Last Friday, walking down Steep Hill, I found the Cocktail Gift Shop closed, not that I ever find it open, a notice in the window, find us in the Castle grounds.
Today, second week of Picnic Social, I thought check them out, ask of the making of cocktails.
I never got that far.
Walk into a zero waste shop. Often find 5l dispensers, from which can fill empty shampoo bottles.
At the back of the bar, a row of these dispensers. I was baffled. Ghastly syrups to add to the cocktails, as find in bad coffee shops to mask the taste of the disgusting coffee served?
At events usually a pretentious guy shaking cocktails. Usually a guy
The containers were ready mix cocktails. I jest not, ready mix cocktails. For which they were charging £8 a cocktail.
A brief conversation with the woman. She tried to claim they were making cocktails, they had prepared the ready mix cocktails of the dispensers. I think she has somewhere lost the plot of mixing cocktails.
Her argument was, apart from not recognising that she was not mixing cocktails, they would have to have all the ingredients. Yes, that is what is the norm when making cocktails.
The cocktail shop sells ready mix cocktails in bottles. The bottles are not labelled with the ingredients. She could not see why they should be. Maybe Trading Standards should pay a visit.
The cocktail shop lacks the means to make cocktails.
The shop used to have a helpful young lady, if on the rare occasion found the shop open. I learnt she was no longer there.
As I left, woman manning the stall, stood smoking.
The plastic flowers should have served as a warning, avoid.
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