Dimitri > wrote:

>"Donald Martinich" > wrote in message

>> In my part of the world (N. Calif.), most bartenders don't pre-measure
>> with shot glasses but "count" instead. They count silently to
>> themselves as the pour through that standard sort of spout that bars
>> have on all their bottles. Some drink might be a "two count" or a "three
>> count" depending on the recipe. As you might expect, there is some
>> variability here. Reputations for generosity or stinginess are easily
>> established here in my smallish college town.

>Not necessarily.
>
>Today most of the bar pour spouts are metered.

>http://www.foodservicedirect.com/ind...sured_Pour.htm

While this is an interesting link, it hardly establishes any
claim that "most bar pour spouts are metered". Or, if the
spouts do have a metering feature, the bartender is paying
attention to it.

IMO most local bartenders pour to some visual level, they neither
count nor measure.

Steve