Too Many Spirits.......

And by too many spirits, I don’t mean those of the ghostly variety…..but rather the bottles sitting on the back of the bar.

We did inventory at the end of the year, I counted the bottles behind the bar, and all the wine that was there, also. I think over 40 DIFFERENT bottles of vodka, is, well, it’s just overkill. There are many bottles that I have never used. Tomato Vodka? Really? It smells like puke. No one has ever asked for it. Bubble Vodka? It smells just like bubblegum, kind of pleasant. However, our clientele is decidedly older than the few twenty somethings who ordered Bubble Vodka with Red bull, while attending a wedding reception. (That’s the only time I have ever poured Bubble Vodka)The fifty and over crowd just are not interested in drinks like that.

Then there’s the bottles that are left over from another era, and I don’t think they were very popular choices at any time. If a bottle lasts for more than a year, do you really need it? How many of you have ordered Compari or Pernod or Benedictine, lately? How about Tuaca or Chartreuse or Amarula? I had never even heard of Amarula before I started working here.

There are times when someone is indecisive about what to drink, so I tell them to give me a flavor, and I can make something. AND, I still don’t need all those extra bottles that are taking up room! I’m sure all those novelty liquors (like Tomato and Bubble) are useful for something, they’re just not useful here.

As for those ridiculous shots the twenty somethings drink, like a “Red Headed Slut,” we don’t do those either. Nice thing about an older crowd…..they know how to pace themselves, they don’t down stupid shots to get wasted.