Stirring

What cocktails should be prepared in a mixing glass?

1. All cocktails whose ingredients mix easily, but must be served ice-cold (using chilled cocktail glasses is another important aspect of this).

2. All cocktails that would become murky if shaken. Cocktails that are stirred are often among the classics (such as the martini and the Manhattan).

To stir a drink, add 5 or 6 ice cubes to a mixing glass and stir with the end of a long barspoon. Stirring should be done from the bottom up.

Cocktails that may be mixed in the glass which they will be served are:

single liquor and juice

liquors that are mixed with soda

liquors that are mixed with champagne

cocktails in which two liquors are stirred together over ice

 

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