For this weeks project, I wanted to talk about ordering a drink. Not how to walk into a bar and order something, but what goes into actually ordering a drink. Orders like “a dry Hendricks martini, dirty, on the rocks” tells you a lot about the drink you’ll have to make. Starting with the cocktails […]
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My Experiences with Coding
When it comes to coding, I have a decent amount of experience. In fact, I’ve worked with Scratch before, but it was in high school. However, it was pretty easy to jump back in. I was able to throw a game together pretty quickly, even if it is pretty basic and rough. It basically just […]
Continue readingLayering a Drink: Learning Project Week 7
Image taken from TheCocktailNovice.com Layering a drink is a fairly crucial skill for bartending. While it doesn’t have any change in the taste of a drink, it does have an important impact on the drinks presentation. Presentation is pretty important, as more people are interested in buying a drink when it looks really cool. When […]
Continue readingShaken or Stirn: Learning Project Week 6
Image taken from ScreenRant.com I’m sure most of you, if not all, are familiar with James Bond. His drink of choice is almost as famous as the spy himself: vodka martini with a lemon peel, shaken, not stirred. A classy cocktail for a classy man. But this has lead to many, or at the very […]
Continue readingScared Safe in the Online World
In my school, I don’t remember many lessons we had on cyber security or staying safe on the internet. They would have been few and far between at that time. However, I do remember 2 lessons we had on it. The first was when I was in about 3rd or 4th grade. We were pretty […]
Continue readingCrash Course on Bar Tools, and Mixing Vs Shaking, and : Learning Project Week 5
Last week when I made the Raspberry Lemonade, I showed a few of the bar tools I had. While going over them I had thought about explaining in a bit of detail what each was and what it was used for. Then, I realized that it would make a much more interesting post on its […]
Continue readingThe De-Evolution of the Internet.
I was born in 2004, I always thought that made me part of the first generation that grew up with the “modern” internet. Growing up I remember how fun it was to hangout at your friends house, go on his dad’s computer, and just do internet things. Playing flash games, figuring out how to download […]
Continue readingGetting Creative with a Recipe: Learning Project Week 4
Images taken from Farm Fresh Carolina An important thing to remember about mixology, is that there’s never one true recipe. Every bar you enter could have a different way of making any cocktail. Now, they’re usually pretty similar across the board (for example, a regular gin martini will always be gin with a splash of […]
Continue readingThe Old Fashioned: Learning Project Week 3
The Old Fashioned dates back to the 1800’s. Its one of the oldest cocktails in our history, so old that it gets its name from people asking for “one of those good-old fashioned cocktails you used to make” when like martini’s and cosmopolitans where becoming popular. Its name literally come from the fact that its […]
Continue readingSpirits vs Liqueurs: Learning Project Week 2
When talking about different “hard liquor”, there are two terms we use often behind the bar. These are spirits and liqueurs. From my experience in the job, I’ve come to know spirits as your basic liquors. Your vodka, rum, whiskey, gin, tequila, etc. These all tend to be stronger, without much for added flavors. Liqueurs, […]
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