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Murray Stenson, head bartender at the Zig Zag Cafe here in Seattle was just 
featured in a little interview section in the Seattle Times Sunday magazine 
suplement:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/pacificnw/2005/0213/portraits.html

The last question fits into the thread here so I thought I'd insert it...


Q: Shaken or stirred? 

A: Martinis and Manhattans should be stirred so the drink remains clear. If 
you have a juice drink, like a whiskey sour, it should be shaken. I'm 
eccentric in that vodka martinis I shake, and gin martinis I stir. Most vodka 
martini drinkers want something really cold; they're not so concerned with 
taste. Stirred gin martinis don't get the ice chips in there. Unfortunately, a 
lot of bartenders shake everything. I've seen shaken Manhattans presented to 
the customer with a head on it. I like a head on my beer, but not my 
Manhattan. 


I especially like his last little soundbite:

"I like a head on my beer, not my Manhattan."

:->


-Robert Hess
 www.DrinkBoy.com
 www.MuseumOfTheAmericanCocktail.org