

"They hold the bottle instead of the glass so you can't see how little is flowing out. "The truth is they hold their finger over the air hole on the spout, which reduces the flow to a trickle," he said. Wrong, says Taffer, but you'll tip him as if he did.


Quicklist:4title: Giving You the 'Sneaky Pour'media: 20942916text: When a bartender holds the bottle over your glass for a long time, he is obviously giving you something extra, right? Not only are you not special, you're the exact opposite. "When you lift that arm, you create an illusion of quantity. No extra booze, maybe even less," he said. "This idea is holding the arm up high in an exaggerated pouring motion, you think you are getting special treatment, you are only getting a special show. He is just cheating you out of booze by creating an illusion. Quicklist:3title: Giving You the 'Long Pour'media: 20951080text: Don't be impressed if your bartender can pour a drink a foot away from the glass, Taffer said. I'm going to rip you off and you're going to be happy the entire time."
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It's called a "short pour," Taffer said, because "I'm going to charge you for a full drink and give you about half a drink. But a half jigger of booze poured over crushed ice appears to look like more booze than a full jigger poured over cubed ice, he said. Quicklist:2title: Giving You the 'Short Pour'media:15920699text: Crushed ice, meaning the ice that comes out of those large bins behind the bar, means less liquor, Taffer said, while cubed ice allows for more space for liquor and is a better deal. Times that by working 20 days a month, and by the year, it becomes very profitable." "I just made myself $100 dollars, and I'm going to leave with that in cash tonight. I put 10 ounces of water in bottle," Taffer said. In the end, those who do it do so to try to make more money off each drink. It could be the bartender doing the switcheroo on his own, or the owner telling the bartender to be dishonest, or both, Taffer said. "Either you're getting diluted or you're getting a different brand altogether," he said. While most bartenders are honest and don't employ these tricks, there is a small minority that do.

Some bartenders have tricks they use to cheat customers, Taffer said, from pouring less than the full amount of liquor you were charged for to watering down drinks and even secretly giving you a cheaper brand than you ordered. "In the bar business, sometimes people are losing so much money. In an interview with "20/20," Taffer said the sad truth is that some bars mess with everybody, not just the rowdy drunks. Jon Taffer, who has started, flipped or owned more than 600 bars and clubs during his career, is the host of Spike TV's " Bar Rescue." He crisscrosses the country, helping to turn struggling bars back into booming businesses. 21, 2013 - intro: People head to their local watering holes to let loose, blow off steam, knock a few back, get their drink on, but you might want to think twice before paying $10 for that second vodka-cranberry.īecause whoever has the alcohol is in control, and the man behind the bar could be ripping you off.
