Mixology 101

I'm uber excited about my new little adventure. I just started my 40 hour professional bartending course at, you guessed it, The Professional Bartending School in Arlington. It's a serious chunk of time (4 hours a day), especially after a full day of work but it's a whole lot of fun. My brain is working overtime trying to remember 24 different drinks that I learned in one night. I think I've got them down so bring on another batch of drinks.

I really have no idea what I'll do with this new skill. I'm just excited about learning all sorts of drinks and how they are made. One short fall, I have no clue what these drinks taste like because we use colored water. Boooooooooooo! Makes sense because alcohol is expensive and how could anyone learn if they're drunk.

Soon I'll know what to do with those two bottles of vodka and bourbon and they actually might taste good too! Apparently vodka mixes well with everything but I'm too chicken to test that theory. I know why it's called a screwdriver. I also now know that the names of these drinks actually mean something and certain words have meaning. A sloe (yes, its spelled like that for a reason) comfortable screw against the wall has all the ingreidients listed in the name. Sloe=sloe gin, comfortable=southern comfort, screw=orange juice and wall=Galliano (a licorice and vanilla taste, which supposedly tastes nasty). You can even take out screw and insert doggy style which is grapefruit juice. I learned what's in a spicy bloody mary and I'll be skipping that drink. Oh, and I know the name for a free shot at the bar. However, I'd advise against ever really ordering it. Well, it's off to class. Hooray bartending!