I am a bartender in nyc. And as other said the judging on this show wasn't good. I have edit this review... I'm about half way through. There was a challenge to make a cocktail with 2 specific colors. And not one of them did. I am a bartender full time and I can tel you that this challenge should have been easy and they all failed so hard.z one person was supposed to make a cocktail that was black and white... and they made something red... then put whipped cream and black currently drizzle on top. Are you joking me?! How about do a White Russian riff which is literally a black and white drink. Another person was supposed to do a purple and yellow drink and her drink had 0 yellow in it. None. But she put mango on the side and they said it was okay. Another person was told to do red and green. Green should be one of the easiest colors! You can use mint, cucumber, celery, cilantro, kale, green chartreuse, lime... what does he do? Cuts the top of a pineapple to make a bird for the green and then the drink didn't even have red or green in it. He lost. But I come on, where did they find these people? Do any of them have any training. Honestly i think the person who did the best was the first person that the judges eliminated. And yeah these judges also don't know what they talking about. And man too much drama! Like, a person loses a game and the they're crying and so is the winner! What? Have these people ever worked at a bar or in a high stress situation?! Sheesh. There was a part where the host was talking about the 1920s great gatspy era of cocktails and a contestant said that was era of terrible cocktails... are you joking? Do this people know anything about the industry?! In one, one cocktail tasted better but the other one looked better... and the one that looked better won. What are the judges thinking? If you go to a cocktail bar and it looks nice but doesn't taste great would you go back? Maybe not. But if it tasted great but didn't look great would you? Yes. Plus the first episode was about margaritas. Let's just say they were all super fancy... a margarita is not a fancy drink. A margarita is a casual Mexican inspired drink. You don't even have to be a bartender to know that. So why are all the drinks they made super fancy and like Japanese and other culture inspired. At the bar I work at we have a marg riff that useses a blended syrup of cilantro, mint, jalapeño and pineapple. That is better than any of the drink they made. So yeah. If you're a bartender this will probably be hard to watch, if not you might like it.
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