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The ice in your drink at the bar is very very dirty.
Not if your bartender is properly trained and not a lazy piece of shit.
I am a very well trained piece of shit.
But I am not allowed to clean the upper part of the icemachine ( where all the slime happens) because of liabillity. I do my best to keep it clean but not all of it is possible so while its one of the cleanest icemachines I have ever seen its still dirty.
And I work in a very upscale cocktailbar in a very well regulated country.
A major one.
I can't imagine this to not be the case. Every bartender I know is tweaked out of their mind. Even the ones who see bartending as an art.
I'm not knocking their skill set. But they'll be a rare breed if they think about bartending AND food safety at a high level enough to think about the cleanliness of ice.
I would never do cocain from a dirty bartop.
That's what your coke nail is for.
What the fuck, only filthy musician's and djs grow those. I recommend those vials with the little spoons found in most reputable headshops (but don't share the spoon)
I used to work at a nice bar. It was just a side gig for "fun". I was always very careful with the ice and ice machine, because i find ice gross in general. I still found it very odd how many people just demand "questionable" ice. I'm glad if i don't get ice, please don't ice adds nothing but grossness to any drink.
Not to be judge mental here, but why do you find ice "gross"? I get it if you've seen what the machines look like, but ice in general?
All ice machines require monthly if not biweekly cleaning otherwise funky stuff starts growing in the water lines and the ice trays, and other hard to reach areas.
As a former commercial HVAC guy, consider yourself lucky if a place cleans it out once a year.
https://images.app.goo.gl/p1PqQsmRRkzo2Pmd7
I've never cleaned my fridge ice maker in 8 years, how much life expectancy do I have?
I don't know but I'll bet your ice smells a bit off.
Longer than before, since you've been exposed to so many more germs!
invincible
I second this question. How am I even supposed to clean it?
Well. Now I've got another fear to add to the list.
That's true for soda and beer lines, too...