Subject: {FIRSTNAME},Bar Tricks Hello {FIRSTNAME}, I hope you enjoyed the third course on basic techniques, now we are going to look at bar tricks. Here is a recap of the e-course schedule: Part 1: The Professional Bartender Part 2: Tools of the Trade Part 3: Basic Techniques Part 4: Bar Tricks Part 5: Being a Great Professional Bartender With that being said... Lets get rolling shall we :) ================================================== Part 4: Bar Tricks -------------------------------------------------- Bar Trick # 1 Olive in Brandy Snifter. Ingredients: 1 olive and 1 brandy snifter. Objective: Put olive in brandy snifter. Situation: You can not touch the olive with your body (hands, mouth, etc.). You can not scoop the olive with the snifter. You can not roll olive off of bar into snifter. Solution: With the olive on the bar. Place the brandy snifter over the olive so that the open end of the snifter is surrounding the olive. Slowly rotate the brandy snifter around the olive. The olive will roll around the inside walls of the snifter (centrifugal force). Once the olive is spinning around the middle of the snifter, flip the snifter upright and place on the bar. Collect your winnings! Hints: Practice this bar trick before placing any bets. The olive has a tendency to come out of snifter when flipping upright. After a little practice, you will be a pro. Bar Trick # 8 Ice Cubes Ingredients: 1 victim, 2 ice cubes, some salt, and 2 pieces of human hair (about 6 to 8 inches long). Objective: To get a free drink. Situation: Bet someone they can not pick up an ice cube with one piece of human hair. The average person will try to twist and tie the hair around the ice cube. Others will try to just lift it up. However, they will not be able to get the ice cube off the bar. Solution: Place the ice cube on the bar, take a strand of human hair and place it across the top of the ice cube. Then, take a little salt and sprinkle it on top of the hair and ice cube. The salt will cause the ice cube to re-freeze around the hair. In a few seconds you will be able to gently lift the ice cube off of the bar. Note: Practice this a few times before you start placing bets. For more bar tricks please refer to our bartending e-book. For more information about bartending, please refer to my website Take Care,