Before buying a drink at a hotel bar, you need to be certain that you know what you favor and what you don’t like when it comes to spirits and general ingredients.
If you prefer intense whiskey-based drinks then you might want to aim for an old fashioned cocktail which is a total classic. A very manly drink which many women stay away from. Some people prefer it sweetened so they opt for the traditional mojito which contains a lot of rum, mint and sufficient amounts of sugar.
You need to decide on what sort of spirit you like or don’t like. Eliminating the ones you don’t really indulge in is probably the first thing. For example if you don’t like bourbon then take that out of the equation. Some cocktail bars give you a handful of gin-based cocktails or vodka cocktails so that makes it a lot easier when ridding yourself of the spirits you do not enjoy.
A good way of to chose from popular cocktails is to decide whether you prefer sweet, sour or bitter tastes. Some menus offer these kind of possibilities within different chapters which make life a lot easier when selecting a cocktail. For example, if you like sour, gin based alcoholic drinks, then the white lady cocktail would be a great option as it consists mainly of lemon and gin.
Knowing what drink you want to have In a bar can be overwhelming and can add a lot of pressure, especially when then menu is fifty pages long and most of them are close to a mojito cocktail. This is why many people have one or two classic favourites which they tend to order all the time as they simply do not have the patience to read the entire menu and to simply decide whilst trying to catch up with their friend or business partner. Some people chose their cocktail based on a cocktail ingredients list and ask the bartender to mix something together based on personal preference. This can either go wonderfully or terribly wrong. If you are dealing with a professional barista at a five-star hotel, chances are the cocktail he gives you will come out very delicious because he will have experience in what goes together, how much of it and what does not go well with. The bartender will know exactly how to combine it to a high standard. However, if you order a barista at a tavern or basic bar to make something up then you might be in for a surprise and I do not mean the good kind of surprise. Be all-knowing in what you chose and do your research beforehand. Eliminate what you dislike and that will make choosing a lot smoother.