartending. For me the drink I order to test a bartender's skill is the margarita.
Tommy's or classic?
@@joelwilcox5424 Herein lies the problem with using a margarita.
Correct answer! Truly the best yard sick to judge your bartender.
As a bartender for 15 years I can assure you that no one drinks daiquiris unless you're on the beach. Period.
If I'm testing someone let me see there old fashioned. Everyone does it different, just make it good.
Mike Ratkiewicz was sure they were going to say old fashion or maybe a Manhattan since they’re all from nyc smh when they said daiquiris I was literally thinking I’ve made that drink once or twice before who tf drinks that in any setting.
The main reason this is a test is there isn't much room for debate on a daiquri, it's either balanced or not. Old fashioned/Manhattans have so much variety with what you can do and what is expected, some people like them dry/sweet/boozey/herbal. Someone may not directly order a Daiquri but if you make them a good one it's gone in under 2 minutes.
Old fashions and Manhattans are also popular enough that people will order them at bars that aren't even cocktail focused bars, so even a rookie bartender will probably have some idea how to make them correctly.
Mike Ratkiewicz I suppose you have a point, the one time I ordered a daiquiri at a bar the bartender retorted that they didn’t have a blender before I explained I just wanted a normal/traditional one.
Jutaisc2 You have a point, however much like an old fashioned or a Manhattan, bartenders are all very different. Get 100 bartenders in a room and they’ll make you 100 different drinks, even daiquiris. What makes a drink good and special isn’t whether a bartender can follow a recipe to a T, but how they make the drink their own. An easy drink is a good one to test them on, but don’t base it on how perfectly it’s made; rather how unique it is made, and of course whether it’s good or not
I live in cold ass vermont. I have seen many people order daiquiris and other fruity drinks.
As a bartender I really love these videos, that being said, this is probably the worst
Just like a bad daiquiri this video has no "energy" to certain degree they are right, if you can't make a daiquiri then why should they hire you, but they just went way overboard like it's the holy grail of cocktail making. They also get pretty snobbish in this vid
The Daiquiri is like my Mojito as that is what I order when I want to see the skills of the bar.
I love this so much because a classic daiquiri is one of my favorite drinks ever, yet so many people only equate it with slushies. Went to the only cocktail-only bar in my town and asked for a classic daiquiri and he put strawberry and mint in it. What are you doing man?
Sadly in Ireland people think a daiquiri is a big frozen strawberry slush puppy? I love it when customers ask me for a classic daiquiri!
if only i went to uptight hipster bars
they're right about "if you can't mix those 3 ingredients properly" etc, but seriously it's really hard to fuck up Daiquiri. like impossible.
That's what I'm thinking. You follow the recipe and - voila! - Daiquiri! But these pretentious twats would find some problem. You didn't give it the right ENERGY. When he said that I thought this must be a joke or a parody of bartenders.
Kind of weird to order a daiquiri as a test to see if you want to order another cocktail. The other cocktail stands as much a chance to be good or bad as the daiquiri does, so why not just order what you want and judge the bartender off of that? You can still switch to beer/wine after one cocktail if you're not impressed.
Daiquiri for me 2 oz white rum 1oz fresh squeezed lime juice 1oz simple syrup.Served in a chilled cocktail glass double strained with a lime wheel garnish.Did I pass?
sounds correct to me.
Nope. Sorry dude, your energy was just too low. But your vintage plaid shirt, skinny jeans, wacky mustache, and hipster fedora were right on point! ;o)
@@davidcattin7006 damn maybe next life!
asked to make a daiquiri, then makes an old fashioned with soda.
I didn't know that the Daiquiri was the test drink. I went to a birthday party that had an open bar and I asked this older lady to make me one and she made me a pretty good Daiquiri, an hour later I asked a younger bartender to make me one and I'm not sure if he was taught wrong or if he misheard me because he gave me something completely different. I was so disappointed by the second drink but hey, beggars can't be choosers so I accepted this drink that the party's host paid for.
Smith and cross lime and demerrera. The best!
So it's vodka, lemon and honey in a blender right?
i like this, i respect this.
I judge a bartender on how they make a daiquiri so I can trust them with handing me a beer
I gotta order more daiquiris.
son muy chidos
Very lucky that daiquiri is one of my drinks of choice
Chestnut Club in Santa Monica makes an outstanding Daiquiri.
me gustaron mucho los vídeos de Xavier Velasques
chidos
So just rum, lime juice, and simple syrup define a bartender? Sounds a tad bit pretencious
Why do they make it sound like you need a PHD to make a fucking drink, lol
I have the same feeling towards caipirinha, it's pretty much the same thing, hard liquor (cachaça), lemon and sugar. It's pretty easy to screw up, I have only found few people which could pull it of.
When someone orders a daiquiri at my bar, it’s usually accompanied by a shot of amaro. Hipsters usually have a sense of entitlement that stinks up a room. That being said, don’t fuck up my daiquiri.
Ha, I remember my first cocktail too.
Imagine another bartender ordering that and thinking they are gonna judge you. Hey I got some old bubblegum wine coolers if thats more your speed.
So why didn't any of them make a daiquiri?
Damn. These people have their shit together.
Yeah fuck it I'll just have a beer.
These people are literally just pretentious hipsters pretending not to be pretentious hipsters. So glad I don't work with bartenders like this.
Really? Seems like they asked them to ramp it up to a thousand. Truly obnoxious people!
Not gonna lie, while watching this my brain went into a little bit of a panic mode because I couldn't remember a daiquiri. I mean I could remember the ingredients and procedure, but my proportions were off. Will be adding that to my list of things to review/refresh.
The most talented & hired bartenders are the ones that pack full glass of ice. Keeps the business costs low and a boss happy.
A daiquiri, not an old fashioned? Really?
I feel the Old Fashioned is a lot more of a forgiving drink:
Although it is also only three ingredients, because of the nature of the base spirit and how you're modifying it, you can play fast and loose with the proportions and technique.
You could throw everything in a glass and call it good, stir it in that glass. stir it separately and strain over fresh ice, you may have preference of lemon or orange garnish, but they won't break the cocktail.
Also, an extra few dashes of bitters probably won't kill all but the most delicate whiskies, an extra quarter ounce of syrup won't throw the drink way out.
I took part in a speed bartending round last year where we had to make five drinks as fast as possible (I managed two minutes) I managed to overpour the sugar syrup slightly because it flowed faster than when I was practising. I also over dosed the bitters in the heat of the moment:
Thankfully since the only judging criteria aside from getting it done, was "Would you send it back in a high volume bar?" I retained my points. If it were a daiquiri and I splashed that much more sugar in, I certainly would have been marked down.
I do agree with you that the Old Fashioned is an incredibly important cocktail, but I agree with these guys and girls that the Daiquiri is possibly a more precise measure of a bartender's knowledge, skill and taste.
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I've always heard a Gin Fizz myself. Tests all of the basic drink-mixing skills of a bartender
Old fashioned was probably the #2 answer from bartenders interviewed for this series. Again, going back to the simplicity of it and ability to master the basics. However, many many more said the Daiquiri, which surprised us a little how overwhelming it was.
Indulgence Interesting. Thanks for the reply!
Don't most people these days order a strawberry daquri, rather than a regular one?
My test is the negroni, due to the fact it’s also 3 ingredients that the balance has to be perfect but every bartender has there own riff on it
Lol I wonder if the test is to see if they actually serve in chilled in a coupe glass rather than over ice
I bet these people are a hoot to party with...
They actually are!
At our college bar my test for new bartenders is a lemon drop. I shit you not I’ve had someone make theirs with just vodka and a splash of lemonade...
“Skill”
I was a bartender for seven years. Pretty sure I made a real Daiquiri.... well never. Made every other standard: Martini's, Old Fashioned's, Manhattans etc but no Daiquiris. People think it's a frozen blended drink you get on vacation in the Caribbean. That being said I drink daiquiris on the rocks every day at home. Or Caipirinha's
I could never be a bartender... I'd be like soooo you want a water??
How does this channel only have 19000 subscribers?!
PuddleOfDoom because not everyone is into pretentious hipsterisms
Soooooo
*WHERE'S THE DRINK?????*
Been bartending 42 years, martini. If you shake, you lose. And long island ice tea.
Even if it's a daiquiri or margarita the whole point of making food or beverages is putting your own tumbprint on it. If these people's idea of a specific flavor was law then what's the point of visiting bars just mass produce your drinks if every one says it has to be one way.
You can order custom drinks at a cocktail bar and be surprised if that's what you're looking for. But if you order a classic drink, that's what you want.
fyi theres more than 1 factor that determines what makes a good bartender.
I would love to have a drink and talk with Ms Mix
A gin and tonic is a good judge drink and let's see what questions they ask you
Whenever i test people its usually can u make a bloody mary, margarita or long island
A lot of strange condescension in this video. Not particularly pleasant to watch.
When I'm drunk, I'll drink anything.
Daiquiri is for people that work in franchise restaurants,(frozen cocktails 🤭)I haven’t made a daiquiri in the last 10 years bartending.
Isn’t the Negroni better for such a test?
151 daiquiris rule!
Give me a drink Bartender.
could you also make a god damn daiquiri in the video? sheesh
No. This knowledge is too powerful to be shown to the non-hipster. You must prove your credentials by buttoning up your shirt all the way. A bowtie would be nice, a hat indoors, maybe some ironic retro glasses or ridiculous facial hair. Only then may you come to possess this knowledge.
Yes, and then they all had to taste and rate them. Nah, they wouldn't do that. It would result in bloodshed. They're weird, but not stupid. ;o) That would actually have been fun. Have them each make their version and some regular people as well as "experts" rate them. Would love to see the expressions of the losers!!!
One time I went to a bar and asked for A CLASSIC, AN OLD FASHIONED and this Female bartender goes “Oh I don’t have an orange for that” ?!?! THAT IS LITERALLY JUST A GARNISH WHAT YOU NEED THE ORANGE FOR??? And I never got my old fashioned had a shitty Mai Tai never going back there EVER
This is just like baristas except with flat whites
6 years later I wonder where these pretentious people are.
Unemployed? Dead? Still tending bar and hating their lives?
So many upset people in the comments, yet no one is upset when Gordon Ramsay says he gauges chefs by their ability to make scrambled eggs.
i didnt know people liked daquiris outside of Nola
Old Fashioned … hands down. And if they dare to muddle up half a fruit salad Mad Men style I know I won't order a cocktail again at that bar. Or if they add soda - but I guess I'd just leave in that case …
"ITS NOT JUST THOSE 3 INGREDIENTS pROPERLY mEASURED" I HATE THOSE KINDS OF BARTENDERS THAT HAVE A CHEFS ATTITUDE. Quick let me make a Hand Crafted Artisan RUM & COKE. GTFOH!!! FYI WHEN PROPERLY FOLLOWING A RECIPE ALL DRINKS TASTE HOW THEY ARE MEANT. (I KNOW HARD TO BELIEVE).. Been bartending for over 15 years ;)
but i mean to be fair though, there are some drink where that's true. you can really fuck an old fashioned up by putting all the ingredients in there in correct quantities and just tossing them in. like say you watched a bartender throw the literally everything in a shaker, then shake and dump it.... the fuck? no muddle, nothing, just shaken and poured. Sure, at the end of the day it's still bourbon, and i'd still drink it, but it's nowhere near what a good old fashioned should be. So you know, occasionally it's a little more than correct amount of ingredients. For most shit though, yeah, just put the right stuff in a glass, how had is that? don't act like it's fucking rocket science please.
Oh my God. I just want a Daquiri.... The pretentious folks don't even pronounce it correctly...
and you can't spell it correctly...
It boggles my mind that so many bartenders I run across do not know how to make a daiquiri or do not have the ingredients on hand to make it.
Seems odd. If a bar doesn't have lime, rum, and simple syrup, it's not a cocktail bar at all, it's a dive. Either take your Bud Light like a man or go to a better bar ;o) LOL! Best regards from Indiana!
I would say negroni. Because it looks simple but there are some steps and details that you shouldn't forget. And even in good bars I didn't see much bartenders who can make a good negroni.
youll be amazed how many places will use multiple smaller ices in stead of a single large chunk as well as omitting an orange spritz at the end
If you ask me, I just rate bartenders witj their knowledge of “standard” and “easy” drinks,... y’know the Old fashioneds, Tequila Sunrise, Martinis, heck even Cuba Libres,.... which is just rum and coke. To my surprise, that a small albeit “highclass” bartender in a hole in wall bar in Tokyo manage to do a simple cocktail with a good taste and less more pretentiousness than these bartenders shown in this channels.
I get it though, it’s all about the face you put out for the crowd you’re facing, and I’m also wrong comparing a battlefield/trauma surgeon against a specialist surgeon,
so if the bartender is a hipster, then he/she are probably really good
Russell agree. I can't stand all these stuck up hipster gurus.
i was going to comment something similar, but this says it all
You guys are fucking useless, judgemental, ignorant morons.
right you are
I wouldn't presume that. Personally, if I walked into a bar and saw any of these pretentious twats at the bar I'd turn around and walk out.
Not as picky about the drinks, but if a bar has dirty bathrooms, I'm out
How do you say "Banana Daiquiri" in Spanish?
puta madre...its one of those indirect translations
Don't worry, I got the reference
Hhhh
lot of kids in the comments don't understand the reference
Sounds like a bunch of people repeating each other.
DAQ!!
Nah man, the real test of a bartender is a sugar rush.
Is anybody watching the cash register?
Fuck that, get them to pour a perfect Guinness ... if you can't do that then you can't do anything right, even to the level of mixed drinks!
So that was a waste of my time. You didn't show how to make the perfect daiquiri.
That wasn't the purpose of the video, but if you need to know, let great Steve Schneider teach you: ruclips.net/video/c9ThZdszDXY/видео.html
I always felt that the true test of a bartender was a great Bloody Mary. =)
Next up how to make cereal
Whisky Sour every time.
i don't understand why americans cannot properly say words in other languages. daiquìri
So many bars won't do daqaris
The chick with the ink sounds like the gay dude from Independence Day. Harvey Fierstein.
lmao 100%
*claps hands together* That's what it was. Thank you, knew that voice sounded oddly familiar.
these are all very attractive people
Even Maxwell Britten?
Emily Harrelson even Erick castrated?
Tool central
First, i tought my brand new headphone was broken...(why is there no sound on the left side??)
Second, it's funny because i've been working in restaurant/bar for 10 years and i've been asked for a Daiquiri only once in my life. This video is so staged and fake. There is no "one cocktail to test the bartender's skill", there are more "iconic" and "classic" cocktails, and definitly other harder cocktail to actually "test bartender's skill" .... and more important everyone's taste and preference are different.
I guess it's just a 2min clickbait
I've never made or drank a daiquiri
Holy hipster batman
Shaun Renew "they got us surrounded" lol
Does anyone know what molecule the chick has tattooed on her right arm? Kinda reminds me of heroin or LSD
lol
Fuck me, in Scotland bar tender is the job you do when you are studying so you can get a real job - these roasters make themselves sound like world changers 😅
Love this! 💯💯💯 I’ve always tested bars with daiquiris way before I watched this vidoe love how other relate, do you guys have an Instagram page?