Splitting miniature spirit bottles
Oct 23, 2018, 2:42 am
#61
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So to be clear we fill a glass with one third ice half a miniature and top it up with the mixer, it is not able saving money or being mean but our new service standard which has been brought in to make the service more premium, what you paid for your ticket has no significance.
If you prefer to mix your own just tell the crew as we are more than happy to let you do it yourself and save us the job.
If you prefer to mix your own just tell the crew as we are more than happy to let you do it yourself and save us the job.
Oct 23, 2018, 2:43 am
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Oct 23, 2018, 3:31 am
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Taking a G&T as an example, the BA mixer comes in 150ml can and the spirit in a 50ml bottle. Mixing these together gets a reasonable proportion of gin to tonic, but placing the entire 50ml of spirit in a glass (already containing ice) and then adding mixer leads to a stronger drink than most people prefer (1:1 ratio is the at the strong end of most G&T mixes). So if you want to serve a glass of G&T in BA glassware, you should not empty the whole container of spirit into the glass.
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Oct 23, 2018, 5:10 am
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Oct 23, 2018, 5:19 am
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I questioned him on it, quite politely, and was told BA now have to split these size bottles between customers.
He then said on other flights those bottles have to be split between three people. But as mentioned above that might have been different sized bottles. But he volunteered that information as if I was getting a good deal by having half a bottle.
He then said on other flights those bottles have to be split between three people. But as mentioned above that might have been different sized bottles. But he volunteered that information as if I was getting a good deal by having half a bottle.
I generally like mixed fleet, but the service can be a bit random, particularly on the short LBA and MAN flights, where its usually a bit frantic.
Oct 23, 2018, 5:22 am
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Perhaps à consommer avec modération, as they say in France? Welcome nevertheless to Flyertalk Malibu Stacey, it's good to see you here and I hope we will see more of your in future. I can get 4 cups of tea in between NCL and LHR but that, as they say, is different.
Oct 23, 2018, 5:27 am
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That's pretty decent! In general I've been mostly tee-total for a few years now so the G & T topic doesn't personally affect me however let me add my welcome you to Flyertalk and the BA Board Malibu Stacey.
Oct 23, 2018, 5:31 am
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Oct 23, 2018, 5:47 am
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No competent bar would mix that for you, unless specifically requested. Wikipedia G&T entry says a 1:1 to 1:3 ratio of gin to tonic. With a particularly strong gin (think close to 50 per cent of ABV or even higher), you might go in the direction of 1:3.5 or so.
tl;dr A ratio of 25ml:150ml = 1:6 has little to do with a G&T.
Oct 23, 2018, 5:57 am
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Splitting miniatures and gin:tonic ratios aside, I’ve always found BA crew to be very generous with the booze. Remnants of the old “fill them up and let them snooze” maybe?
I imagine PUCCI poured(s) a good drink!
I imagine PUCCI poured(s) a good drink!
Oct 23, 2018, 8:00 am
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It was the same on both my Gatwick flights at the weekend, no cans or miniatures in the cabin.
Works fine in a small CE cabin with frequent and proactive top-ups (my outbound was 10 out of 12 CE seats filled), but less successful when it's busy (the return was all 20 seats occupied).
Works fine in a small CE cabin with frequent and proactive top-ups (my outbound was 10 out of 12 CE seats filled), but less successful when it's busy (the return was all 20 seats occupied).