Bartender

>>120051837
Only if you're rich.

>>120051837
Not in any old bar, that's for sure.

>>120051837
Yes, they really do.
Only "old-fashioned" bars are like this though.
Go to any major city, and ask people in at least their 30's what the best bar is.

>>120051938
By the way, even then the bartender can turn out to be a complete sod.
Also, if you want these kind of interactions, don't go on a weekend.

>>120051984
>>120051938
I'll have to look around. Certainly won't be in my town, maybe I'll treat myself in the city one day.

>>120052427
That's awesome and ridiculous. Must be a 200 dollar drink

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>>120052427
woah

>>120052427
Is this guy making rocket fuel?

>>120052427
>>120052549
>>120052567
>>120052641
>mixology
so fucking gay

>>120052427
I-I'll take a water.

>>120052427
My dick.

>>120052687
I can not believe there are hipsters of drink-making.

Do you think this would be more of an upscale hotel bar situation?

>>120051837
What I'm more curious about is are there really places where you have to be an apprentice for over a year before you even get to mix drinks for customers?

How realistic is bartender's portrayal of the bartending business itself?

>>120052427
>It's not just getting drugged up if it looks fancy.
Enjoy your nicotine and ethyl alcohol..

>>120052836
shut up nerd

>>120051837
There's a small bar called Deja Vu in Ueda-Shi, Nagano that's very much like this. If anyone does visit I recommend it!

>>120052894
I will consider if if it is not too expensive.

>>120051837
I started watching this recently and wonder what is the target audience supposed to be. I can't think of anyone but hipsters.
I'm not saying it's bad, just baffling,.

>>120052975
Not at all, the guy has one of the largest collections I've ever seen so all depends on what you like to drink. If you like whiskey he's got some of the oldest Macallan I've found.

>>120052834
I'm not familiar with high end bars, but low end bars let anyone do it.

>>120053038
Does he have 15yo Laphroiag?
What about 20yo (sherried) Talisker?

>>120053345
bro the fucking walgreens i work at has that shit calm your ass down

>>120052427
This is one of those times "I'll have what he/she is having" can backfire, huh

>>120052427
https://www.youtube.com/user/kitazawakikaku/videos

There's several more of these, available here with sound. I find them highly relaxing. A little needlessly fancy overall but the over the top mixing makes anticipation part of the experience. Bars like this in Japan have very few customers at a time and charge a fortune.

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>>120053474
I don't think you grasp how rare those bottlings are.

>>120053705
I guess i don't because the walgreens I work at has that shit.

>>120051837
Not for any random person no. If it's a regular that I don't think is an absolute dropkick then I might tap myself a jug and hang with them.

>>120053577
>https://www.youtube.com/user/kitazawakikaku/videos
Thank you so very much.
Best post in the night. Cooperative and insightful

While I dont drink much, I have to accept I am curious. You have to see beyond the cost of the ingredients, what you pay for here is to see a master in action, someone who dedicated insane amounts of time to refine his craft.

>>120053705
I think he's mistaking the 15y/o bottle for an 18y/o one.
To be honest, I can't tell the difference between the two anyway.

>>120053305
That kind of what I was thinking. My cousin took a bartender course that was like 2 weeks, it's such a massive difference.

>>120053740
>tap myself a jug and hang with them
Oh golly, another 20 y/o who thinks he's hot shit!

>>120054494
That's what I was explaining to my friend the other day. Drinking cocktails at a dive bar is arguably a waste of money, but buying them at a high end bar or restaurant is about seeing the bartender's unique expression of the cocktail. The stuff they talk about in Bartender isn't entirely bullshit.

>>120054658
>buying them at a high end bar or restaurant is about seeing the bartender's unique expression of the cocktail.
faggot

Somehow I don't think the bartender wants to hear me talking about wishing to be a little girl.

>>120051837
No. But, there's one that sends you to the void or something.

>>120053305
Where I live bartending at bars is not taken lightly, you can't just walk up to the manager, ask if you can tend bar, and then tend bar.
Normally, you'll have to make an appointment with the barman and the manager, where they'll try to discern what kind of person you are, how your social skills are and how you look.
If you're ugly, you're not getting hired.
If your manner of speech does not match the bar's image, you're not getting hired.
If you're awkward, you're not getting hired.
If you're cocky, you're not getting hired.
If you're fat, you're in fact, not getting hired.
If you pass this screening, you start by helping the barman by bringing drinks to customers and cleaning the bar, and if you're very lucky; pouring the occasional beer.

>>120054686
Not >>120054658
Keep feeding yourself on fast food and cheap, for a quality meal / drink is is better in the trash than in a mouth that cant tell the difference.

>>120054706
Dude are you kidding? Those people get bored as fuck, getting told the same stories over and over.
Normally it's like:
"My relationship with [insert person of interest] is shit."
"My business is going bankrupt."
"My father died."
"My kids hate me."

I'd be glad to talk with you about wanting to be a little grill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuMFw4QmvJQ

I can't decided whether I like or don't like the female vocalist for the opening theme song of Bartender.

Also, watch Bartender. It's good.

Should I read the manga or watch the anime?

>>120054798
Any bar worth their fucking salt does AT LEAST this.

>>120054686
Confirmed cocktail noob that doesn't understand the near unlimited possibilities involved in choosing ingredients for mixed drinks

>>120054947
Watch it for the music and narrator

>>120054911
>yamete~

>>120054947
The manga is much, much longer than the show, so you're not losing much either way

The show has a different feel due to its slow pace, it's at least worth trying out

>>120054947
Both are good, but the anime is very slow, I'd recommend you only do an episode a day or something.

>>120054947
It's one of those too-different-to-judge cases.

I love the manga but I prefer the anime for all the narration, music and non-linear story-telling.

>>120054947
Manga for quiet reading time, take the anime before bedtime. Comfy as fuck.

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Just look at all the anime and manga related posts in this thread. Oh wait.

>>120055230
For once, we're actually talking about the Bartender anime and manga in a Bartender thread.
Are you stupid?

>>120055274
No, you talk about real life bars, real life barkeeper, mixology and other "comfy" stuff.
This shit doesn't belong here, try /b/ or /ck/.

>>120053577
If you buy a drink like that, you pay for the show rather than the drink itself.

>>120051837
Yup.Any decent Bartender does.It brings a good rep and attracts people.

>>120055230
>Babies hit again.

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Hey kids! It's time for HISTORY OF /a/ with your host SOME RANDOM OLDFAG. Today's episode:

Bartender and /a/: Why not hype the shit out of it?

The first thing you need to know is that back in 2006, internet was freaking the fuck out about the movie Snakes on a Plane and its ridiculously literal title.

Around the same time, the posters detailing the upcoming fall season of anime showed up in /a/ (pic related) and, lo-and-behold there is a picture of an anime called BARTENDER and it appeared to be about A GUY TENDING A BAR, HOLY SHIT. This picture and its title were literally all we knew about the anime before it aired. So, for shits and giggles, we decided to hype the shit out of it. We would post threads postulating what it would involved: explosions, motorcycle stunts, epic quests for the elixir of youth, GET THIS MOTHER-FUCKING GUY TENDING MY MOTHER-FUCKING BAR and other, in hindsight, unfunny Snakes on a Plane references.

No one expected it to actually be good.

And then it turned out to be really, really good. As in, we'd have, what would be called in this day-and-age, Bartender-general threads. We would genuinely wait with baited breath for the week's episode with almost as much excitement as Death Note or Code Geass (especially because so many other titles from that season turned out to be kinda shit: Cyborg 009-1, Pumpkin Scissors, Red Garden, etc). Some people would even say it matched the hype because it was one of the most enjoyable anime of the season. So we all patted ourselves on the back for hyping the right thing.

That's why, to this day, you still see Bartender threads; It's a genuinely great anime that survived being force-meme'd.

THE END.