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Shaken vs stirred

KittyT

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In my opinion, the secret to making a really fantastic cocktail is to make sure that it's ice cold. This is much more easily achieved by shaking (with lots of ice in a pre-chilled metal shaker only, please) and is the only way to go for me.
 

jake_fink

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Until I have a mouthful of hydrogen peroxide that needs to be neutralized I'll stick to chilled pitcher, chilled glass and stirred.

:cheers1:
 

Absinthe_1900

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Cocktails should be shaken, unless the recipe specifically calls out for it to be stirred. Look up the reasoning for using a shaker on any decent cocktail site

A Martini should always have good Gin and Vermouth, and always shaken.
 

Smuterella

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I have never had a martini, I've made a few (I'm a damn fine cocktail waitress and i make 'em strong _ I would like to bet I make the best cosmopolitan this side of the Atlantic) but have never drunk one

spirits make me naughty
 

Feraud

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In 1999, a group of students at the University of Western Ontario in Canada led by Colleen Trevithick (and overseen by her father John, a professor of biochemistry) decided to test Bond's preference in a series of experiments on gin and vodka martinis.
If my dad had overseen my gin and vodke experiments in school I might be a better man today.
 

Absinthe_1900

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lillielil

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I prefer shaken for a different reason: It melts more of the ice and weakens the drink.

There, I said it: I like a weak martini. If it's made with crushed ice, that's even better.
 

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