I’ve been free pouring for years, why should I use a measured pour?
Yes, your bar may be profitable when using free pour spouts but
it will be more profitable when using measured pour spouts.
Also, by using measured pour spouts, you are ensuring that your customers are treated fairly. Their drinks are neither under poured
or over poured, and the flavor of the drinks will be consistent. This
is true despite changes in staff,
and true on busy nights during which bartenders can’t pay attention to drink preparation
like they might otherwise.
For owners and managers, Precision Pour® spouts are
just
another tool to help them improve their business. As with
all new tools and new procedures, there is some effort required
to get the staff on board. However, once the new tool or procedure is in place, owners and managers often wonder how it was that they ever ran their business any differently.
In our view, the most important reason of all to use a measured pour spout is that it is a more responsible, safer way to serve alcohol than free pouring. Over poured drinks are dangerous
and owners and managers must protect their customers, their staff and their establishment.
Will my customers notice
that I am using measured
pour spouts?
It's unlikely they will. Precision Pour® spouts are designed to
look and work like a free pour spout. In fact, our spouts are far more discrete that a shot glass
or jigger and those methods
of measuring are considered
time-honored and completely acceptable to most bar customers.
If a customer is concerned about their drink being prepared with a measured pour spout, make them understand that the spout's shot sizes are chosen to be correct for the flavor of the cocktail, and that Precision Pour® spouts are available in some pretty big shot sizes (up to 5 oz.). Customers
are not being shorted, indeed they are being protected from under pouring as well as over pouring.
Should I put measured spouts on all my bottles?
Yes! You'll benefit from the control, consistency and added profit that comes from using Precision Pour® spouts, and this makes sense on all bottles, from rail brands to ultra premiums.
Exceptions to this are liqueurs
that have suspended particles,
like Goldschlager. All styles of measured pour spouts will clog
up with this type of liqueur.
