It’s Happy Hour! Ben and Matthew discuss the time and place for jiggers, why the fear of Boston shakers is worth it, and Matthew converts Ben over to the classy stylings of the mixing glass. Later they introduce one shaken and one stirred cocktail. So you can use all that new fancy equipment you just bought. (Affiliate) links below!

Ben’s is shaking up Ben’s Whiskey Sour, a whiskey sour with all the fixin’s. It’s got egg whites, it’s got bitters, it’s got high proof rye whiskey, it’s got Argentinian wine, and it’s got bacon. Wait. No bacon, but that might be something we should try. Anyway, even without the bacon it tastes as good as it looks: decadent and delicious.

Meanwhile Matthew is using his favorite piece of bar equipment, his mixing glass, to make you the Holy Schmitt. It’s a boozy battle between sweet and bitter with a sweet surprise hiding at the bottom. Sit down while you’re drinking this one folks and be prepared to stay a while.

Recipes after all the things below!

Too Long Didn’t Listen:

(00:00) Opening

(02:21) Creepy chanting and measuring device discussion

(05:50) Cobblers should stick to shoes

(07:58) The Boston cocktail massacre

(09:12) A man and his mixing glass

(12:45) Cocktail: Ben’s Whiskey Sour

(20:20) Cocktail: Holy Schmitt

(27:43) Closing

Recipes

Ben’s Whiskey Sour

• 2 oz High Proof Rye Whiskey
• 1 oz Simple Syrup
• 1 oz Lemon Juice
• 2 dashes Angostura bitters
• 1 small Egg White* (1/2 oz)
• Red Wine for float

Combine all ingredients except wine in a shaker with no ice. Shake for 5 seconds. Open shaker and fill with ice. Shake until chilled. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice. Top off with ride wine float. Add two brandied cherries as garnish.

*When using uncooked egg whites there is a small risk of exposure to foodborne illnesses. Do your own research and act accordingly.

Holy Schmitt

• 2 oz Bourbon
• 1/2 oz Benedictine
• 1/2 oz Amaro Nonino
• 1/4 oz Demerara Syrup
• 2 dashes Angostura Bitters
• 2 dashes Peychaud’s Bitters
• Orange Twist for garnish
• Brandied cherry

Add all ingredients to a mixing glass, add ice and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass. Express orange oils over drink and add garnish to the glass along with a Luxardo cherry.

Optional: Add smoke

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Books & Equipment Links

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Books

We own and recommend these books:

The 12 Bottle Bar: Make Hundreds of Cocktails with Just Twelve Bottles by David Solmonson, Lesley Jacobs Solmonson

Liquid Intelligence: The Art and Science of the Perfect Cocktail by Dave Arnold

Imbibe! by David Wondrich

Cocktail Codex by Alex Day, Nick Fauchald, David Kaplan

Equipment

Products we own, like and use:

• Measuring tools
• OXO Good Grips Mini Angled Measuring Cup, 2 Oz capacity
• OXO Metal Angled Measuring Cup
• OXO SteeL Double Jigger
• Shakers
• This shaking set is sold as two separate items on Amazon, you will need both
• Cocktail Kingdom Koriko Small Weighted Shaking Tin
• Cocktail Kingdom Koriko Large Weighted Shaking Tin
• Mixing Glasses/Tins
• Viski Crystal Mixing Glass, 17 oz
• Pint glass: you don’t need a link for this do you?
• Peelers
• OXO Good Grips Y-Peeler
• Bar Spoons
• Crate & Barrel: Bar Spoon with Muddler
• Cork Screw / Bottle Opener
• True Truetap Double Hinged Waiters Corkscrew
• Bar Towels
• White Flour Sack Towels
• Glassware
• Highball
• Strauss 13-Oz. Cooler Glass
• Lowball
• Crescent 10-Oz. Double Old-Fashioned Glass
• Strauss 11-Oz. Double Old-Fashioned Glass
• Stemmed
• Mercer 10-Oz. Coupe Glass

Products we don’t own but would consider buying:

• Measuring Tools
• Cocktail Farmer Standard Jigger
• Piña Barware Bell/Leopold Style Stainless Steel Jigger 2oz. / 1oz.
• Piña Barware Slim/Japanese Style Stainless Steel Jigger 2oz. / 1oz.
• Shakers
• A Bar Above Weighted Craft Boston Shaker Set (Single set slightly less expensive than the Koriko)
• Houdini Boston Cocktail Shaker (a well rated pint glass set)
• Barfly Double Wall Diamond Lattice Mixing Tin
• Knives
• Cocktail Kingdom Buswell Paring Knife
• Victorinox 3.25 Inch Swiss Classic Paring Knife (Green - Black seems to be in high demand)
• Cutting Board
• Jelli Reversible Black Marble 14.5"x11" Cutting Board
• Bar Spoons
• Cocktail Kingdom Skull (We wouldn’t really buy this but it looks cool)
• A metal finger, not a spoon (I could resist linking to this one)
• Homestia Gothic Skull Bar Spoon (A cheaper skull)
• Viski Stainless Steel Weighted Barspoon
• Hawthorne Strainers
• Barfly Bar Strainer, Stainless Steel
• A Bar Above Hawthorne Strainer
• Julep Strainers
• Cocktail Kingdom Premium Julep Strainer

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