How to Stir a Drink
Stirring ingredients
in a mixing
glass with a
bar spoon is a fairly old technique. It's usually practiced with mixes that
contain only alcohol and must be chilled with ice. This technique usually
dilutes the drink by 10-20% based on the amount of stirring, however, it is the
ideal method of making classic straight-up
cocktails like the
gin martini.
The proper procedure is to first pour the
ingredients in a
shaker
3/4 full of ice; then add the required
ingredients and with a
long bar spoon
slowly stirring clockwise at least 6 times at 360° complete rotations.
The chilled drink is then strained into the
glass leaving about 5mm
at the top of the rim. When straining the contents from the
shaker,
the ice is left behind and the drink should be served straight-up and
garnished accordingly.
In particular cases, drinks are stirred using the technique above, into a
glass which also
contains fresh ice. Typical example is the
Bloody Mary.
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