Today’s DOTD - Drink Of The Day - is (a variation of ) a Flaming Moe (it was originally the Flaming Homer, Moe stole the idea) inspired by World Bartender Day.
World Bartender Day is somewhat of a newer day of interest in calendars, originating just a few years back. In fact, 2018 was the first year when February 24th was officially called World Bartender Day.
Separate from National Bartender Day, which is an American holiday celebrated right before Repeal Day on December 3rd, World Bartender Day was founded following the success of an Australian and New Zealand industry-led cocktail competition called The Perfect Blend. The holiday grew out of their organizational efforts at bringing bartender-mixologists together from all over to compete in their artful and delicious craft. Naturally, out of such a strong community came the impetus to officially set aside an international day to celebrate the day of the bartender around the world.
What is World Bartender Day?
World Bartender Day is a day of tribute designed to support and promote your favorite bartenders in their places of work but also to celebrate the continued legacy of this age-old profession. As a holiday, here are some easy ways to observe.
Show up for your favorite bartender, ideally not at an hour where everyone else also shows up but also not when they’re trying to close the bar. Wish them well and perhaps ask them how they are doing.
Ask to try something new or something your bartender is excited about.
Leave an extra or larger tip than your usual - or in the case of Jody & Shawn, subscribe here at The Politics Bar.
Offer to buy a drink for your favorite bartender.
How old is the bartending profession?
Bartending as a concept is essentially timeless. Arguably, as soon as people discovered fermentation and then later distilling, drinks were eventually poured by someone, regardless of when or where the moniker originated. Records for the origins of fermented beverages and serving them locally around the world aren’t precisely canonized, as the dawn of controlled fermentation reaches far back a few millennia, but the rise of spirits did make its way throughout the globe with the advance of technology adapted from Arabic science’s art of distillation into the later 1600’s.
Bartending profession origins are truly more aligned with the rise of spirits heading into the 1800’s as innkeepers began to serve more than just ale, wine, and punch. Often touted as the world’s first bartender, Jerry Thomas rose to fame in the early to mid-1800’s and eventually published history’s first ever bartending guide in 1862, “How to Mix Drinks: A Bon-Vivant’s Companion.” So for modern terminology’s sake, the word bartending became popularized in America with the rise of these new types of bartenders who added more professionalism to the trade and concocted more intricate mixed drinks including cocktails.
So, with respect to our fellow bartending professionals, we’ll share today’s Drink Of The Day, the Flaming Moe with you, so the maybe you can try your hand bartending for your own friends.
Ingredients
Here’s what you’re going to need for this drink:
