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Subject: Re: martinis and manhattans - standard is shaken?
From: Dan the Melon Man
Posted: Thu Mar 9. 2006, 12:41 UTC
Followup to: "Re: martinis and manhattans - standard is shaken?"  by bartender24  (Thu Mar 9. 2006, 03:36 UTC)
Ehm...

Actually, for myself, and for those customers who seem to mean it when they 
say "Dry" I will swirl rather than shake or stir.

I DO NOT see the significant difference between a healthy stir and a decent 
swirl when it comes down to what ends up in the glass.

I'll concede that too much shaking will cloud the drink for a minute or two, 
but after doing the service bar enough I found that a minute was all it took 
to 'dissolve' the difference between the two methods.

So. I swirl because it has the devil-may-care nonchalance that a swirler 
deserves, while stirring just looks pansy.

.dan.


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