3 S Cocktails

In my opinion, blender drinks don’t get the respect they deserve.  Hence my blended drink in competition.  2nd place in the national USBG finals.  Nuff said…

5 Tips: Blender Drinks

Posted FRIDAY AUGUST 05, 2011

 

 

Hot enough for you? With scorching temperatures across the country, it’s time to pull out the blender and fix frosty cocktails. To help you chill down quickly, we got tropical-mixology expert Jeff “Beachbum” Berry, author of five books on tiki drinks, history and culture, to share some of his secrets for making frozen concoctions, along with two of his own original recipes.

via 5 Tips: Blender Drinks – Featured Articles — Liquor.com.

5 Things I’ve Learned Behind The Bar

by MATT ROBOLD on MAY 26, 2011

I’ve now spent nearly a year on the working side of a bar every Sunday. I went into the adventure planning on maybe doing a few shifts as a barback for Jason at 320 Main and somehow managed to progress from Jason’s shadow to Sunday Lunch Bartender to Sunday Night Bartender in the process.

In that year I’ve learned a lot of things and had my notions about cocktails, bartending, and bar patrons adjusted – some views more violently than others. Here are five things that I’ve learned so far.

via 5 Things I’ve Learned Behind The Bar.

Cocktail 101: How to Use Eggs in Cocktails, Part 1

Posted by Michael Dietsch, August 4, 2011 at 8:00 AM

[Photographs: Jennifer Hess]

 

 

You ever flip for a fizz? Are you sweet on sours? Eggnog aside, the cocktail world has three classes of drinks that traditionally call for the use of eggs, used either whole or in part.

This week and next, we’ll look at how to use eggs in cocktail making. We’ll start, today, with a look at egg safety and the dreaded salmonella. Next week, we’ll consider specific classes of eggy cocktails: the flip (which uses a whole egg), the fizz (which can use whites, yolks, or both) and the sour (which can, but doesn’t always, use an egg white).

via Cocktail 101: How to Use Eggs in Cocktails, Part 1 | Serious Eats: Drinks.

From Behind the Bar: On Vodka Sodas and First Dates

Posted by Michael J. Neff, August 3, 2011 at 3:00 PM

About the Author: You may have seen Michael Neff behind the bar at New Yorks Ward III and The Rum House. Hell be stopping by each week to share insights on cocktails and the life of a barman.

 

[Photos: Nicci Silva]

What you order at a bar—and how you order it—says a lot about you as a person. Those of us who serve these drinks have learned to crack the code a bit, and can form relatively sophisticated opinions about what you like and dont like before youve finished your first round.

via From Behind the Bar: On Vodka Sodas and First Dates | Serious Eats: Drinks.