Bartender Error in Your Favor!

 Victoria, BC

Collect 12 Ounces of Local Spirit

Last week we were feeling a bit shut in by the size of our accommodation so we decided to head back over to a local bar that we enjoyed visiting.  They have great local beers on tap and they have a few local spirit flights.  Donna wanted to try a few local spirits so she ordered the Premium Flight and comedy ensued.

The Premium flight is $19.50 CAD and consists of Three 3/4oz pours.

Our bartender was new and we knew this because they were being trained a few days ago when we were there last.  They gave me a beer that wasn't quite full and their trainer corrected them and had them top off my beer.  Well this visit they made up for the error by misreading the menu.  We assume that people don't often order the spirit flight so this might have been their first attempt at one.  It's supposed to be Three 3/4oz pours but what we got was Three 4oz pours.  You can kind of see how the error came about but an experienced bartender or even an experienced bar attender would realize that 12oz of spirit for 20 bucks isn't a profit making proposition.  We took a few sips and then I got up and quietly pointed out their error.  They said something like, "yea I thought that seemed like a lot for $20, thank you."  Needless to say, we didn't finish the full flight.  We wished we could have teleported another few friends there to help us finish it.

We got to try the Seaside Gin which was refreshing, as they describe, but we didn't need 4oz of refreshment.

We also tried the Mia Amata Amaro.  This was an Amaro so it wasn't as alcoholic as the Gin or the Aquavit, but still.  

We needed a bit of food in our belly to help with the alcohol so we bought a few beef sticks which were all very good.  

On the way to the bar we stopped by Cherry Bomb to play a couple pinball machines.  Cherry Bomb is a toy store with three pinball machines.

It was a fun time and makes for a great story.  If you missed, Kinsol Trestle, check it out.  It's one of the tallest free standing timber structures in the world!