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Build Your Toolkit Around the Drinks A useful collection of mixology tools starts with a menu, not a shopping list. Shaken citrus cocktails, stirred spirit-forward drinks, and muddled recipes call for…

Great whiskey service is often defined by surprisingly small details. The amount of water added to a dram, the way fresh herbs are pressed, the aroma released beneath a cocktail smoker, or even the ga…

Behind a well-made whiskey cocktail, there is usually a moment of controlled, deliberate stirring. It may look simple, but the bar spoon is doing important work: combining ingredients, managing diluti…

A cocktail shaker is one of the most active tools behind the bar. Unlike a mixing glass, which is designed for controlled stirring, a shaker uses ice and movement to rapidly chill, dilute, combine, an…