So there are a ton of cool looking seminars this year at Tales of the Cocktail.? My erstwhile colleague Marshall, unfortunately for him, cannot make it, but I’ll be blogging it, hopefully better than I did this year.

Don’t worry – you’ll see these posts here first, but also on the Tales blog.? And so I thought I’d talk about one of the first seminars that I’ll be taking – Bartending Fun-Da_mentals.

The description of it was as follows:

“There is a sense among many people that the world of ‘mixology’ has become just a tad too serious some times. From mediaeval origins of cocktails to snobbery not stirring the Old Fashioned for long enough and the stealth growth of the Cocktail Taliban the fun about bartending and drinking seems to have been sucked drier than a Montgomery Martini. This slightly irreverent shows us that bartending can be fun and entertaining enjoyable and yet professional all at the same time. Outcome: Laughs and wows aplenty with the necessary hint of serious and a slight reality check for those who have perhaps lost sight of the joy of mixology.”

I have no idea who is teaching it, but I thought it looked fun.? For me, the biggest thing I always try to remember when making drinks is the fact that it should be lots of fun.

Obviously, I understand when a bartender in the weeds can get burned out, but I’m a blogger.? Making drinks isn’t a job for me, it’s a hobby, so I think it should always be fun.

That’s why I like to seanmike my drinks!

seanmike (v.) – to drink a cheap American megabrew between cocktails, either due to drinking your cocktail too quickly or because you feel like it.? Example: “Marshall took too long to make him a drink, so he seanmiked a Miller Lite.”

Hmmm.? I perhaps need to check on that definition…