Bar trick
Encyclopedia
The term bar trick refers to all optical and magical illusions
performed in bar
s, tavern
s or similar establishments. The performer is often the bartender
, with the recipient or audience of the trick being a patron. A small wager
, often the price of a drink, is sometimes made.
Usually, the patron is challenged to perform a task such as placing an olive
into a wine glass
without touching the olive, or rearranging stirring straws to make patterns. The bartender might claim to perform some feat, such as drinking three beer
s before the patron has drunk three shot
s.
In all bar tricks, the solution is obvious when the trick is performed, and the patron is able to replicate it with little subsequent practise.
Magic (illusion)
Magic is a performing art that entertains audiences by staging tricks or creating illusions of seemingly impossible or supernatural feats using natural means...
performed in bar
Bar (establishment)
A bar is a business establishment that serves alcoholic drinks — beer, wine, liquor, and cocktails — for consumption on the premises.Bars provide stools or chairs that are placed at tables or counters for their patrons. Some bars have entertainment on a stage, such as a live band, comedians, go-go...
s, tavern
Tavern
A tavern is a place of business where people gather to drink alcoholic beverages and be served food, and in some cases, where travelers receive lodging....
s or similar establishments. The performer is often the bartender
Bartender
A bartender is a person who serves beverages behind a counter in a bar, pub, tavern, or similar establishment. A bartender, in short, "tends the bar". The term barkeeper may carry a connotation of being the bar's owner...
, with the recipient or audience of the trick being a patron. A small wager
Wager
Wager can refer to:* Gambling* A scientific wager* A legal wager under the Roman legal system* WAGR syndrome - a rare genetic syndrome-Given name:*Wager Swayne , American military Governor-Surname:...
, often the price of a drink, is sometimes made.
Usually, the patron is challenged to perform a task such as placing an olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
into a wine glass
Wine glass
A wine glass is a type of glass stemware that is used to drink and taste wine. It is generally composed of three parts: the bowl, stem, and foot...
without touching the olive, or rearranging stirring straws to make patterns. The bartender might claim to perform some feat, such as drinking three beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
s before the patron has drunk three shot
Shot glass
A shot glass is a small glass designed to hold or measure spirits or liquor, which is either drunk straight from the glass or poured into a mixed drink....
s.
In all bar tricks, the solution is obvious when the trick is performed, and the patron is able to replicate it with little subsequent practise.