{"id":199028,"date":"2025-04-22T16:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alcohol\/5-cocktail-bar-red-flags-to-watch-out-for\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:57:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T16:57:38","slug":"5-cocktail-bar-red-flags-to-watch-out-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=199028","title":{"rendered":"5 Cocktail Bar Red Flags to Watch Out For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\u2019s your cocktail bar red flag?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@punch_drink\/post\/DIeozXrTx9H?sort_order=recent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We posed this question on Threads recently<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the answers quickly poured in. \u201cWhen they clutch their jiggers with a death grip,\u201d wrote one of our followers. \u201cUnrefrigerated vermouth,\u201d said another. Also commonly cited: building Old-Fashioneds in a mixing glass (as opposed to directly in the glass), store-bought syrups and pour spouts on the backbar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone who spends enough time in cocktail bars starts to pick up on these indicators\u2014some more subtle than others\u2014that the bar in question might not be, well, very good. For a while now, I\u2019ve kept my own running tally of red flags. Some, I should clarify, are more of an ick than a red flag; they may not have any actual bearing on the quality of the drinks or service, but irk me nonetheless. For example, if a bartender smells a tin before using it, that suggests there\u2019s a pretty good chance that the tin might, in fact, smell\u2014because why else are you checking? Needless to say, it doesn\u2019t inspire confidence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It should be stated that no single red flag or pet peeve on my list is enough to warrant turning around and walking out the door, but they\u2019re worth looking out for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a few that make me cringe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udea9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too many brands name-checked\u2014it\u2019s a menu, not a billboard.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udea9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martinis\u201d section includes flavored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/articles\/original-tinis-pornstar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019tinis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udea9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touching all the ice\u2014there\u2019s really no need for the cubes to come into contact with anyone\u2019s hand on their way into the tin.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udea9 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the description of a cocktail lists an ingredient that you can\u2019t taste in said cocktail.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\ud83d\udea9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any bar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/articles\/why-wont-speakeasy-die-breakroom-milk-honey-pdt-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">called a speakeasy<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Remember Prohibition? Me neither\u2014it was repealed almost a century ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><em>This is an excerpt from our Saturday newsletter, a weekly dispatch from our editors on the latest news in the drinks world.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/punchdrink.com\/subscribe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe<\/a> for more takes like this in your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s your cocktail bar red flag? &#13; We posed this question on Threads recently, and the answers quickly poured in. \u201cWhen they clutch their jiggers with a death grip,\u201d wrote one of our followers. \u201cUnrefrigerated vermouth,\u201d said another. 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