Did the bar tender tell you the drink came like that? Seems to me the smell of the roasting wood chips should enhance whatever is in the drink you ordered, but if I got an unannounced plate of camp fire, I'd likely just cough. Willing to bet you still could not vape or smoke a cigarette there either.
Ha! Definitely could not smoke in there, and it was not announced by the bartender either. Now I'm tempted to go back and spark a Marlboro off the smoldering wood chips.
If you have something that elaborate, the server should at least tell you first, especially since everyone sitting nearby is going to be inhaling the flavor whether they want to or not. I would love to be all "check this out!" with my friends and have them expecting it, but if it just shows up like that I would not be impressed at all.
I worked at a place that used wood chips from a used whiskey barrel. However, we would use a smoke gun made to blow the wood smoke out. We called it Snoop Dogg. This is dumb
đđ I think they actually meant to smoke the drink, but put the woodchips on, and forgot to do it. And they no doubt charged you big bucks for it! đ¤Ż
Ironically served in Mason Jars. If you grew up poor, you drank out of all kinds of jars because parents werent going to go out and buy a bunch of glasses when they can just wash the grape jelly jar and add it to the collection.
I grew up with many products that were sold in glasses.
I liked the mustard glasses, though the jam glasses were a good size to.
The Vegemite glasses were perfect for small children, later as shotglasses.
Those Vegemite glasses were awesome. And if they broke it was no big deal, thereâll be another empty one soon enough. Never saw the Nutella glasses so canât compare.
Was this at John Taffers bar in D.C? I ordered and old fashion and left with my clothes smelling like I was at a campfire. So much smoke others were looking at me and I donât like to draw attention so it was not a pleasant experience.
I am irrationally angry about this. Itâs not only pretentious AF, itâs impractical. The labor (âplatingâ this cocktail and bussing) along with the cost and storage (these unnecessary plates and wood chips) is ridiculous. I know itâs not that serious, so I must be in a mood but also⌠what the fuck hahah
Any time I'm at a tech conference I like asking the bartenders for the happy hour how many old fashioneds they've made so far at the event. The answer is almost always a deep sigh and "too many." Then I order a beer, tip, and get to skip the line for the rest of the event.
The description on the menu says "Tafferâs trademarked Browned Butter Whiskey, bitters and simple syrup is the perfect blend of bold flavors balanced with velvet-like smoothness" ... so no mention of smoke and otherwise basically an old fashioned, but they put these wood chips on the plate. Here's the thing, dude didn't even smoke the glass with the chips before serving it.
I'm assuming that they smoked the wood chips and put a cover on it so they just gave you the whole smoking tray. Still extra, but I think it at least served a small purpose initially
How were the wood chips? They look pretty good
A little chewy for my taste
Sort of a woody afterbirth.
Did the bar tender tell you the drink came like that? Seems to me the smell of the roasting wood chips should enhance whatever is in the drink you ordered, but if I got an unannounced plate of camp fire, I'd likely just cough. Willing to bet you still could not vape or smoke a cigarette there either.
Ha! Definitely could not smoke in there, and it was not announced by the bartender either. Now I'm tempted to go back and spark a Marlboro off the smoldering wood chips.
If you have something that elaborate, the server should at least tell you first, especially since everyone sitting nearby is going to be inhaling the flavor whether they want to or not. I would love to be all "check this out!" with my friends and have them expecting it, but if it just shows up like that I would not be impressed at all.
I worked at a place that used wood chips from a used whiskey barrel. However, we would use a smoke gun made to blow the wood smoke out. We called it Snoop Dogg. This is dumb
đđ I think they actually meant to smoke the drink, but put the woodchips on, and forgot to do it. And they no doubt charged you big bucks for it! đ¤Ż
So that it warms your drink.
r/WeWantCups
Its wild that subreddit actually exists. I'm still coming to terms with drinks being served in mason jars
Ironically served in Mason Jars. If you grew up poor, you drank out of all kinds of jars because parents werent going to go out and buy a bunch of glasses when they can just wash the grape jelly jar and add it to the collection.
I grew up with many products that were sold in glasses. I liked the mustard glasses, though the jam glasses were a good size to. The Vegemite glasses were perfect for small children, later as shotglasses.
Edit: the Nutella glasses where in fact the best.
Those Vegemite glasses were awesome. And if they broke it was no big deal, thereâll be another empty one soon enough. Never saw the Nutella glasses so canât compare.
you had nutella in a glass jar ? or does a "glass" mean basically anything you could drink out of ?
Actual glass, probably. Nutella still comes in a glass jar in Denmark.
They actually put cartoons and cute designs on the jars so kids could use them and drinking glasses and collect them. I loved those
Sorry for the downvotes. They were actual glasses, pop off lids, no threaded neck.
It's been at least 20 years since I least ate Nutella, bike stuff that it is, but it used to always come in a glass cup. Not sure how it is now.
Lids all in a shoebox at the back of the pantry so your favorite glass could become a storage container at any moment.
Was this at John Taffers bar in D.C? I ordered and old fashion and left with my clothes smelling like I was at a campfire. So much smoke others were looking at me and I donât like to draw attention so it was not a pleasant experience.
This was Taffers Tavern in Alpharetta, GA. If im a betting man its the same owner haha
I am irrationally angry about this. Itâs not only pretentious AF, itâs impractical. The labor (âplatingâ this cocktail and bussing) along with the cost and storage (these unnecessary plates and wood chips) is ridiculous. I know itâs not that serious, so I must be in a mood but also⌠what the fuck hahah
The bartender had a look on his face like "fuck..." when i ordered it.
Any time I'm at a tech conference I like asking the bartenders for the happy hour how many old fashioneds they've made so far at the event. The answer is almost always a deep sigh and "too many." Then I order a beer, tip, and get to skip the line for the rest of the event.
Bro itâs literally lighting wood. Chill.
What are you meant to do with the wood chips?
smell them i guess. they didn't even smoke the glass with them before serving. purely "aesthetic"
Now I'm curious how much the drink cost
$15. Kind of on par for a wealthy suburb fancy restaurant or cocktail lounge i guess.
I am too old, because I can remember a dive place that had 25-cents shots of peppermint schnapps. I could walk there, mostly for the entertainment.
who do they think you are, a fuckinâ beaver?
Well I'm assuming you ordered a smoked cocktail and those are the chips they used to smoke the cocktail
The description on the menu says "Tafferâs trademarked Browned Butter Whiskey, bitters and simple syrup is the perfect blend of bold flavors balanced with velvet-like smoothness" ... so no mention of smoke and otherwise basically an old fashioned, but they put these wood chips on the plate. Here's the thing, dude didn't even smoke the glass with the chips before serving it.
Yeah okay that's really weird
Jon Taffer can smoke a cocktail as well as he can do everything else I see.
r/wedontwantplates
Wow, that's pretty pretentious. Weird.
I'm assuming that they smoked the wood chips and put a cover on it so they just gave you the whole smoking tray. Still extra, but I think it at least served a small purpose initially
Smoked cocktails were a thing like 6 years ago but you were served the smoke not the wood
Also itâs overplayed and just silly now, but this is out of bounds like when I kissed my cousin
India?
Set those wood chips on fire. Tell them âinstructions unclear - my dick now fell offâ.