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Subject: Re: What's the diff in use between a julep strainer & Hawthorn?
From: DrinkBoy
Posted: Sun Jul 20. 2003, 14:43 UTC
Followup to: "What's the diff in use between a julep strainer & Hawthorn?"  by Kishore Kumar  (Sat Jul 19. 2003, 21:02 UTC)
> I know what both look like but can't figure out what a julep strainer 
> is used for??  
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Think of the traditional "boston shaker". The "hawthorn" strainer (the metal 
strainer with the spring around it) is designed for straining from the "metal" 
part of the shaker. The "julep" strainer (a concave metal strainer, without 
the spring) is used for straining from the glass.

So you would use a boston shaker for drinks that are "shaken" (sidecar, 
margarita, daiquiri...) and a hawhotrn strainer for drinks that are "stirred" 
(manhattan, martini, negroni...)

Another way to think of it...

The hawthorn strainer is designed to specifically fit a particular size of 
container, most noteably the metal shell part of a boston shaker. It doesn't 
work well for any other size of container. It is a "tight fit" on the glass 
part of a boston shaker, often "popping out" due to the springs. On larger 
containers, it is just akward.

The julep strainer perfectly fits a slightly smaller container, but also due 
to its design it can be used in almost any size of container, even ones that 
are larger then what a hawthorn could be used for.

-Robert
 www.DrinkBoy.com


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