It’s Happy Hour! Ben & Matthew discuss muddling, layering, and bubblification. And probably not for the last time, Ben tells you how not to make a bomb. Then they present a layered and a muddled cocktail, with mixed results.

Ben muddles his way through an attempt to layer the Vertigo cocktail. It doesn’t go well, but the cocktail still tastes great with a refreshing kola and ginger vibe. To make up for it, he also gives a bonus recipe for a pretty but boozy Indigo Gin and Ginger Beer cocktail.

Matthew, on the other hand, deftly lays down a perfectly muddled Mojito. It’s the classic cocktail done right. He even throws in a bonus technique: the swizzle, to make it extra frosty.

Too Long Didn’t Read

(00:00) Opening—Matthew gets vetoed and wet-willied. Rough start

(04:05) Matthew is the life of the party

(08:00) Bubblification wins in a landslide

(12:30) Measure bubbles with your heart not jiggers

(17:53) Ben lays bricks

(19:49) Cocktail: Vertigo

(25:16) Cocktail: Mojito

(32:30) Swizzling: bonus technique

Recipes

Vertigo

2 oz Averna
1/2 oz Lemon Juice
4 oz Ginger Beer
Add lemon juice and ginger beer to a highball or collins glass with ice. Stir gently to combine. Using the back of a bar spoon, slowly layer the Averna over the top of the ginger beer and lemon juice. Your mileage may vary in successfully layering this cocktail. Try packing the glass tightly with ice and floating the Averna on the ice.

Mojito

3-5 mint leaves
1/2 oz Simple Syrup
2 oz White Rum
3/4 oz Lime Juice
Club Soda, to top
Garnish: Mint Sprig and Lime Wheel
Gently muddle mint leaves and simple syrup in the bottom of a highball glass. (If you prefer not having mint leaves in the drink, build it in a cocktail shaker.) Add rum and lime juice, then fill with ice. Stir to combine. Top with club soda. Garnish with a mint sprig and/or lime wheel.

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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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