World’s Most Expensive Bottles of Booze

#7 comes in with a $43,500 Bottle of 1775 Sherry, so you know #1 is giong to be six figures. To see the full list of overpriced bottles of the world’s most expensive alcohols go here:

http://flushrush.com/top-7-worlds-most-expensive-bottles-of-alcohol/

Restaurant Industry = Job Security?

1.9 million jobs were lost in the US in 2008 - However employment in the Restaurant Industry outpaced the overall economy for the ninth consecutive year and the industry is expected to add an additional 1.8 million new jobs over the next 10 years. When in comes to job security, Bartending is about as secure as it gets!

Cool Bartending Competition Promo Video

http://themagnificentsevenblog.com/

Definitely some creativity and time went into the making of this!

Mixology Contest: Bartenders Come And Join The Competition

Bartender Tryouts. Bartenders must check in by 8pm @ the latest on the night of the event. Bring your friends to cheer you on. Winners will get Cash and Trips.

Monday February 2nd @ 9pm
Mickie Finnz-1710 S. Catalina Avenue
Redondo Beach CA. 90277
310-316-6658

Monday, February 9th @ 9pm
Hennessey’s Tavern
313 Manhattan Beach Blvd
Manhattan Beach, CA. 90266
310-546-4813

Tuesday, February 10th @9PM
The Lighthouse Cafe
30 Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA. 90254
310-372-6911

FINAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
MONDAY FEBRUARY 23RD @9PM
MICKIE FINNZ FISH HOUSE & BAR
1710 S CATALINA AVENUE, REDONDO BEACH CA 90277
310-316-6658

MIXOLOGY-EACH CONTESTANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THEIR BEST ORIGINAL COCKTAIL. THEY WILL BE ALLOWED TO BRING IN WHATEVER INGREDIENTS THEY CHOOSE, BUT THEY MUST USE VODKA, RUM OR TEQUILA AS THEIR BASE ALCOHOL.

PLEASE CALL THE ABOVE LOCATIONS FOR RULES AND MORE INFORMATION

Official Cocktail Competition of the 7th Annual Tales of the Cocktail.

Tales of the Cocktail in partnership with Culinary Concierge Magazine and CocktailTimes.com invite you to submit a winning julep recipe for the Official Cocktail Competition of the 7th Annual Tales of the Cocktail. The winning julep will be used as the official cocktail at this year’s Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans.

Cocktail Competition Timeline:

January 8, 2009 - Cocktail Competition announced
January 9 - February 9 , 2009 - Cocktail Competition Submission Forms Posted on the www.TalesoftheCocktail.com
February 23, 2009 - Judges review entries and are narrowed down to 10 finalists. Judges include Robert Hess, Yuri Kato, Chris McMillan and David Wondrich.
Early Spring 2009 - Winners announced

Visit http://cocktailtimes.com/news/?p=99 for complete rules and to download an application for the competition!

New Bartender Interview Video Series!

We’ve just released our first four video set of our Bartender Videos Series by National Bartenders Bartending Schools. Q&A Sesssions from four working bartenders that graduated from our Bartending Schools. What’s it like behind the bar? Biggest tip? Worst Tippers? Favorite Drink? They give us the skinny. More videos coming soon.

http://www.nationalbartenders.com/bartender_interviews.asp

Free Bar Tricks Videos

Looking to improve your tips and entertain your guests, or just impress your buddies? Look no further. This nifty website provides nearly 30 free bartender trick/magic videos and best of all, absolutely free!

See the rest at http://easybartricks.com/

Toast to Repeal Day - December 5th

What is repeal day? Well acording to RepealDay.org it’s “The turn of the twentieth century was a dark time in America. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which had been promoting Prohibition for many years, believed alcohol was the cause of many, if not all, social ills. Mistruths like this were spread. Lines were drawn. Bars and taverns were vandalized. People were killed. On January 16th, 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, outlawing alcohol and ostensibly putting an end to drunkenness, crime, mental illness, and poverty”

So toast to the fact that we still can, and get more info on this VERY important holiday at www.repealday.org

New Bartending Reality Series Set to Hit the Web

“On the Rocks” is a new Web Series that combines Survivor with Bartending pitting 10 Bartenders against each other for a $100,000 prize and the prestige of being America’s Top Bartender . The series is being filmed in Las Vegas and has some big hitters in the industry behind it. See the promo video below.

Grand Marnier & Navan Mixology Summit 09

GRAND MARNIER and NAVAN Vanilla Liqueur are looking to hire the nation’s top bartenders as consultants to participate in the third GRAND MARNIER and NAVAN Mixology Summit in Vail, Colorado (Sunday, April 5 – Tuesday, April 7, 2009).

If selected, GRAND MARNIER and NAVAN will use your skills to help build their great brands.  In addition to learning from your mixology expertise, we will have fun in Vail — skiing, snow tubing, seminars, dining and parties.

We are accepting applications for Mixology Summit Consultants, but you only have until November 30, 2008 to apply!

Visit http://www.mixologysummit.com for complete details and to submit your application