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Mark Etinger
A stocked bar shelf is like a work of art. The way the light dances on all the different colored bottles. The way the clearness of the various vodkas compliment the brown-ness of the various scotches and whiskeys and single malt scotch whiskeys. It is like looking at a man made rainbow of libations. A true reservoir for humanity to put their collective fears and concerns aside and just get a little bit of a buzz on. Bartenders can be very particular about the arrangements while working at their bar. I have multiple bartender friends and have watched each of them set up every aspect of their bar to their specifications. I have watched these friends change each other's set ups one day only to have the other change it back the next day. This is because how you arrange your bar is indicative of how you will serve your bar. For some bartenders it is important to make sure that whiskeys stay with whiskeys and vodkas stay with vodkas. It is not, for these tenders, an issue of creating a system of popularity. Instead Jack Daniels whiskey will find it's seld next to the Jameson whiskey. Similarly there would be a shelf between the scotch and the whiskey that would feature a wide variety of single malt scotch whiskey. Then you would move to the shelf below to get just the straight scotch, Macallan scotch for example. Still other bartenders like to put the preferred brands of everything on the most easily accessible shelf and then arrange rows downward by type of alcohol. This would mean that Jack Daniels whiskey would find it's self next to Grey Goose vodka, and a decending order of single malt whiskey and vodkas would descend beneath them. No matter how you arrange your bar it is important to keep those shelves well lit and inviting. Even in a purposefully grungy dive bar you want the alcohol to look pristine glimmering behind your helpful serving staff. It makes the whole process of downing a few shots of Glenfiddich seem more inviting and more dignified. There is a reason the bottles of all of these alcohols seems so perfectly and thoughtfully designed. They are supposed to be objects that have value and weight to them and mostly they succeed. Their value is real and people want them. Presenting them as such does both you and your bar a huge service.
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