APRIL SHOWERS BRINGS MAY FLOWERS! That’s what they say at least…

I hope you enjoyed your well deserved time off, because now it is time to work. With Nations, The Flairco Cup, Bartenders Bash, Big Apple Showdown, Pinnacle of Bartending, King of the Ring and many more Flair bartending competitions coming up. Your plate will be full.

So practice you shall. To get into the big show you have to practice. Remember for every five minutes on stage there are countless hours of practice that go along with it.

And practice you shall. This month we have Chuck McIntosh showing us one of his patented moves called the Hobgoblin. Check it out on our ‘Masterclass’ page. With some practice you too can be a stud.

Want more Chuck? You got it… Next we go to the beginning with “The Birth of Bottleslinger”. Chuck McIntosh talks to us about how the Bottleslinger movies came about, why he is banned from the USA and his future plans. Check it out on our ‘Articles’ page. Free Chuck Mac!!!

Next we move on to our May Flairbar.com cover star JD Spradlin. If you have ever competed in or seen a major US Flair bartending competition, then you have seen or more importantly heard him at least once or twice. Get to know the man behind the microphone on our ‘Interviews’ page. Sharp as the day he was forged…

Also we have the newest edition to our site for all you mixologists out there. The new content collector called ‘Cocktails’. This is where you can share your own Skyy vodka and Finest Call cocktail recipes with the rest of the world and get credit for it. Have a great drink you invented? Want to share it with the rest of the world? Think it is worthy? Prove it!

Next we go over seas to the Ukraine where Jim Allison and Mike McLean witnessed some imported Flair. This month’s ‘Comp Reviews’ is on Flair Castle 2 in Odessa Ukraine. Have your passport ready and please enjoy the flight.

Then we have Pedro Morales back again to review the ShowTenders 2003 and 2004 finals DVDs. You can read all about what he thinks about these DVDs on our “Reviews” page. The only thing missing from the 2003 DVD is an ESPN logo…

Someone else that has a passion for Flair is Toby Ellis. This month he cuts it short and tells it like it is. You can read it all on ‘Cut Off’ by Toby Ellis. Toby finish talking… maybe when he is passed out. No, he probably talks in his sleep…

It is time once again for a Flairbar.com favorite. The long anticipated Flair Crossword puzzle is back!!! See if you can fill in all the blanks on our ‘And Finally’ page. Make sure you use a pencil because some of these questions are tough…

We have continued our ‘Reader Contest’ to give you more time to create your Skyy vodka masterpieces plus our regular features, more ‘Barware’, more pages, and more Flair than you can shake a dirty diaper at.

 

To Flair & Friends.

Rob Husted