http://escapehatchdallas.com/2010/04/22/certified-spirits-specialist-rick-turner-explains-why-your-mimosa-is-really-a-bucks-fizz/ Exploring the world one restaurant, golf course & vineyard at a time Fri, 18 May 2012 01:51:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://escapehatchdallas.com/2010/04/22/certified-spirits-specialist-rick-turner-explains-why-your-mimosa-is-really-a-bucks-fizz/#comment-1585 Ben Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:08:23 +0000 http://escapehatchdallas.com/?p=2907#comment-1585 Ah ha! Cleared up at last. I joined Celebrity Cruises about two years ago after working in the British bar scene for 3 years and gaining a pretty concrete arrogance in the irrefutable knowledge I had collected whilst in the Northern bar scene However, within my first two shifts I was perplexed by a small, fifty something Californian gentleman asking for a Mimosa to accompany his pancake brunch. On telling the chap he had beaten me with the recipe for that particular Cocktail and whilst rooting through my trusty Difford's Guide to find it the outspoken chap shouted "Its a classic, call yourself a bartender" and clicked his fingers to summon a co worker who went about constructing a BUCKS FIZZ!! The standard tipple of all ladies pushing 100 years young in England and enjoyed maybe once a year, at Christmas! Needless to say I was mortified and have searched high and low as to what the difference is between the two drinks. for this I thank you Sir, very informative and has come as somewhat of a relief. One valuable lesson was learned that day however, when it comes to the bar trade, you never know everything! Ah ha! Cleared up at last. I joined Celebrity Cruises about two years ago after working in the British bar scene for 3 years and gaining a pretty concrete arrogance in the irrefutable knowledge I had collected whilst in the Northern bar scene However, within my first two shifts I was perplexed by a small, fifty something Californian gentleman asking for a Mimosa to accompany his pancake brunch. On telling the chap he had beaten me with the recipe for that particular Cocktail and whilst rooting through my trusty Difford’s Guide to find it the outspoken chap shouted “Its a classic, call yourself a bartender” and clicked his fingers to summon a co worker who went about constructing a BUCKS FIZZ!! The standard tipple of all ladies pushing 100 years young in England and enjoyed maybe once a year, at Christmas! Needless to say I was mortified and have searched high and low as to what the difference is between the two drinks. for this I thank you Sir, very informative and has come as somewhat of a relief.
One valuable lesson was learned that day however, when it comes to the bar trade, you never know everything!

]]> http://escapehatchdallas.com/2010/04/22/certified-spirits-specialist-rick-turner-explains-why-your-mimosa-is-really-a-bucks-fizz/#comment-560 TG Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:02:39 +0000 http://escapehatchdallas.com/?p=2907#comment-560 oh sorry not Mimosa -- a Buck’s Fizz oh sorry not Mimosa — a Buck’s Fizz

]]> http://escapehatchdallas.com/2010/04/22/certified-spirits-specialist-rick-turner-explains-why-your-mimosa-is-really-a-bucks-fizz/#comment-559 TG Tue, 27 Apr 2010 19:01:35 +0000 http://escapehatchdallas.com/?p=2907#comment-559 i could handle a drink made from 2/3 champagne and 1/3 fresh orange juice (altho i would really prefer 3/3 good champagne), but unfortunately what you usually get when you're given a Mimosa is 2/3 Tott's-level bubbly swill and 1/3 mysterious orange drink. i could handle a drink made from 2/3 champagne and 1/3 fresh orange juice (altho i would really prefer 3/3 good champagne), but unfortunately what you usually get when you’re given a Mimosa is 2/3 Tott’s-level bubbly swill and 1/3 mysterious orange drink.

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