Apparently I’m an elitist drinker?<\/p>\n
I’m not sure what makes me an elitist though. \u00a0Is it the look I get when I order a ‘Bombay Sapphire’ Martini and the bartender looks at me with big vacant eyes and you can hear their mind sort of going “Whaaaaa?” \u00a0Then they sort of look at that bottle of ‘Martini & Rossi’ Vermouth gathering dust and you can see them wondering if that’s what I want. \u00a0And this wasn’t just the bartender. \u00a0This was the waitress, bartender, and manager!<\/p>\n
Or is it that in my mind I’m thinking that they’re a moron?<\/p>\n
This is not an idle imagination, this actually happened to me, twice, on my recent trip to Scotland. \u00a0Mind you, this wasn’t in the city center of Glasgow or Edinburgh where I’ve had no problem. \u00a0But it wasn’t in the far hinterlands of the Outer Hebrides where one might excuse a local beer tender. \u00a0 This was in a middle sized tourist \/ seaside \/ fishing town. \u00a0This is the largest town in the highlands with 10,000 locals and untold numbers of tourists. \u00a0(I’ll keep the name of the place to myself to protect the ignorant.)<\/p>\n
Considering that Scotland produces 70% of the Gin produced in the UK, you would think that a Martini would be universally recognized. \u00a0Or does everyone order G&T?<\/p>\n
Seriously though, if you’re a bartender at a local bar serving beer to locals 98% of the time whose never seen a movie, read a book, or finished High School, I can understand perhaps not knowing what a Martini is. \u00a0But other than that, you absolutely should at least know that a Martini is a drink unto itself.<\/p>\n
Or am I really a Martini elitist? \u00a0If so are we a dying breed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Apparently I’m an elitist drinker? I’m not sure what makes me an elitist though. \u00a0Is it the look I get when I order a ‘Bombay Sapphire’ Martini and the bartender looks at me with big vacant eyes and you can … Continue reading