The presentation given by Philip Duff and James Meehan at Sydney Bar Show 2009. Includes one or two calculations from The Fine Art Of Banging Out The Drinks Like A Maniac (Tales of the Cocktail 2009) but also a good bit of fresh new content.....

1. Please Do Tell Secrets from The Speakeasies Philip Duff & Jim Meehan

12. Philip Duff Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

20. For Just About Every Bar In The World….. ever! 20% of the opening hours = 60% of sales Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

21. For Just About Every Bar In The World….. ever! 20% of the opening hours = 60% of sales (Typically) Wed-Sat 2200h – 0100h Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

22. The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

23. Better Drinks Faster Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

24. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

25. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

26. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

27. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

28. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

29. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 x €17 per drink: AUD$212,160 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

30. Better Drinks Faster Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 10% increase: 3 x 2 bartenders: 6 x 40 hours per week: 240 x 52 weeks per year: 12480 x €17 per drink: AUD$212,160 x 4.7 years AUD $1,000,000 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

31. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

32. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

33. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

34. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

35. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

36. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

37. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours x 30 drinks-per-hour 3120 drinks Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

38. The Price of a 3-Second Delay Average drinks-per-hour-per-bartender: 30 3 second delay per drink: 90 x 2 bartenders: 180 x 40 hours per week: 7,200 x 52 weeks per year: 374,400 = 104 hours x 30 drinks-per-hour 3120 drinks x AUD$17 per drink = $53,040 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

39. The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. #2: Quality – When It Pays Off. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

40. The Rules #1: Better drinks – faster. #2: Quality – When It Pays Off. “ It takes about twenty minutes to make a satisfactory Old-Fashioned starting with dry sugar; it takes two minutes starting with sugar syrup. Therefore, let’s make our Old-Fashioneds this way.” David Embury, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

41. The Rules #3: Bartenders Are Not Tortured Artists. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

42. The Rules: #3: Bartenders Are Not Tortured Artists. "Bartending is an old and honorable trade. It is not a profession and I have no sympathy with those who try to make it anything but what it was. The idea of calling a bartender a professor or a mixologist is nonsense. ... ” Patrick Gavin Duffy, 1933 Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies

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73. Please Do Tell: Secrets From The Speakeasies