In another thread we were discussing how making friends with your bartender can be a good thing for getting you some supplies. I decided to repost here for those that didn't get to see all the great reasons to befriend your bartender, but to see if we can come up with more ways a bartender can be useful to the homebrewer/potential next greatest microbrewer).
Please feel free to add to this list!
Bartenders make great friends of homebrewers for many reasons:
1) Free supplies (bottles, cases, 6-pack carriers)
2) Will get the beer you want stocked for you (yay! great local bartender picked up a keg of Celebration Ale)
3) May become a key contact in future business of beermaking (hey, we all dream of quitting our day job and becoming the next great microbrewery)
4) They happily get you toasted, and if you tip well, will sometimes slide you one under the table!
Please feel free to add to this list!
Bartenders make great friends of homebrewers for many reasons:
1) Free supplies (bottles, cases, 6-pack carriers)
2) Will get the beer you want stocked for you (yay! great local bartender picked up a keg of Celebration Ale)
3) May become a key contact in future business of beermaking (hey, we all dream of quitting our day job and becoming the next great microbrewery)
4) They happily get you toasted, and if you tip well, will sometimes slide you one under the table!