Ok through out the years of being awesome with people, I have managed to group up a team to help me do my deeds.....And on the way be awesome as well...


Me Liz and Jon...you might recognize these guys...Apart of our work is to make sure everyone is having fun sometimes tooo much haha Sometimes being awesome also back fires on you terribly...e.g.



Before shot: Hey guys you guys are Awesome lets party!!! As you can see Us PROFESSIONALS can predict what is going to happen next....


Oh No!! who is going to clean up this awesome mess!!! oh whats that Jon to the rescue!!!
After a few hours!!


HAha all in a days work....
 

As a bartender drinks doesn't always have to involve alcohol even though it kills all the fun out of everything haha, as request here is a mocktail; for those who don't know what a mocktail is it is a non alcoholic beverage 

I dont always get my costumers drunk haha well not intentionally 

Honey and Melon smash
2 piece honey dew
2 lychees
lychees juice dash
5mls gomme
Apple juice



Blend honey dew with juice, smash lychees shake strain into high ball, add crush ice garnish with honey dew slice.

This drink is great for those who love the refreshing taste of honey dew.... its made tall so you can drink it while you enjoy the Olympics, or add some vodka and midori if you want something with a little bit of a kick.  Enjoy....

See you guys around, I'm not always the intoxicator *cough* Pat

We all love to set things on fire when we were kids... Well when i was in JKT i tried to show my boys a very classic drink created by Professor Jerry Thomas "the original" bartender.

Reference from wiki:

A blue blazer is a type of cocktail created by Jerry Thomas, a bartender and author, while he was working at the El Dorado in San Francisco. Reportedly while Thomas was making the drink, President Ulysses S. Grant was so impressed that he gave Thomas a cigar. Thomas would only make the drink if the outside temperature was 50° F or below or if the person ordering the drink had a cold or the flu, whose symptoms the drink was to alleviate.

It is not so much the drink (which is just a simple whisky punch) but the actual mixing that is unique. Originally mixed in two silver cups, the whisky and water were heated up separately and poured into their own cups. The whisky was then lit on fire, and while it was burning, the water and whisky were poured back and forth between the cups without extinguishing the fire. Jerry Thomas held the cups at a meter's distance from each other while mixing, creating a long blue flame between the two cups.

The Recipe

2 1/2 oz rye or bourbon whiskey or Brandy
2 1/2 oz boiling water
1 tsp powdered sugar
lemon peel

Use two large silver-plated mugs, with handles. Put the whiskey in one mug, and the boiling water into the other, ignite the whiskey and, while blazing, mix both ingredients by pouring them from one mug to the other. If well done, this will have the appearance of a continued stream of liquid fire. Sweeten with sugar and serve with a piece of lemon peel. Serve in a four-ounce stemmed mug.

Here's a pic of him:

Now heres me trying to replicate him 100+ years later

Video: http://www.youtube.com/v/X2BFOt76MmU&hl=en&fs=1

Please don't try this at home... Unless you know what you doing Enjoy

On one of my ventures when i was exploring worm wood!!! (wormwood being a stomach remedy, with hallucinogenic qualities) i came across the best Absinthes ever!!! high in alcohol and great in taste  "Fantastic"  My mission was to see if you consume enough of this stuff "will you hallucinate?"

According to wiki Absinthe makes you crazy and criminal, provokes epilepsy and tuberculosis, and has killed thousands of French people. It makes a ferocious beast of man, a martyr of woman, and a degenerate of the infant, it disorganizes and ruins the family and menaces the future of the country.

knowing all this, Hehe me being me had to tried whatever i can take!! I tried the following:
Green fairy 70% ABV
Red fairy 75%ABV
Blue fairy 80%ABV
and my favorite being BLACK fairy 85% ABV



So to explain how to drink Absinthe your supposed to run in through a sugar cube on a Absinthe spoon and a dash of water, then light the sugar cube and let it SLOWLY dissolve into the solution, then slowly sip on it.  Great success!!! after 4 glasses i was necked!!! and no longer making any sense haha so go out and try some absinthe RESPONSIBLY....

Today I would like to share my thoughts on the art of drinking.  Like many of friends I enjoy my alcohol sometimes too much  But have we ever thought of what makes a great drink??? is it with good company? ambiance? venue? environment? glassware etc...

My last trip back to Australia I was at one of my favorite watering holes "Golden Monkey" where i was asked by a friend "what do you think is a good drink?" at the time in my hand was a mojito in a bamboo glass, I told him i think all the small components built up makes a great drink in my opinion i.e. good service, vibe, ambiance, venue etc... like I would like to bring up a few things I've notice when it comes to drinking, has anyone ever notice more than often we would believe a drink is better just because it's made with a premium product in?  Think the bottle of wine is great just because the waiter has told you its excellent? Or you can be drinking in a dirty/trashy club from a filthy glass and "LOVE IT! ", but on the flip side if you got the same drink at a hotel bar we would not be impressed.....Anyhoo enough rambling about drinking i'll cut it short and get myself a drink haha

Cocktail of the week or month until my next blog haha:

Black Cherry and Coconut Sour

4-5 Black Cherries
4 Lemon Wedges
30ml Malibu
20ml Chambord
20ml Monin Coconut
10ml Lime Juice
10ml Egg White
5ml Lingoberry Cordial

In a boston (mixing glass) lightly press lemon wedges and cherries, then add all ingredients shake vigorously (so you get a nice froffy head from the egg white) then single strain into a chilled wine glass preferably a big one over crush ice garnish with a mint sprig.  This drink is great for all you sour lovers out there.. enjoy!!