Been muddling (no pun intended) my way through cocktails for a few years with little bits I picked up here and there but came across this after i decided to pick up a Boston shaker and wanted to know how to use it, now watching the full series and massively appreciate the laid back approach for laid back drinking - thank you!
First off love the video. Secondly I had a question about the shaker. I tend to make drinks for people at parties and gatherings, I’ll Bartend for them. A buddy of mine has a very nice and very large indoor bar at his house, I get behind the counter all kinds of drinks, fancy wooden top, etc etc and with a built in sink. It makes it easy for me to wash my shaker in between drinks and he has an ice machine in the back so I get ice from there. My question is for me personally I don’t have the kind of money he has for an indoor bar with all the fixings, so I make Dew. I bought a mini bar, I have it outside in the back yard I use it for parties at home. Now where the mini bar is located I had it near a hose and attached a spray gun on it to constantly rinse out my shakers and cups as I went along. I’m moving the bar out of that area to a more shaded area but the downside is I can’t use the nozzle gun to rinse out my cups anymore because there is nowhere to dump excess water, what do you recommend? Is there something of a portable sink I need to buy? Or will a container with water be enough to rinse cups and I dump out the water every hour or so. I’m not sure I mean I feel it’ll be hard to constantly bring a container of water every time I need to rinse cups and on top of that reusing water to rinse cups sounds nasty. I have a party coming up and for it the bar is already being moved from the location by the hose gun. What do you recommend for bars without built in sinks to clean shakers and cups?
We visit my buddy's pool over the summer all the time, they usually give me a large soapy tub of water and I just use that, but I only need to use it to rinse off the equipment between builds to keep the ants away (from the sugar and such on the jiggers, etc.). They will get me new water from time to time, or if someone at the parties accidentally use it for cleaning plates/food. Now they got two tubs, one for food / dishes and one for me :)
@@SuperVegetaAF You can get them at the Dollar Store for washing dishes. Also, Walmart. It is a Rubbermaid tub just deep enough for a fee dishes. Our toddler has one as his "bin" at prek for his items like crayons, etc.
I fight with my Boston shaker everytime and end up having to hand it to a man at the party to dislodge it. 😩I have the 2 metal cups and I do the angle and not too hard of a tap to suck them together at onset. I am going to keep at it though because this thing was a Christmas gift I requested.🤣
The seal would be made better also because the shaker tin is metal, and it would shrink a bit, when cold. I now wonder - would metal pint glass would theoretically seal worse, because both parts would shrink?
There is no problem when sealing, metal or glass. The vacuum keeps the seal tight regardless of fluctuating tin sizes. Although, I've had difficulty pulling the tins a part if they're left in storage in my trailer in the back of my house during the winter. They come stacked inside each other and get cold and reduce size. I have to take them out and run them under warm water to expand the outside tin to get them to pop apart :)
I drink all non-hot drinks from a large shaker tin. Including my 4 hr gin martini, which is a gin martini with ice that fills the entire cup and lasts four hours... if i am drinking slow
technically, it doesn't matter. I do it that way too, but technically the glass is the documented "proper way" because the customer can see the drink being made. Keeps out the mystery. But...does it change the drink if you do it reverse? Nope!
My BS is metal in both parts but i use the short cup (glass) for the amount of ice so it doesnt dilute too much. I like mine to be metal since sometimes I use the metal cup to scoop ice when I'm at home or non fancy parties. (Sorry for my english)
Nope, way too short. Hard shaking does not create extra dilution, a proper cocktail has 15-25% dilution. 5 seconds will not bring the product to neither the right chill nor the right dilution rate.
Been muddling (no pun intended) my way through cocktails for a few years with little bits I picked up here and there but came across this after i decided to pick up a Boston shaker and wanted to know how to use it, now watching the full series and massively appreciate the laid back approach for laid back drinking - thank you!
Thank you so much. I’m a new bartender and this helped me so much!
I am new subscriber and I am really love learning the basics.
Thanks :)
Great delivery. I'm lovin' this. Thanks.
First off love the video. Secondly I had a question about the shaker. I tend to make drinks for people at parties and gatherings, I’ll Bartend for them. A buddy of mine has a very nice and very large indoor bar at his house, I get behind the counter all kinds of drinks, fancy wooden top, etc etc and with a built in sink. It makes it easy for me to wash my shaker in between drinks and he has an ice machine in the back so I get ice from there. My question is for me personally I don’t have the kind of money he has for an indoor bar with all the fixings, so I make Dew. I bought a mini bar, I have it outside in the back yard I use it for parties at home. Now where the mini bar is located I had it near a hose and attached a spray gun on it to constantly rinse out my shakers and cups as I went along. I’m moving the bar out of that area to a more shaded area but the downside is I can’t use the nozzle gun to rinse out my cups anymore because there is nowhere to dump excess water, what do you recommend? Is there something of a portable sink I need to buy? Or will a container with water be enough to rinse cups and I dump out the water every hour or so. I’m not sure I mean I feel it’ll be hard to constantly bring a container of water every time I need to rinse cups and on top of that reusing water to rinse cups sounds nasty. I have a party coming up and for it the bar is already being moved from the location by the hose gun. What do you recommend for bars without built in sinks to clean shakers and cups?
We visit my buddy's pool over the summer all the time, they usually give me a large soapy tub of water and I just use that, but I only need to use it to rinse off the equipment between builds to keep the ants away (from the sugar and such on the jiggers, etc.).
They will get me new water from time to time, or if someone at the parties accidentally use it for cleaning plates/food. Now they got two tubs, one for food / dishes and one for me :)
Common Man Cocktails awesome, guess I gotta pick up some extra containers then for rinsing. Thanks for the reply.
@@SuperVegetaAF You can get them at the Dollar Store for washing dishes. Also, Walmart. It is a Rubbermaid tub just deep enough for a fee dishes. Our toddler has one as his "bin" at prek for his items like crayons, etc.
I fight with my Boston shaker everytime and end up having to hand it to a man at the party to dislodge it. 😩I have the 2 metal cups and I do the angle and not too hard of a tap to suck them together at onset. I am going to keep at it though because this thing was a Christmas gift I requested.🤣
It’s all in the technique of the spot you hit it
The seal would be made better also because the shaker tin is metal, and it would shrink a bit, when cold. I now wonder - would metal pint glass would theoretically seal worse, because both parts would shrink?
There is no problem when sealing, metal or glass. The vacuum keeps the seal tight regardless of fluctuating tin sizes. Although, I've had difficulty pulling the tins a part if they're left in storage in my trailer in the back of my house during the winter. They come stacked inside each other and get cold and reduce size. I have to take them out and run them under warm water to expand the outside tin to get them to pop apart :)
I drink all non-hot drinks from a large shaker tin. Including my 4 hr gin martini, which is a gin martini with ice that fills the entire cup and lasts four hours... if i am drinking slow
Soooo helpful-thank you!!
no problem
Well done, great video!
thanks!
I see videos where people use the Boston side to pour the liquid into then put the glass on top and shake. What’s the proper way?
technically, it doesn't matter. I do it that way too, but technically the glass is the documented "proper way" because the customer can see the drink being made. Keeps out the mystery. But...does it change the drink if you do it reverse? Nope!
My BS is metal in both parts but i use the short cup (glass) for the amount of ice so it doesnt dilute too much. I like mine to be metal since sometimes I use the metal cup to scoop ice when I'm at home or non fancy parties. (Sorry for my english)
I broke my old one... I hit it really hard...
10-12 seconds of shaking? I think it's too long. Try 7 seconds of a VERY hard shake.
Nope, way too short. Hard shaking does not create extra dilution, a proper cocktail has 15-25% dilution. 5 seconds will not bring the product to neither the right chill nor the right dilution rate.