I rather dislike flair bartending - or lets concretize: exhibition flair. Not that I don't value the work, dedication and skill, which is needed to be a good flair-bartender. But what does flair bartending has to do with real bartending? Yes - the flairer is using bottles and shaker tins, but really, this could be also pins and… I don't know what. The focus of bartending is culinary. The idea of flair-bartending is: entertainment. Here are 10 points, why I dislike flair-bartending: Most drinks produced in exhibition-flairs are either way as simple as a screwdriver or just horrible and undrinkable. Waiting for a drink >10 minutes - which is substandard kinda sucks. Flair-bartenders are often dicks to male guests - always focussing on the ladies around. Flairers are living in a farraginous 80's world - the drinks are usually accordingly. Flair bartenders usually have this behaviour, to get recognition from the audience - and I just can't stand th...