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Measured Advice: Pouring
A Bartender Guide to Shaken Cocktail Drink Recipes
How you decant a series of freshly shaken cocktails affects the taste. Two shakers of cocktails will rarely be identical, but two cocktail drink recipes mixed and poured from the same shaker should never vary.
To ensure exacting consistency in dispensing prepared cocktail drink recipes, when pouring the round, a good guide for a bartender is to fill the first glass 1/2 - 3/4 full and continue down the line, gently filling each glass with equal amounts and a generous collar. Make sure you continually agitate the cocktail-filled shaker with a quick flick of the wrist as you go.
Once you reach the last glass, each serving of mixed alcoholic drinks being equal, you can return to the first and top it off. Decanting mixed alcoholic drinks this way ensures that all the drinks will have a consistent flavor, color and temperature - true to their original cocktail drink recipes - the first being just as good as the last.
When it comes to serving mixed alcoholic drinks, a guide to bartender quality reads like this: A great bartender will be able to serve these mixed alcoholic drinks just as described; a good bartender will probably pour back down the line of glasses, adding just a drop or two and possibly getting too close to the rim for serving. A lazy bartender will not have made enough, requiring a half-batch of cocktail drink recipes to be quickly concocted (bearing no resemblance to the original cocktail) for the last couple of glasses. Make sure you practice this before inviting a small group of people over for an evening of revelry.
Stirred Cocktail Drink Recipes
The same method of decanting mixed alcoholic drinks is not required for cocktails that are traditionally stirred when chilled. Cocktail drink recipes such as Martini Cocktails and Manhattans do not contain ingredients that are difficult to mix or that will readily separate, so you should fill each glass as you go, avoiding any repeat pours into a glass. Decanting full portions of mixed alcoholic drinks in one pass is a more difficult task, one that shows true expertise. For those of you looking to improve here are two tips that will make more attainable the challenge of stylishly blending and dispensing cocktail drink recipes.
Use the collar of the drink to your advantage. By leaving yourself plenty of room at the top of the glass your servings will always appear judicious. As a guide, always reserve a wee bit extra for the last cocktail in line. If the last cocktail drink poured outweighs its predecessor you can always claim favoritism for the guest of honor, however slight.
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