Comments on: Is there any best practice "standard" way to organizing the shelves of a commercial bar? http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/home-storage-cabinet/is-there-any-best-practice-standard-way-to-organizing-the-shelves-of-a-commercial-bar Get The Best Storage Cabinets Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:35:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anthony N http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/home-storage-cabinet/is-there-any-best-practice-standard-way-to-organizing-the-shelves-of-a-commercial-bar/comment-page-1#comment-464 Anthony N Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:45:59 +0000 http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/home-storage-cabinet/is-there-any-best-practice-standard-way-to-organizing-the-shelves-of-a-commercial-bar#comment-464 Yes, it depends on your biggest sellers. Here in Wisconsin, we ordered the bottles like this: Brandy Vodka Whisky Gin 7 Crown Rum Tequila Scotch Then, the odd liquors like Midori, Lime Vodka, Sloe Gin, etc... Those were all "rail" brands. For the call or top shelf brands, they were behind. So whisky, for example was Kessler's for rail and Crown Royal for call. For Scotch, Dewar's was the rail brand and then we had about five to seven single malts. Also, pour with your right hand, mix with your left. Always! This makes for consistent shelving of the bottles when the bar is busy. Take a glass in your left hand, scoop it with ice and grab the mix gun while pouring the booze with your right. This is very fast and if you are consistent, it shouldn't take you much more than about 5 to 7 seconds to make rail drink with two ingredients.<br><b>References : </b><br> Yes, it depends on your biggest sellers. Here in Wisconsin, we ordered the bottles like this:

Brandy
Vodka
Whisky
Gin
7 Crown
Rum
Tequila
Scotch
Then, the odd liquors like Midori, Lime Vodka, Sloe Gin, etc…

Those were all "rail" brands.

For the call or top shelf brands, they were behind. So whisky, for example was Kessler’s for rail and Crown Royal for call. For Scotch, Dewar’s was the rail brand and then we had about five to seven single malts.

Also, pour with your right hand, mix with your left. Always! This makes for consistent shelving of the bottles when the bar is busy. Take a glass in your left hand, scoop it with ice and grab the mix gun while pouring the booze with your right. This is very fast and if you are consistent, it shouldn’t take you much more than about 5 to 7 seconds to make rail drink with two ingredients.
References :

]]> By: Jane http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/home-storage-cabinet/is-there-any-best-practice-standard-way-to-organizing-the-shelves-of-a-commercial-bar/comment-page-1#comment-463 Jane Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:16:59 +0000 http://www.storagecabinetinc.com/home-storage-cabinet/is-there-any-best-practice-standard-way-to-organizing-the-shelves-of-a-commercial-bar#comment-463 It depends on the customer tastes. Some bars sell more rum and cokes or margaritas, so they keep those ingredients within easy reach. Of course the "top shelf" liquors are on the top shelf, easy to see to tempt customers (more profit). If your customers are into martinis, keep those handy, etc. I've seen bartenders rearrange the bottles to suit them when they start a shift so it is very subjective.<br><b>References : </b><br> It depends on the customer tastes. Some bars sell more rum and cokes or margaritas, so they keep those ingredients within easy reach. Of course the "top shelf" liquors are on the top shelf, easy to see to tempt customers (more profit).
If your customers are into martinis, keep those handy, etc.
I’ve seen bartenders rearrange the bottles to suit them when they start a shift so it is very subjective.
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