Article: Peter Ross At Large: The man with the moves to take bartending to the Olympics

DAVID Monaghan is a young man with a lot of bottle. A lot of vodka bottles and a lot of Malibu bottles, to be precise, as these are what he uses in his incredible routines. At 23, Monaghan is the four times Scottish flair bartending champion. For those who don't know what flair bartending is, it's what Tom Cruise does in Cocktail - mixing drinks in an extremely flamboyant manner, flipping and spinning the bottles, glasses and shaker.

Now, you could argue that this is pointless, that drink should be served with minimal faffing about. But that argument would cut no ice with Monaghan, a South African living in Glasgow, the best city in Scotland for flair. Asked why he does this, he gives the ...

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