THE POETRY OF BARTENDING

Recently I was in contact with Mr S. Berg who makes and sells a delightful range of bitters. I bought a couple of bottles and they were fantastic! So many thanks to all the revitalist bitters makers for your weird and wonderful creations.

The great composers Angostura, Peychaud,
Fee, Abbots and Bokers!

The conductors of flavours and subtle intricacies
Some here some gone.
Reminiscent of the golden era

A dash here a drop there,
A splash, a touch, a smidgen

Gin, whiskey, rum, brandy
Old Fashioned, Pink gin and Manhattan
Too name but a few.
Magical elixirs, made for the humble man.

A dash here a drop there,
A splash, a touch, a smidgen.

Recipes lost to fashion and changing time's
The delight of silent symphonies.
Rediscovered and recreated by dreamers,
Scholars and oddball enthusiasts

A dash here a drop there,
A splash, a touch, a smidgen.

The buying of bottles and jars
The sourcing of the weird and wonderful
From the far corners of the globe
Eye of newt, ball of bat, gentian and coriander too.

The home herbalist,measuring and weighing
Crushing, bruising, soaking and agitating
Boiling, filtering and sharing the very essence
Of their understanding

A dash here a drop there,
A splash, a touch, a smidgen

The new composers Mr Berg, Mr Regan
and Mr Glasser.
Conducting the direction of this
New bittered sweet revolution.
Bottling for us their sacred concoctions

A dash here a drop there,
A splash, a touch, a smidgen




“This is an original poem by Hayden Lambert and cannot be reproduced without his permission”