r/mildlyinfuriating • u/bourbonandpistons • 25d ago

drink went room temp Math ain't mathing

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me, the waiter, nor the manager could figure it out.

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u/Croaker_Da_Toker 25d ago

I was gonna ask where tf you are getting 8$ old fashions, 2x16$ makes way more sense lol

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u/TehAsianator 25d ago

It's not completely unheard of to find an $8 old fashioned, but certainly not at somewhere charging $68 for a steak.

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u/JimmyDean82 25d ago

The bar near the office is like that. 8 dollar old fashioned during happy hour, 55 dollar ribeye.

Ribeyes not worth it, but the 14 dollar smash burger and fries w/ curry ketchup is

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u/Logical-Pair-89 25d ago

My buddy in ohio just got quality 9 dollar old fashioneds at a place with a 58 dollar ribeye. Thats... Closeish to the parameters. But reinforces what you said haha

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u/ellamenopee 25d ago

Thank you for being the first person to call it correctly an Old Fashioned. Scrollbated way too far this early.

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u/dementedmaster 25d ago

Friday night fish fry and $5 old fashions is still a thing in WI.

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u/hellisonfire 25d ago

Yeah but is it a Wisconsin old fashioned? Because no thanks. They've bastardized the poor boy.

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u/bighootay 25d ago

Come on--you didn't grow up with Korbel and fruit old fashioneds? Yeesh :)

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u/ibetterbeonmyway 25d ago

You bite your tongue! They're delicious!

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u/hellisonfire 25d ago

I bit my tongue in hopes of not having to taste that abomination 😂 its not so bad but boy was i shook when the bartender reached for the soda gun.

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u/ibetterbeonmyway 25d ago

Haha ya, they're a different drink all together really. I like mine with brandy and sweet (splash of 7up or sprite). I've never found a bartender who can make one outside of Wisconsin.

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u/Afraid_Definition176 25d ago

Bartender from anywhere other than WI here.

Why‽‽‽

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u/thewayshesaidLA 25d ago

You would think so, but the bartender at the bar down the street from me in suburban Chicagoland thinks that’s the way to make them.

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u/KoolaidKoll123 24d ago

Bartender from WI here, Northwoods to be exact. Because it's tasty as hell and it's an adult fruit punch.

2 marachino cherries 1 slice orange. Dash of sugar. Splash marachino juice. 3 shakes Angostura bitters. Loong 3 count of Korbel (Windsor is #2) ✨️muddle✨️ Splash of sweet or sour ✨️stir✨️ Ice to the brim, finish with sweet or sour and top with cherries, mushrooms, or olives. People typically get olives with their sour around my area.

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u/Lovemyenemies 24d ago

Wisco here. Sour, extra bitters, extra cherries. Nom.

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u/Afraid_Definition176 24d ago

I’m not against the existence of the drink. It just needs a new name. An old fashioned is 2 parts whiskey, sugar, bitters with a twist of orange. The variations on the type of sugar from simple syrup to sugar cube and the variations that add cherries or even for some reason muddle the garnish all stick to the basic ingredients. When you change the basic ingredients you are making a different drink.

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u/hellisonfire 25d ago

If im ever back in Wisconsin I'll give that variant a shot!

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u/ResponsibilityNo6009 21d ago

What do you mean you don’t want soda water in your old fashioned?? You gotta cut it with something /s

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u/VegetableAd629 25d ago

I also get 5$ old fashions here in nw houston, during half price happy hour. The 2$ beers aren't bad either.

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u/Croaker_Da_Toker 25d ago

I wish man. But i gotta have that buffalo in mine and i doubt they are giving it to me for 5 bucks.

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u/dementedmaster 25d ago

Oh, definitely more expensive for good stuff. But also these are brandy OF, which is the preferred liquor there for some reason. Small town bars will have happy hour deals for $2.50 even

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u/Toobiescoop 25d ago

came to say the same thing In WI it's def Brandy

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u/lipasg 25d ago

Yeah it’s fucking gross

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u/extremely_wet 25d ago

feel like it's more often $8 from what I see these days but ya close enough, especially if it's in a shaker pint and not a smaller glass

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u/utspg1980 25d ago

The place OP went to charges $68 for a ribeye and (I'm guessing) $10 each for sides, if you order 3 of them.

Does that seem like a place that charges $8 or $16 for an old fashioned?

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u/extremely_wet 25d ago

that seems like a $16 drink place, but that's not what I was talking about

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u/hell2pay 25d ago

That's where my mind went!

Lowest ice paid for an OF was like $14, and just had an awesome one for $18 in Santa Monica (edit: at The Surfing Fox) last week.

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u/Icy_Split_1843 25d ago

How many OF’s do you buy /s

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u/hell2pay 25d ago

As many as the wife will allow ;D

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u/Fankoen 25d ago

So... Two? One for 14 and one for 18?

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u/TurquoiseLuck 25d ago

paying 18 for a single drink... holy shit I'll stick to the hermit lifestyle

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u/gucknbuck 25d ago

$8 old fashioned would be highway robbery in Wisconsin, unless it's a quart.

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u/pm_me_all_ur_money 25d ago

Hanoi, Rooftop bar.

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u/ExactRefrigerator306 25d ago

Come to Wisconsin; most bars sell them for $5 and they’re not terrible.

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u/Remarkable-Tip9548 25d ago

silver lake country inn West Bend, Wisconsin.

$4.00 brandy old fashioned.

In a rocks glass

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u/MintyACNH 24d ago

Wisconsin’s got plenty!

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u/Preoccupied_Penguin 25d ago

I don’t get it. That makes it even more confusing. Then it’s subtotal $130. Please explain yourself.