More recently, a new service has appeared in Moscow - bar tours or thematic alcohol routes through drinking establishments. A trip to well-known, and not so, bars is accompanied by a professional bartender, who gives valuable comments in the process, talks about the merits, varieties and qualities of this or that drink, about how it should be drunk correctly.
Alcoholic routes pass through Moscow under the auspices of the Moscow Bar Tour service and are announced on its page on social networks. To take part, you need to send an application by email or write a message on Facebook. The cost of participation in the bar-tour is from 800 to 1200 rubles, it includes one free alcoholic cocktail. Confirmation of participation is an entrance ticket delivered to you by a courier at the address indicated in the application.
A group of 15-20 people gathers in the indicated place, which, accompanied by a photographer and a bartender, bypasses 6-10 drinking establishments. The itinerary is sometimes negotiated in advance if the bar tour is dedicated to acquaintance with a specific type of alcoholic beverage. In the event that the topic has not been announced in advance, the accompanying bartender interviews the participants on the route about their preferences and how they are seasoned in battles with the green snake. During the tour of the establishments, each participant receives professional recommendations from the bartender about drinks and cocktails. Many of them may not be on the standard bar menu, but they will be offered to tour participants.
The idea of such alcoholic routes around the city is not new, but a distinctive feature of the Moscow ones is the presence in the group of a guide-bartender with an excursion program and a dress code that turns the event into an exciting adventure. For example, sometimes participants may be asked to dress in a nautical style, sometimes in a suit with a bow tie, sometimes in stretched sweatpants and an alcoholic T-shirt. Those who wish can continue what they have begun in the evening, in the morning, on an intoxicating tour. You can come to him in whatever you like - traces of a hangover on your face will be enough.
As for the dress code of other establishments, by agreement with their administration, the participants of the alcoholic route pass through them without obstacles and without queuing. In addition to the ticket, they need to have with them a certain amount of money in not very large bills, so as not to wait for change after the tasting.
